Here's another post I meant to put up a few weeks ago.
I was never a big fan of Bret Easton Ellis. Sure, I read “Less Than Zero” in college (I believe I even have a first edition copy of it … wonder if it’s worth anything?), but my fandom for him didn’t really extend beyond that. When “American Psycho” came out a little while afterwards, I didn’t care and didn’t bother reading it. From what I heard about it at the time, it seemed like a pretty shallow exercise. A couple of years later when it became a film, I cared even less. I didn’t see it, and the earth continued to rotate just fine.
As fate would have it, however, I actually caught “American Psycho” on cable a few weeks back and watched it. As expected, the plot was pretty dumb, and I didn’t really invest in any of the characters therein, least of all protagonist Patrick Bateman (played with deliberate woodenness by Christian Bale). But I did enjoy director Mary Harron’s loving attention to the details and locations of New York City.
To that same end, Scouting NY put up an excellent breakdown of the specific spots in Patrick Bateman's New York City. While not as exhaustive as his treatments of "Taxi Driver," "Rosemary's Baby" and "Ghostbusters," it is indeed enjoyably thorough. Do check it out.
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