The Ending Of American Psycho Finally Explained

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Күн бұрын

2000’s American Psycho brought Brett Easton Ellis’ disturbing and acclaimed novel to life and the movie was equally as gripping. Patrick Bateman was played masterfully by Christian Bale and critics were quick to praise his performance.
The movie was not an easy watch by any means because of the graphic violence, but it still did well at the box office. Even years after its release, the movie has gained a cult following.
However, the ending of American Psycho makes a lively discussion as to what happens to its protagonist. Great movies keep audiences guessing, or it at least allows them to come to their own conclusions. Let's look at the ending of American Psycho, finally explained.
#AmericanPsycho #Movie #Film
The body count | 0:00
The convenient alibi | 2:00
The cover up? | 3:09
The voice of authority | 4:37
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@Looper
@Looper 6 жыл бұрын
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@chazzblake228 6 жыл бұрын
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@Concreetinit 6 жыл бұрын
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@JC72539 6 жыл бұрын
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@Introverted_Extrovert99
@Introverted_Extrovert99 6 жыл бұрын
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@elvistavarez6930 6 жыл бұрын
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@AbeEdits0 6 жыл бұрын
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@jobowisheshewasnomo4171
@jobowisheshewasnomo4171 6 жыл бұрын
Sure you do.
@marshallinnocent5275
@marshallinnocent5275 6 жыл бұрын
I still use that as an excuse to exit situations I don't want to be in.
@dallas2vabeach
@dallas2vabeach 4 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣🤣
@jaimeclark9149
@jaimeclark9149 4 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂
@yilmaztosun4858
@yilmaztosun4858 3 жыл бұрын
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@mr.joshua204
@mr.joshua204 6 жыл бұрын
SABRINA, DON'T JUST STARE AT IT, EAT IT!!
@gilbertrobert439
@gilbertrobert439 4 жыл бұрын
Oh the tasteful thickness of it.
@mr.bigbrother7112
@mr.bigbrother7112 3 жыл бұрын
Ass
@ramen6728
@ramen6728 3 жыл бұрын
Do you like Huey Lewis and the news?
@eduardoelvir379
@eduardoelvir379 3 жыл бұрын
I understand this reference
@mariusleroy8895
@mariusleroy8895 2 жыл бұрын
Sorbet?
@Mr.N3cro
@Mr.N3cro 4 жыл бұрын
I finished the book, the book is far more graphic and is far more violent, everything does happens, yes Patrick loses his mind but regains it at the end when you realize the lawyer covered up for him. It's that simple.
@faealldayable
@faealldayable 3 жыл бұрын
Explain how a man can blow up 2 cop car with a hand gun? Explain how a man can kill a lady with a chainsaw like that and run around naked covered in blood while doing it? Explain how its NYC and nobody's ever around? Wait I know... the entire film expect the last 20 minutes was a fantasy!
@jjjlove2260
@jjjlove2260 2 жыл бұрын
@Luke Bailey then tell us who did cover it up
@raouf668
@raouf668 2 жыл бұрын
@Luke Bailey Yeah it's his fiancée
@slingbladequis375
@slingbladequis375 2 жыл бұрын
@Luke Bailey then who omg
@acetylcoa6540
@acetylcoa6540 2 жыл бұрын
No. Everything happens in his mind.
@MetalAllDayAllNight
@MetalAllDayAllNight 3 жыл бұрын
The biggest clue about the self absorption and focus on material wealth is when he's putting the body in the trunk of a cab and the only thing the people who recognized him can think is "where did you get that bag?"
@westcoastkidd17
@westcoastkidd17 2 жыл бұрын
JEAN PAUL GAULTIER
@davidlemon2692
@davidlemon2692 2 жыл бұрын
I know and the blood streak from him dragging the body through the lobby.
@marsgirllll
@marsgirllll 2 жыл бұрын
jean paul gaultier
@ThePankkaj
@ThePankkaj Жыл бұрын
Oversized bag*
@doomgaiow3371
@doomgaiow3371 Жыл бұрын
@@ThePankkaj I think he said “overnight” bag
@anirudhgoel
@anirudhgoel 6 жыл бұрын
Thank you for confusing me even more
@TrinMcLillian
@TrinMcLillian 6 жыл бұрын
I second that!
@BigBadJerryRogers
@BigBadJerryRogers 6 жыл бұрын
At the end of the video the people who made the film explain it for you. What's not to get?
@shachi310
@shachi310 6 жыл бұрын
BigBadJerry Rogers but I suppose video is abt the movie rather than the book
@TrinMcLillian
@TrinMcLillian 6 жыл бұрын
Well, without being too familiar with the book, I adore which direction this movie took but I've seen the interview with Mary Harron before and way back it already was flabbergasting to me how she could deny such an obviously ambivalent ending. Makes me wonder; did she understand her own work? Apparently, the production has been quirky or at least very difficult, so maybe the whole flick was just a lucky accident.
@BigBadJerryRogers
@BigBadJerryRogers 6 жыл бұрын
Maybe it's because I read the book first, but I didn't see the ending as obviously ambivalent, I took it all as straightforward. I saw the film in the theater and I don't remember any of this talk about it being some imagined plot at that time, this discussion seemed to come well after the film's release. The book has some of Bateman's messed up backstory, it gives you at least some insight as to how he got to be the murderer you see in the film, so he didn't just lose his mind & become delusional as an adult. I think it may have been because they had to cut a lot out of the book to make the film watchable so the confusion arises from adaptation.
@kothgames
@kothgames 6 жыл бұрын
Simplified: The bodies are not in the apartment because the apartment complex is so obsessed with money that all they care about is getting the room cleaned so they can rent it to someone else. The lawyer doesn't know the names of anyone because the joke is everyone back then had the same standards of class and the author was exaggerating it to the point where nobody can put a name to a face because everyone is so similar. The movie is a satire.
