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American Psycho vs. American society Director Mary Harron's American Psycho, portrays a man who appears socially, financially, and culturally successful to the outside world. But the same culture that he strives to conquer seems to lead him to horrible acts of violence. The mere idea of committing the acts of violence shows the downfalls of our current society. Some of these downfalls may be loss of respect for others, and a money driven mentality. Driven by Greed, Harron's Patrick Bateman is continually striving for improvements in his physical appearance, financial/social status, and masculinity. This continual need for improvement and desire for perfection by Patrick mirrors our American work ethic. American Psycho's Patrick illustrates how his economic and social stature can mask his serial killer mentality. In a scene where he discusses movie reviews with his secretary while holding a nailgun to the back of her head. She has no idea of the nail-gun and thinks he is a normal, sane person because of his high social status. As he lures women back to his fancy apartment, he is using his money and nice things as a tool to commit these acts of violence. This ironic twist of a man's mentality relates to h
Another type of movie violence, as discussed in the book Screening Violence by Stephen Prince, has been the "slasher films about serial killers slaughtering promiscuousteenagers. The violence in film has been increasingly explicit, so that now we as the audience can see murders from the eyes of the killer. This need for things, such as expensive cars, and nice houses logically leads people to jobs that produce adequate amounts of money. These aspects of freedom associated with losing it are seen in the serial killer movies. In other words to get the really cool stuff, we sometimes have to ignore some of our morals to get there. The other is a threatening villain. Detroit; Wayne State University press, 1999. In Philip Simpson's book Psycho Paths: Tracking the Serial Killer Through Contemporary American Film and Fiction, he discusses film violence saying, "Part of the demonization strategy of these films requires not only that the serial killers are more intelligent and insightful than their middle-class contemporaries but that they also are sublimely brutal in a way that shocks increasingly jaded filmgoers. Bibliography Sharrett, Christopher ; Mythologies of Violence in Postmodern Media. Also known as insanity, 'losing it' has aspects of freedom which are good feelings that are not socially acceptable. What is called the modus operandi by the experts is the locating of patterns in the serial killer's spree of murders. American Psycho shows where we as viewers of cinematic violence have evolved. The workaholic, fueled by the desire for many aspect of self-improvement, will cut feelings off in an attempt to better his/her socio-economic status.
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