At around the 35-minute mark, it's really cool to see Ellis and Jay McInerney hanging out together. Back in the 80s, they were dubbed by the press as "The Toxic Twins," cause they were always hanging out at clubs doing coke together.
apparently that was mostly an invention of the press, as was the "Brat Pack" thing. in Bret's words, "I was doing all those things, but I was doing them with my friends, not Jay McInerney."
After watching this I’m suddenly filled with a nameless dread that has crippled my will! But after a workout at Exclusive I feel renewed my senses are sharp and on the verge of frenzy.
i've read all his books and "rules of attraction" is def my favorite... it may not be a technical masterpiece, but it's so damn fun to read for some reason (i consider it a "comfort read")... everyone i have recommended it to has also loved it... so don't dismiss it, especially if u lived in a dorm & partied in college...
That's one of my favorites too but the way you described it like a comfort read is how I feel about the informers. I used to pick it and read no matter what page I chose I'd already knew the entire sequence of the"storyline" bc I'd reread it so much
37:33: Will Self: You have to read American Psycho in 4-5 hours? It's a 400 page book. Are there people that read 80-100 pages an hour? I've never heard such a thing. If there's any way that's true, I will leave that for others.
“Too long and crude!” Blake Morrison showing how some critics really do get things wrong! The fact is American Psycho is the book a lot of British writers would’ve loved to have written. There’s nothing like it over here. Martin Amis’ Money is close to it with humour and great writing. But no one else. Will Self can write, he can read very quickly as well. Is he saying he can read the whole book in 4 or 5 hours! I think you’d miss stuff going at that speed. Don’t read it in a hurry, take your time with it 👍🏻
The Rules of Attraction is not my favorite book of his, for sure. But I appreciate the book for its ability to capture the different voices of his characters. Granted, some of them aren't perfectly executed. But the ones that land are really convincing. I think that's the reason why I can put American Psycho--a grotesque novel, for anyone who actually reads through the second half--into context. Patrick Bateman's thoughts are not of a ( 38:17 ) "healthy mind," but of an obsessive compulsive. In retrospect, it's hard to dismiss Ellis as a writer, even as the book makes your skin crawl. (A total aside, I only just realized the book satirizes another aspect of 1980s pop culture. Slasher movies became mainstream in the 1980s--you know, since Halloween, the ones where you are supposed to identify with the killer and resent the victims. A lot of horror stories can be pretty gruesome, but American Psycho is somehow more disturbing. Just like how many fans of classic horror and suspense thriller movies hate "Friday the 13th" and most of the "Halloween" franchise, American Psycho is not upheld within the horror genre. I think, when you get down to it, it's content is unsavory for the exactly same reasons as trash horror of the 80s.)
Real!? The book maybe based on someone's reality but I could not identify with many of the scenarios in this book and I wouldn't say I lived a sheltered life. I came here to get some insight into the writers ideas on the books theme(s).
My uber driver in boston was playing some really cool soundtrack by a group called "mestis' song is "Elkasia" google if ud like n sidebar will have further suggestions
In the movie version of Rules, Victor was played by hot-ass bro stud Kip Pardue. He was physical perfection. The guy who plays Victor here is hideous. What were they thinking with this cast? I wonder if Bret got to fuck around with Kip Pardue or James Van Der Beek.
Wow rachel weisz is in this in the tub. I remember when rules of attractions trailer came out I figured it was another american pie type of movie. I than read the reviews and it sounded very dark and depraved. The guy playing Bateman creeps me out.
@@Angel-bs1lz no idea, guess he's one of those self-entitled gay guys that hates it when anyone dares to get serious about the LGBTQ community and thinks only good looking cis-male gay dudes matter.
The Informers is great but allways seemed like a quick cash in to me (didn’t he say he had writers block around this period) let’s take all these shorty story’s I wrote in collage punch em up a little and put them out quick n easy $$$$$