@joaquinrequena3494
@joaquinrequena3494 5 жыл бұрын
I read the book and I'd say that is one of the main feelings you get from the characters.
@smoogles.5534
@smoogles.5534 5 жыл бұрын
just about anyone can be patrick bateman no one can separate who is who because all of them are the same
@yexman77
@yexman77 4 жыл бұрын
your comment was way better in explaining the ending and took seconds to read instead of wasting minutes with the video. thank you
@Stoic_Poet
@Stoic_Poet 4 жыл бұрын
So the detective looked the other way too? That's strange
@precogtyrant
@precogtyrant 4 жыл бұрын
Nope
@maxwood2940
@maxwood2940 6 жыл бұрын
Let's not forget he drops a chainsaw down a few floors onto a running target
@liquidphilosopher1816
@liquidphilosopher1816 6 жыл бұрын
yeah even dude perfect cant pull that of without retakes
@gkroll8467
@gkroll8467 5 жыл бұрын
the director says why the blood trail disappears in he next shot was just bad continuity be he did kill paul allen all the victims he mentions on the phone at the end are reference to victims in the book even though none of these victims wer shown in the film makes me want to read the book again but I do remmber that the first 100.00 pages hes just describing all of his expensive crap in his apt and the music he likes but so much nasty stuff in the book could never be filmed thank goodness decrapio bowed out from the filmn that little chubby weasel titanic mo fo
@yexman77
@yexman77 4 жыл бұрын
@@gkroll8467 holy shit dude learn some punctuation
@wadda2144
@wadda2144 4 жыл бұрын
max wood best trick shot ever
@triparadox.c
@triparadox.c 4 жыл бұрын
@bean machine Holy shit! Dude, learn some punctuation.
@killaxero86
@killaxero86 6 жыл бұрын
Mistaken identity is a recuring theme. It shows how bland and stale the scene is on Wall Street, where no one is an individual and everyone is interchangable.
@bloodsuckinflea
@bloodsuckinflea 6 жыл бұрын
That's how I always took it. Glad to know that I got it right.
@ShimmySnail
@ShimmySnail 6 жыл бұрын
That's exactly right. The book harps over and over (it's kind of repetitive, but that in itself is a kind of statement) that nobody actually knows anyone. Bateman can't recognize half the people he has worked with for years, and nobody can recognize him, either, because human beings are not important. Everything is image, personalities is superficial, not just his but everyone in his high society circle. And yet, he can recognize and speak in detail and at length on absolutely any kind of fashion, pop music, or nouveau cuisine as if it's his passion.
@MrJeffcoley1
@MrJeffcoley1 2 жыл бұрын
@@ShimmySnail Which makes you wonder - IF Patrick really did kill Paul Allen (a definite maybe), then WHO did the lawyer have dinner with in London, twice? And who did his "friends" have drinks with the night Paul Allen disappeared?
@areaxisthegurkha
@areaxisthegurkha 2 жыл бұрын
@@MrJeffcoley1 He's a lawyer, he lied to Patrick once he knew the truth. He made him believe it was all in his head so he wouldn't confess to anyone else.
@TrueUnderDawgGaming
@TrueUnderDawgGaming Жыл бұрын
It's far more disturbing to realize he DID kill most of those people. The bodies in his home? His rich dad covered it up. The lawyer saying he saw his victim abroad? Just a cover that is backed by the voice-mail. Everyone is covering for him. Which means his mental condition and confession will never lead to anything.
@henrikaugustsson4041
@henrikaugustsson4041 Жыл бұрын
I see, so the point is that he’s part of a privileged class, basically. His deeds will never be exposed because he’s protected by powerful people, and the people around him are too self-absorbed to even notice him dragging out a corpse into the street. He will keep killing and nobody will notice because nobody cares, and that’s the true problem.
@gamerlol446
@gamerlol446 Жыл бұрын
Actually the lawyer thinks he had dinner with paul allen cuz everyone looks the same that everyone cant recognize a single person
@weirdboo
@weirdboo Жыл бұрын
@@gamerlol446 nah I don’t think so, why would any of them be in London. It was a subtle way for the lawyer to tell Patrick that the alibi was cemented
@PaladinThizz
@PaladinThizz Жыл бұрын
​@@henrikaugustsson4041 except even the privileged can no longer get away with murder.
@cappybara313
@cappybara313 Жыл бұрын
So he really killed those people and its not hallucination? So what about the cops the car that blew up
@blackphillip8519
@blackphillip8519 6 жыл бұрын
Christian bale could be a great joker
@shadowboxing7029
@shadowboxing7029 6 жыл бұрын
Yes!
@regurgitatingblasphemy1109
@regurgitatingblasphemy1109 6 жыл бұрын
Cool name the witch was another great film. You got good taste my dude.
@blackphillip8519
@blackphillip8519 6 жыл бұрын
+Phillip Painter my real name is Phillip also lol
@LotharOfTheHillPeople
@LotharOfTheHillPeople 6 жыл бұрын
Heath Ledger wasn't good in any other movies. I can't imagine him being Batman.
@caidenbensoni7843
@caidenbensoni7843 6 жыл бұрын
DRS HE WASN'T GOOD IN ANY MOVIE. DARK KNIGHT RING A FREAKING BELL.
@daveharris79554
@daveharris79554 6 жыл бұрын
More important Batman killed the Joker
@dchen2140
@dchen2140 6 жыл бұрын
Omg. You sir, get my like.
@giovannigonzalez6349
@giovannigonzalez6349 6 жыл бұрын
Lewis Freeman beat me to it
@SuperDungeonBoy
@SuperDungeonBoy 6 жыл бұрын
Batman 4 the Win!
@miles2378
@miles2378 6 жыл бұрын
Ujjwal Uniyal no it's Agent Smecker!
@JuneHarriseco
@JuneHarriseco 6 жыл бұрын
lmao
@edwardkenway1994
@edwardkenway1994 6 жыл бұрын
This movie is truly a masterpiece
@endlessfreedomful
@endlessfreedomful 6 жыл бұрын
agreed. and also unappreciated. caught the vibe of 80's perfectly.
@chelseacolson796
@chelseacolson796 6 жыл бұрын
the fact that its still so discussed is a testament of it. In 50 years it will still be talked about I think
@megamoviez
@megamoviez 6 жыл бұрын
Chelsea Colson If the earth survives 50 years
@chelseacolson796
@chelseacolson796 6 жыл бұрын
Mega MovieZ the earth will be just fine, trust me
@cherrypies672
@cherrypies672 6 жыл бұрын
true asf
@justanotherhappyhumanist8832
@justanotherhappyhumanist8832 6 жыл бұрын
Apparently, Christian Bale based his character on Tom Cruise. He tried to make Bateman look the same as Cruise - creepily overenthusiastic, but when you look him in the eye, there's nothing there.
@JokerL1000
@JokerL1000 5 жыл бұрын
Chris Moeller Thats interesting. Do you have a link id like to read more.
@Yonverpage
@Yonverpage 5 жыл бұрын
Funny you mentioned that. In the Novel, Bateman actually meets Tom Cruise in an elevator inside his appartment building. No joke
@mortenthomsen2279
@mortenthomsen2279 5 жыл бұрын
@@jackevans1092 Tom Cruise is a raving lunatic who "isn't there". Jim is no where near as crazy.
@mortenthomsen2279
@mortenthomsen2279 5 жыл бұрын
@@jackevans1092 If you're actually serious then you should know the OP is making a joke about Tom Cruise not a factual statement.
@mortenthomsen2279
@mortenthomsen2279 5 жыл бұрын
@@jackevans1092 My bad then untag me so I can cover up my tracks. Just kidding, but I know his beliefs to some extent, and he seems way less crazy than Tom Cruise.
@altruisticPing
@altruisticPing 3 жыл бұрын
The author has stated that never meant there to be an answer as to whether or not the killings were real. He intentionally provided evidence that prove both theories, but since both theories can't exist simultaneously, it impossible for both to be right. The uncertainty is intentionally left so that the reader can draw their own conclusions. There is no right answer.
@mysticsaru8577
@mysticsaru8577 2 жыл бұрын
That just kinda dumb, you kinda just contradict yourself
@7heGame7ester
@7heGame7ester Жыл бұрын
Wow that’s brilliant
@shreyelivera9927
@shreyelivera9927 Жыл бұрын
@@mysticsaru8577 and that's why it's so different, wow this is truly a masterpiece
@kingbentley8210
@kingbentley8210 Жыл бұрын
Thank you! Now my mind is at ease.. I was so confused after watching it again today.
@0dylan
@0dylan Жыл бұрын
I'm gonna go with the whole thing just being Schrödinger's cat.
@PlasmaGrounded
@PlasmaGrounded 4 жыл бұрын
STILL WAITING FOR THE OPENING AT DORSIA
@dimsumyum8099
@dimsumyum8099 3 жыл бұрын
Let's not forget the blood trail he left after killing Paul Allen. It's definitely all in his head the security worker would have noticed it
@brett9382
@brett9382 8 ай бұрын
It also disappears when the camera changes angles
@nelsonsana7764
@nelsonsana7764 7 ай бұрын
Finally, someone talking about it
@Matthew9818
@Matthew9818 4 жыл бұрын
I have read the book as well and for me going by the book he actually did kill those people . As stated in the video . The problem is everyone is so self centred that they don't even know each others names for the most part . He is delusional but I do think he killed them . Problem is no one in his circle cares . His girlfriend doesn't even recognise him at a party when he is there the whole time .
@sageex3931
@sageex3931 Жыл бұрын
Dang that's crazy
@cix9420
@cix9420 10 ай бұрын
they all covered for him while gaslighting him into believing he didn't kill anybody, hilariously satirical
@etoilefilante4529
@etoilefilante4529 5 жыл бұрын
Greatest actor of his generation. So underrated. His can play so many type of characters, literally transforming himself if needed. I never get tired of seeing him.
@dhairyadhiman6271
@dhairyadhiman6271 Жыл бұрын
i mean he's not underrated but ...
@jade-oh6zm
@jade-oh6zm 4 жыл бұрын
another thing that was interesting to me was how I truly believe Patricks apartment was way nicer than Allens yet himself along with everyone else who's seen the apartment believes everything to be the other way around.
@saihajmangat2995
@saihajmangat2995 Жыл бұрын
Ikr
@killercaden5669
@killercaden5669 2 жыл бұрын
i like how he turns into jim carrey before he “kills” alan 😂
@kailash03
@kailash03 Ай бұрын
😂
@itsdennisfr
@itsdennisfr Жыл бұрын
A very important aspect no one is noticing is his medication. There are a few frames showing some medication (likely for his condition) and he takes a whole bunch of pills at the phone booth towards the end of movie. This makes me lean towards he made everything up in his mind since the medication made him see reality clearly
@manojbhargav320
@manojbhargav320 Жыл бұрын
Same boat bro
@Oblivion7070
@Oblivion7070 6 жыл бұрын
This movie is more than a timeless classic, it's definitely a masterpiece!
@octaviancaesarhibernicus4447
@octaviancaesarhibernicus4447 6 жыл бұрын
Blaze The Singer a classic??? I dunno about that.....i hate to be that guy, but I'm going to be that guy.... read the book... It's more comically entertaining than disturbing.
@Cryostal
@Cryostal 6 жыл бұрын
books are lame
@robhingston
@robhingston 6 жыл бұрын
That it is ..
@paulmaloney8615
@paulmaloney8615 2 жыл бұрын
Yeah it definitely aged well 20 years later
@djpalpatine8649
@djpalpatine8649 6 жыл бұрын
Patrick Batman
@Oblivion_TTV
@Oblivion_TTV Жыл бұрын
I kinda just figured his dad knows about his ailments and kept it under raps, he probably got him diagnosed when he was younger and that is probably why Patrick has medication. Since his father is the ceo of the company he has a lot of power and when Patrick explained his situation to the lawyer, the lawyer reported it to the father and he cleaned up the mess that was made. At least that's what I thought happened.
@ananyvats5343
@ananyvats5343 Жыл бұрын
Why does the lawyer calls him davis nd his friends call him bateman at the end ?
@NTMMusicUK
@NTMMusicUK Жыл бұрын
@@ananyvats5343because he is his dad he’s not who he believes he is he’s someone else entirely.. maybe just throwing idea out the film is confusing af 😂
@VictoriaStobbie
@VictoriaStobbie 6 жыл бұрын
Cheers Looper for explaining nothing, I had to go into the comments section to find my answers.
@tophers3756
@tophers3756 6 жыл бұрын
Funny, I understood perfectly.
@hootdemon
@hootdemon 6 жыл бұрын
haha hard bro I cpmpletely agree they explained nothing
@ClicheOriginals
@ClicheOriginals 6 жыл бұрын
This Video Didn’t Explain Anything
@squirlmy
@squirlmy 4 жыл бұрын
I'm not sure if you planned for "Anything" to remain hidden until "show more" is clicked. If so, nice touch!
@1OSfan17
@1OSfan17 6 жыл бұрын
He committed all those murders. The point is that there are no consequences for him. The book and movie is a commentary on yuppie culture in the 80's.
@altruisticPing
@altruisticPing 3 жыл бұрын
If you read the book then you'd know the author said he never meant there to be an answer as to whether or not the killings were real. He intentionally provided evidence of both theories, making it impossible for only one to be right
@sarak2336
@sarak2336 Жыл бұрын
@@altruisticPing she*
@Payfieman
@Payfieman Жыл бұрын
@@sarak2336 Author of book is a male. Director of movie is female. They clearly are referring to the book. Nice try
@osvaldorubalcava9721
@osvaldorubalcava9721 Жыл бұрын
@@Payfieman a man typed all those words
@EzequiasLopesBezerra
@EzequiasLopesBezerra 6 жыл бұрын
I always thought that Patrick did kill all these man. But I'm not sure about the police part. That shit was crazy as fuck.
@lx6224
@lx6224 6 жыл бұрын
Ezequias Lopes that is one part that keeps getting to me, the rest fits perfectly with either imagination, or the idea that everyone is so self absorbed that they just are not focused on each other's identities and whereabouts etc. But that damn explosion 😂
@EzequiasLopesBezerra
@EzequiasLopesBezerra 6 жыл бұрын
Liberty-Lea Love, yes, but this is why I love this movie, everyone has a different experience with it.
@CaptainBeefy
@CaptainBeefy 6 жыл бұрын
It may be a parody of all the ridiculous action movie sequences where a guy shoots a car with a gun and it explodes randomly lol
@Philly7Eagles
@Philly7Eagles 6 жыл бұрын
I think some parts are real, like Paul Allen dying and the apartment full of dead hookers. The chainsaw scene i'm on the fence about, I would think people would come outside and see what was going on during all of that, but then again its entirely possible due to bystander syndrome for people to ignore that esp at like 2 am. The rampage is likely completely hallucination, we know it begins with the hallucination of feeding the cat to the ATM, so its entirely reasonable to assume that whole night leading up to the phone call to his lawyer is a hallucination. But I am in the camp of some murders really happened, the fanciful ones didn't. Him killing the homeless guy seems entirely real, that shit happens IRL too, there are entire youtube videos made of teenagers "bum bashing". Either way, thematically the whole point of this work is to illustrate these characters fucked up world where what's "inside doesn't matter" and only money and status do, which can enable someone like a serial killer to be extremely successful. This is highlighted by the property owners for that apartment being so involved with their image and prestige that they'd conceal mass murders in order to maintain the outside image that this is a nice, pretty, wealthy high end neighborhood full of nice, pretty, and wealthy neighbors.
@thefek
@thefek 6 жыл бұрын
All of his "murders" are just him fantasizing while he draws murders. He kills the hooker with the chainsaw and then the very next scene is him drawing that very murder
@jackgaff7312
@jackgaff7312 3 жыл бұрын
That’s what I thought also because why other would they even show the sketches there was no reason for her to even look in his desk in the first place
@nehathejedi4962
@nehathejedi4962 6 жыл бұрын
I finally get it! Batman killed Joker.
@dantegoat8568
@dantegoat8568 6 жыл бұрын
the worst joker
@Simon0
@Simon0 6 жыл бұрын
penguin was behind the whole thing in my opinion. penguin orchestrated it all from the shadows.
@hellsong23
@hellsong23 6 жыл бұрын
Who are you? I'm Bateman.
@AlwaysWinn1ng
@AlwaysWinn1ng 6 жыл бұрын
This video was completely unhelpful at deciphering new details from this film, thanks!
@Rake187
@Rake187 6 жыл бұрын
"I never intended it to seem like it's all in his head" - "feed me a stray cat". 😐 🐱
@serpentsepia6638
@serpentsepia6638 4 жыл бұрын
Agreed. Blows up a cop car with a handgun and hit a lady with a chainsaw a half dozen or so floors down. How can it not be in his head?
@lvmiz1082
@lvmiz1082 4 жыл бұрын
@@serpentsepia6638 What she means is that his psychosis began to exacerbate at that moment. You knew something was wrong when there was a closeup at him taking his medication. He DID kill people but everyone was so self-absorbed that they didn't even know who was actually who, giving Bateman the alibi, the lawyer stating that he had lunch with Paul Allen. The relator wanted him to leave, knowing he was the one responsible for what she found. She needed to sell the place. NY in the 80's was like that. Theaters were showing DeepThroat for God sakes. It wasn't what the city is today. There were bits and pieces of psychosis popping up throughout the movie but then his psychosis began to manifest, ie the chainsaw and shootout.
@johndawhale3197
@johndawhale3197 3 жыл бұрын
I showed this scene to my cat...it proceeded to decapitate me with a chainsaw...
@ollijokinen1571
@ollijokinen1571 3 жыл бұрын
@@serpentsepia6638 I can assure you it wasn't in my head. I did it. For real.
@aligaines8476
@aligaines8476 3 жыл бұрын
Exactly.
@itsmywayorthegeminimethod1095
@itsmywayorthegeminimethod1095 6 жыл бұрын
The point was his lawyer cleaned up the mess, he is an influential yuppie, his dad was a bigshot too. That was the point, no consequences.
@johnx140
@johnx140 Жыл бұрын
Until he dies and goes to Hell lol.
@tesityr6722
@tesityr6722 6 жыл бұрын
If I may pop in to explain (since so many seem to be confused still, to help); it starts out as real, but then becomes in his head only (fictional) - according to the authors/directors themselves - but it is not all fictional. What this means is, that the early violence is true and real (“he is a psycho”) and he has done some things, but there is a point where it becomes only in his head (“he is a psycho”), which is shown by the drawings (for one representation). If you watch the movie, the end killings (esp. the chainsaw one) has clues, such as no indicators on the doors, and the very, very improbable ‘chainsaw landing perfectly vertical on a moving target’. These types of clues are to point you towards these moments being entirely in his head (“psycho”, these things are not normal to think about). He drew them, they did not happen. There is violence and bad things that happened though, which is part of the landlord’s response to his questioning. As stated in this video, it all starts to become in his head around the time he enters his psychosis within himself, in the mirror (tip: mirrors are often used as points and counterpoints in this manner, in movies and books). I hope that helps those who are left confused by this video. I may not be correct, either, if that helps at all.
@robogreek3157
@robogreek3157 Жыл бұрын
You can't answer a question that has no definitive answer. It's called ambiguity
@olivercuenca4109
@olivercuenca4109 5 жыл бұрын
One thing I find interesting is that during the Huey Lewis scene, he claims that they are more cynical than Elvis Costello. I have to point out that nobody familiar with those artists would ever consider Elvis Costello LESS cynical than HL and the News. That line isn’t there to demonstrate that Bateman is a man who knows what he’s talking about. It’s a subtle nod that he has no personality other than what he absorbs, and is parroting reviews as personal opinion whilst misremembering the details- probably because he has never had a personal connection with anyone, even through music.
@y2gayishere815
@y2gayishere815 5 жыл бұрын
Oliver Cuenca most intelligent thing said here
@JellyMelodies
@JellyMelodies Жыл бұрын
Yep bingo it’s the same thing when he’s at dinner in the beginning and is asked about his political opinions
@robogreek3157
@robogreek3157 Жыл бұрын
Wait a minute.. he goes from BATEMAN to BATMAN
@paulfahy9101
@paulfahy9101 6 жыл бұрын
I have to go now , I have to return some video tapes !!
@RDR2clips1899
@RDR2clips1899 3 жыл бұрын
HEY PAUL
@carrioleaks
@carrioleaks 6 жыл бұрын
Still left me confused about the ending...
@issacmiria1632
@issacmiria1632 6 жыл бұрын
that is the different between western and estern asian
@i-95southfloridaboy55
@i-95southfloridaboy55 6 жыл бұрын
I started to think 🤔 that at the end that all the rich people were in the Illuminati cult. And they cover up for each other much like Free Mason's do. I could be wrong though.
@TheRedRuin
@TheRedRuin 6 жыл бұрын
Mark Johnson Freeman's, Illuminati the natural progression of the private school network.
@Jacob-sb3su
@Jacob-sb3su 6 жыл бұрын
Mark Johnson youre wrong
@leighfoulkes7297
@leighfoulkes7297 6 жыл бұрын
Bateman really is killing everyone but the people around him are cleaning up his messes. Bateman seems to want to stop and maybe even get help but they refuse to acknowledge his crimes because they want his wealth.
@phillipanderson2456
@phillipanderson2456 6 жыл бұрын
I hope this helps.The film may have taken a different direction but the book was made to represent how all Wall Street yuppies where cookie cutters of each other and lived in excess. In the book he did murder people but because they all look like one another (which is why he gets called by different names and the business card look the same to us but they notice the suttle differences) he was able to get away with the murders, because they all look alike other people thought they saw Jared Leto''s character and because they all looked alike Patrick had aliabies for the other murders even though he was not there ( people mistakenly took some Wall Street guy as being Patrick). American Psycho is a tale of Greed, Excess, and what it was like to have the trivial life of being a Wall Street Yuppie in the 80's. I recommend watching the bonus features detailing the lives of yuppies in the 80's and the level of Excess they lived sometimes beyond there own means.
@balljack70
@balljack70 6 жыл бұрын
Amen brother. Movie does the book no justice.
@gkroll8467
@gkroll8467 5 жыл бұрын
agreed they are the same thats why they keep confusing everybody they all look and act the same if it was in his head then why would a detective be after him for the disappearance of letos character
@geehanel-abbassi7220
@geehanel-abbassi7220 3 жыл бұрын
Also, to further the notion that everybody confused everyone around them, even on that shooting rampage with the police, when bateman entered, the guy at the front desk referred to him as Mr. Smith
@alexandrews8791
@alexandrews8791 3 жыл бұрын
Way better explanation than the own video thanks!
@jacobr.3318
@jacobr.3318 3 жыл бұрын
I love that the director accidentally created the question that has kept this movie talked about for twenty years, and yet she admits that this was a failure in her storytelling. Good for her for integrity, I suppose. But it seems to me that she is flat-out saying that her greatest success with this movie was the opposite that she intended. The ambiguity of it is what has kept it relevant, yet she admits that's never what she intended.
@Sepear305
@Sepear305 2 жыл бұрын
Well some of it was definitely in his head but yes I def agree she gave people an impression she didn't intend lol I thought it was all in his head personally haha just now realized he really killed people
@randomm928
@randomm928 2 жыл бұрын
No?? Afaik she said the ambiguity was intended, and what she regretted was making it not more ambiguous.
@homeroeccher4621
@homeroeccher4621 2 жыл бұрын
Task failed succesfully
@huntman1412
@huntman1412 6 жыл бұрын
Just watched this movie. Still confused by the ending even after watching this analysis.
@maglrashin1276
@maglrashin1276 3 жыл бұрын
Same
@adamheywood113
@adamheywood113 6 жыл бұрын
It's clear that Mary Harron directed a masterpiece, but now I'm just confused as to whether she intended to...
@bythebay8183
@bythebay8183 6 жыл бұрын
Objective: not achieved
@haleyjadelovethatname
@haleyjadelovethatname 6 жыл бұрын
this is seriously one of my top 3 favorite films. i quote it all the time, i reference it all the time. truly an iconic film. also the hip to be square dance... yesss
@sarak2336
@sarak2336 Жыл бұрын
What are your other top 3s?
@keepitretrox
@keepitretrox Жыл бұрын
What is there to qoute
@realbr1koo
@realbr1koo 6 жыл бұрын
I always thought they cover up the things around him. Maybe his lawyer took care somehow on the mess. The woman in the appartment acted strange. It makes him of course more crazy, without knowing about any of these things.
@doneins
@doneins 6 жыл бұрын
I really enjoyed reading the book after watching the movie, because then I had an exact idea of Patrick Bateman. I always had Bales face in mind when I read it, which matched perfectly.
@dBOTHERER
@dBOTHERER 6 жыл бұрын
thanks for this video, it was just in time. i was just thinking about that awesome film in seen around 15 years ago.
@kasparsvanags8372
@kasparsvanags8372 6 жыл бұрын
Thanks. I kinda was really confused on this one, because I tried to believe that he isn't dreaming, but then that hallucination seen... :D first time (by explaining movie ending) Looper truly helps me.
@giuffre714
@giuffre714 5 жыл бұрын
"You saw the ad in the Times?"
@lmno567
@lmno567 2 жыл бұрын
I actually like the ambiguity of if he did or didn't kill them. I'm in the camp that he didn't kill them, considering that the murder get more and more outlandish and the cover-ups for them would just get harder to the point of being impossible even for the time period.
@kimmolaine8069
@kimmolaine8069 6 жыл бұрын
While Chris Bale gave face to Pat Bateman, I seriously implore you to read the novel. It's one of the best written pieces ever, and gives understanding about the characters'' psyche.
@almightywillow
@almightywillow 6 жыл бұрын
this explains nothing
@razzdarkstar
@razzdarkstar 6 жыл бұрын
Sue O'Brien He really did kill people, but the society of rich businessmen around him were just too self centered to notice. He got away with it because no one around him really paid attention to anything except themselves.
@razzdarkstar
@razzdarkstar 6 жыл бұрын
What wasnt explained?
@ryneredington
@ryneredington 6 жыл бұрын
Everyone in high society was so self centered they couldn't even remember other people's names. The lawyer who said he had dinner with Paul Allen in London was misremembering Paul Allen's name and mistaking him for someone else. Therefore, Bateman really killed Paul Allen.
@theitfactorjameswheezer2852
@theitfactorjameswheezer2852 6 жыл бұрын
rynor23 Actually in the book he really never killed anyone
@mortenthomsen2279
@mortenthomsen2279 5 жыл бұрын
@@theitfactorjameswheezer2852 Why do you think that?
@LundeSite
@LundeSite 4 жыл бұрын
This didn't explain anything? Naming the list of stuff that was unclear in the movie is not explaining it.
@clubberlangmoore7264
@clubberlangmoore7264 6 жыл бұрын
U know the difference between Leto and dafoe... One is the joker the other needs to be
@LMAO-sv4jy
@LMAO-sv4jy 6 жыл бұрын
clubber Lang Moore preach
@megamoviez
@megamoviez 6 жыл бұрын
clubber Lang Moore Old Man Joker
@LMAO-sv4jy
@LMAO-sv4jy 6 жыл бұрын
SkyOut oh yea....nevermind, still Leto sucks
@gkroll8467
@gkroll8467 5 жыл бұрын
defoe has that amazing long face he should have been in batman 1989 as the joker you wouldnt have to do the rubber make up for the cheeks just paint him white and the red lipstick that big freakin grin but they went with a big star nicholson dont get me wrong he was great but even at that time too old and fat but so much freaking energy jackkearned that 5 million plus point and everything with his face on it but defoe would have been physically the joker
@cr0nosphere
@cr0nosphere 6 жыл бұрын
This is a great explanation! I have to watch this movie again. now
@markwright6011
@markwright6011 3 жыл бұрын
Patrick batemans coworker Marcus hagelstrom tells the detective that Patrick was at dinner with him the night of Paul’s murder, in the final scene hagelstrom correctly calls Patrick ‘Bateman’ when asking for his view on the TV. This shows that hagelstrom knows who Patrick is and does not mistaken his identity and so proves that he was at dinner and must have been fantasising about killing Paul instead of actually doing it
@furbabydaddy5604
@furbabydaddy5604 4 жыл бұрын
When PB first walks into work,after his workout scene, one of his co workers called him by a different name. It sounded similar to McClure. That,to me anyway,was a clue that something was up. IMO
@AvoidingHumanSociety
@AvoidingHumanSociety 6 жыл бұрын
my take has always been this, yes he did kill all those people. The ending acts shows him spiral out of control and out of grasp with reality... so some of the ending scenes are hallucinations. Everyone over thinks this and it's actually just a really simplistic way to end it all. The sanity he kept hidden for so long finally escaped and he couldn't tell reality from fiction anymore.
@Trillberto
@Trillberto Жыл бұрын
This is the best comment I've seen, idk why I feel this is it
@intheory32
@intheory32 6 жыл бұрын
What is the name of the music playing in the background of this video? I love it and need to know ?
@Bippy878
@Bippy878 8 ай бұрын
your compliment was sufficient , luis
@steves1015
@steves1015 Жыл бұрын
Paul Allen's family may have cleaned up the flat and covered up the crimes. It is already mentioned how rich his family were and how they wanted to keep his disappearance out of the papers. Maybe the family assumed, when the bodies were found in his flat, that he hadn't simply gone missing and had instead killed all of those people and was laying low?
@firthlaist218
@firthlaist218 6 жыл бұрын
Bateman, is Batman's alter-alter ego ...it's how he lets off steam. Being THREE different personalities is enough to drive ANYONE insane. Also, he's forgotten that he SUPED-UP his Glock to be able to fire Exploding Rounds (hence the police car blowing up), and that Alfred clears up after him, playing off the Real Estate lady. Moreover, his uncanny ability to hit his targets from many floors up ...be it a staircase (Chainsaw - American Psycho), or car park spiral ramp (Himself landing on a car - The Dark Knight). As for the ATM and the Cat ...this was the Joker having fun.
@hunterwright9329
@hunterwright9329 5 жыл бұрын
Im glad at least one other person understands this film
@ROCK_UNIVERSE97
@ROCK_UNIVERSE97 4 жыл бұрын
Thx for the video.
@wandersgion4989
@wandersgion4989 5 жыл бұрын
I definitely believe in the coverup theory. It’s supposed to demonstrate how morally bankrupt everyone is that they care more about maintaining the image of propriety than holding Bateman accountable. Also, the culture of hedonism, greed, and conformity is like a prison from which Bateman tries to escape through acts of violence. But he is denied catharsis because of the powerful people who protect him from any consequences. So he remains locked into the status quo and remains unable to express himself (homicide is a really bad means of self-expression, btw...).
@CommanderCronus
@CommanderCronus 5 жыл бұрын
This seems like the best explanation I've read.
@BruceWayne-ji4uf
@BruceWayne-ji4uf 6 жыл бұрын
I still don't get it
@robinhickman6170
@robinhickman6170 6 жыл бұрын
Bruce Wayne. That's probably because you're stupid......
@BruceWayne-ji4uf
@BruceWayne-ji4uf 6 жыл бұрын
Robin Hickman This is a fact I cannot deny. I appreciate and respect you for sharing your opinion.
@unsubme2157
@unsubme2157 6 жыл бұрын
Bruce Wayne yoda dies
@333junaid
@333junaid 6 жыл бұрын
bigpimpdaddy69 tgen what about the detective and the dead bodies in the flat??!
@sonny_3033
@sonny_3033 4 жыл бұрын
@@333junaid it was all in his head
@Durrpadil
@Durrpadil 4 жыл бұрын
I haven't seen the whole film. But this video summarizes it brilliantly. Studying pre-medicine, sometimes you find pre-docs who are essentially sociopaths more concerned about building their image, wealth, and status more than assisting the sick and frail. Much like these fools. I've even seen a doctor post his sexual escapades with another single female doctor, photographing themselves in the act while still wearing scrubs. Absolutely disgustingly pitiful. I am so glad judgement exists and Hell. Some people are practically begging for it.
@elijahbaker781
@elijahbaker781 2 жыл бұрын
I think that it’s a mixture of both reality and fantasy especially near the end as he’s gone fully insane and he loses his grip on reality
@MadMax-ec8er
@MadMax-ec8er 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for not answering a single one of my questions👌
@evaheaton702
@evaheaton702 4 жыл бұрын
MadMax Ikr
@markusp.8376
@markusp.8376 6 жыл бұрын
is it weird that this is one of those movies I can watch twice in a day?
@masaharumorimoto4761
@masaharumorimoto4761 6 жыл бұрын
One of the few movies that left me completely confused, in a good way!
@paulfahy9101
@paulfahy9101 6 жыл бұрын
That was really cool , thanks !!
@seanharricharan9191
@seanharricharan9191 6 жыл бұрын
I think the movie starts off as portraying Patrick as a distinct psycho but slowly pushes towards the idea that patrick wasn't as different as everyone else in the show which confuses him.
@cozyhudson1393
@cozyhudson1393 Жыл бұрын
It’s about the rich and how they will cover things up. His father owns a lot of the company, the things his son does are covered up by those rich above. His son is just doing alot which is why the lawyer caught an attitude and the lady told him “don’t cause any trouble”. Like a bad child.
@pbabuik
@pbabuik 6 жыл бұрын
ok now can someone tell me how the three seashells in demolition man work
@ronmeister9000
@ronmeister9000 4 жыл бұрын
Right on buddy!!!!!!.... good research !!!!...... good storyline !!!..... I'm just here for the the slasher flick !!!!!! 😬😬😝
@achaidez1547
@achaidez1547 6 жыл бұрын
I couldnt have asked for a better explanation thanks
@dontdropthesoap6146
@dontdropthesoap6146 4 жыл бұрын
Dont know if anyone else is watching this in 2020 but still the most complex and compelling movies of all time. Seriously a masterpiece
@lyconxero457
@lyconxero457 6 жыл бұрын
I've only seen the movie all the way through once but I never thought that "it was all a dream." To me, it was clear that he was going more and more crazy throughout the movie but the reason he got away with it all had to do with the people around him and his own privilege along with theirs. The filmmakers clearly gave the impression from the very beginning that NONE of these people live in the "real world" like normal people and thus go about their own vices with those around them only feeding into them going further with it all.
@Hatecrewdethrol
@Hatecrewdethrol 6 жыл бұрын
You should do a video trying to explain "Primer" I say try because that's the best anyone can do with that movie
@genghischan69
@genghischan69 6 жыл бұрын
Aligns very nicely with the modern WSJ as well. Ben Fritz, for example.
@JenLuvsHorror
@JenLuvsHorror 6 жыл бұрын
Still love this movie just as much as I did when it came out
@chainsawkitten3766
@chainsawkitten3766 6 жыл бұрын
In the novel, there is a line from Bateman, where he says something about doing something, and then says “even though none of this is really happening anyway”. When I read the book, a few years before the film, I too got the slight impression that it was a fantasy, an extreme jab at the shallow, materialistic, 1980’s world of the yuppie.
@leogothisoscar271
@leogothisoscar271 6 жыл бұрын
I'm glad the actual explanation was given at the end. All through the video I kept thinking "No, you're missing the point."
@ShanoMoments
@ShanoMoments Жыл бұрын
Legends say he is still returning those video tapes.
@ghosty3695
@ghosty3695 6 жыл бұрын
Ending of no country for old men plz
@sanchirkh6019
@sanchirkh6019 6 жыл бұрын
check out screen prism's vid
@DavidMyrmidon
@DavidMyrmidon 6 жыл бұрын
...she dies...
@Palmieres
@Palmieres 6 жыл бұрын
1000 Subscribers Without Videos He kills her. Earlier in the movie he checks his shoes for blood after killing a guy, and he does the same after exiting her house.
@hollyhaley2836
@hollyhaley2836 6 жыл бұрын
I read somewhere that Bale took this role because his step mother and her friends protested the book because of its vulgar content
@octaviancaesarhibernicus4447
@octaviancaesarhibernicus4447 6 жыл бұрын
Holly Haley I read that aswell but I think she came out against the book after its release in the 80s and the film was much later ,it's unknown if he took the role to piss her off.
@TheGemini35
@TheGemini35 6 жыл бұрын
Patrick Bateman is the older brother to James Van Der Beek's character Sean Bateman in the movie Rules of Attraction. American Psycho and Rules of Attraction were both written by the same author. It makes even more sense now of why James Van Der Beek's character was so messed up too.
@utarian7
@utarian7 8 ай бұрын
2:17 was so much like Jim Carrey.
@RivaStyx
@RivaStyx Жыл бұрын
Batman finally breaks his own rules
@raspberryjuiceentertainmen719
@raspberryjuiceentertainmen719 2 жыл бұрын
“American Psycho” and “straight forward” do not belong in the same sentence
@TheHorny4boost
@TheHorny4boost 8 ай бұрын
I had to laugh when he kills the hotel clerk, and is leaving and swings around the relvoving door and shoots the janitor all in one motion 😅😅😅
@robertmarginean164
@robertmarginean164 3 жыл бұрын
Ithink what happened with the police and the ATM was in his head, even the Paul Allen part. Yes, the characters often mistake people for someone else, but his lawyer says he was in London, and there aren't a lot of people from their social circle in London
@farklestaxbaum1589
@farklestaxbaum1589 Жыл бұрын
An important aspect to me, in terms of did he actually kill anyone, is the unrealistic fantasy aspect of the weapons he uses. The chrome plated axe - this implies that he bought an axe then paid a shop to have it chrome plated... or how else to you end up with a polished shiny axe? The nail gun he holds to the girls head is pneumatic, it would require an air hose hooked up to a compressor to be able to fire, it is incapable of firing in that scene. The chainsaw would not continue running after he lets go of it due to multiple safety features.
@black_space5662
@black_space5662 Жыл бұрын
Also there is that scene with him breaking up with his girl friend he is literally drawing the chainsaw murder scene and she didnt even question him.
@gogopossum
@gogopossum 6 жыл бұрын
"Don't just look at it, eat it!"
@amberlyn28
@amberlyn28 Жыл бұрын
3:52 I don’t get how his Lawyer calls him Davis as if he doesn’t know his own client is Bateman
@xposephantom2741
@xposephantom2741 6 жыл бұрын
Please do one of "Requiem for a dream"
@note4note804
@note4note804 6 жыл бұрын
I love how the opening monologue is just completely ignored by you guys as an explanation for the events of the movie. He is simply not there. All he is his routine and his facade. That should be your frame of mind for watching his actions.
@Commenter5651
@Commenter5651 3 жыл бұрын
My girlfriend wanted to go to dinner, but I told her Id be busy returning some videotapes. She wasnt happy with that answer so I dropped a chainsaw on her from 10 floors above. Gotta go, reservations at Dorsia at 9pm.
@Endlessvoidsutidos
@Endlessvoidsutidos 3 жыл бұрын
though i love that you were able to find information that shows the true intent i hate that she spilled the beans like that the ambiguity of Patricks true reality was one of the most perfectly done parts of the film ....and she ruined it with one interview XD
@mistymoo22
@mistymoo22 6 ай бұрын
How about his assistant and how he had a 'snap back into some sort of reality' letting her go instead of feeding into the bloodlust (unless other components are at play and haven't been presented). Also her reaction at the end towards his disturbing doodles in the planner could suggest the possibility of Bateman just having these "fantasies" indulging his sickness, or, he actually killed those people and the planner represents the illustrative space in which one can become distracted or influenced by his own craft-- also inspiring the idea of him having hallucinations / dreaming. The depth in lack of solved trajectories within the sum of the film is what leads to the audiences' capabilities
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