The Ending Of American Psycho Finally Explained

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  • 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  Před 6 lety +770

    What other thrillers do you want us to explore?

  • @AbeEdits0
    @AbeEdits0 Před 6 lety +5979

    I need to return some video tapes...

  • @mr.joshua204
    @mr.joshua204 Před 6 lety +4101

    SABRINA, DON'T JUST STARE AT IT, EAT IT!!

  • @Mr.N3cro
    @Mr.N3cro Před 4 lety +3627

    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 Před 3 lety +568

      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 Před 2 lety +13

      @Luke Bailey then tell us who did cover it up

    • @raouf668
      @raouf668 Před 2 lety +6

      @Luke Bailey Yeah it's his fiancée

    • @slingbladequis375
      @slingbladequis375 Před 2 lety +6

      @Luke Bailey then who omg

    • @acetylcoa6540
      @acetylcoa6540 Před 2 lety +62

      No. Everything happens in his mind.

  • @MetalAllDayAllNight
    @MetalAllDayAllNight Před 3 lety +2072

    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?"

  • @anirudhgoel
    @anirudhgoel Před 6 lety +3708

    Thank you for confusing me even more

    • @TrinMcLillian
      @TrinMcLillian Před 6 lety +44

      I second that!

    • @BigBadJerryRogers
      @BigBadJerryRogers Před 6 lety +12

      At the end of the video the people who made the film explain it for you. What's not to get?

    • @shachi310
      @shachi310 Před 6 lety +4

      BigBadJerry Rogers but I suppose video is abt the movie rather than the book

    • @TrinMcLillian
      @TrinMcLillian Před 6 lety +36

      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 Před 6 lety +9

      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.

  • @killaxero86
    @killaxero86 Před 6 lety +842

    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 Před 6 lety +16

      That's how I always took it. Glad to know that I got it right.

    • @ShimmySnail
      @ShimmySnail Před 6 lety +25

      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 Před 2 lety

      @@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 Před 2 lety +2

      @@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.

  • @maxwood2940
    @maxwood2940 Před 6 lety +1065

    Let's not forget he drops a chainsaw down a few floors onto a running target

    • @liquidphilosopher1816
      @liquidphilosopher1816 Před 6 lety +216

      yeah even dude perfect cant pull that of without retakes

    • @gkroll8467
      @gkroll8467 Před 5 lety +26

      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 Před 5 lety +128

      @@gkroll8467 holy shit dude learn some punctuation

    • @wadda2144
      @wadda2144 Před 4 lety +7

      max wood best trick shot ever

    • @triparadox.c
      @triparadox.c Před 4 lety +32

      @bean machine Holy shit! Dude, learn some punctuation.

  • @kothgames
    @kothgames Před 6 lety +3493

    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 Před 5 lety +96

      I read the book and I'd say that is one of the main feelings you get from the characters.

    • @smoogles.5534
      @smoogles.5534 Před 5 lety +141

      just about anyone can be patrick bateman no one can separate who is who because all of them are the same

    • @yexman77
      @yexman77 Před 5 lety +180

      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 Před 4 lety +44

      So the detective looked the other way too? That's strange

    • @precogtyrant
      @precogtyrant Před 4 lety +1

      Nope

  • @TrueUnderDawgGaming
    @TrueUnderDawgGaming Před rokem +805

    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 Před rokem +135

      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 Před rokem +64

      Actually the lawyer thinks he had dinner with paul allen cuz everyone looks the same that everyone cant recognize a single person

    • @weirdboo
      @weirdboo Před rokem +35

      @@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 Před rokem +3

      ​@@henrikaugustsson4041 except even the privileged can no longer get away with murder.

    • @cappybara313
      @cappybara313 Před rokem +8

      So he really killed those people and its not hallucination? So what about the cops the car that blew up

  • @daveharris79554
    @daveharris79554 Před 6 lety +2040

    More important Batman killed the Joker

  • @blackphillip8519
    @blackphillip8519 Před 6 lety +3221

    Christian bale could be a great joker

  • @PlasmaGrounded
    @PlasmaGrounded Před 4 lety +155

    STILL WAITING FOR THE OPENING AT DORSIA

  • @altruisticPing
    @altruisticPing Před 3 lety +325

    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 Před 2 lety

      That just kinda dumb, you kinda just contradict yourself

    • @7heGame7ester
      @7heGame7ester Před rokem +12

      Wow that’s brilliant

    • @shreyelivera9927
      @shreyelivera9927 Před rokem +6

      @@mysticsaru8577 and that's why it's so different, wow this is truly a masterpiece

    • @kingbentley8210
      @kingbentley8210 Před rokem +6

      Thank you! Now my mind is at ease.. I was so confused after watching it again today.

    • @0dylan
      @0dylan Před rokem +4

      I'm gonna go with the whole thing just being Schrödinger's cat.

  • @justanotherhappyhumanist8832
    @justanotherhappyhumanist8832 Před 6 lety +1560

    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 Před 6 lety +20

      Chris Moeller
      Thats interesting. Do you have a link id like to read more.

    • @Yonverpage
      @Yonverpage Před 5 lety +146

      Funny you mentioned that. In the Novel, Bateman actually meets Tom Cruise in an elevator inside his appartment building. No joke

    • @mortenthomsen2279
      @mortenthomsen2279 Před 5 lety +31

      @@jackevans1092 Tom Cruise is a raving lunatic who "isn't there". Jim is no where near as crazy.

    • @mortenthomsen2279
      @mortenthomsen2279 Před 5 lety +4

      @@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 Před 5 lety +1

      @@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.

  • @edwardkenway1994
    @edwardkenway1994 Před 6 lety +2937

    This movie is truly a masterpiece

    • @endlessfreedomful
      @endlessfreedomful Před 6 lety +139

      agreed. and also unappreciated. caught the vibe of 80's perfectly.

    • @chelseacolson796
      @chelseacolson796 Před 6 lety +84

      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 Před 6 lety +14

      Chelsea Colson If the earth survives 50 years

    • @chelseacolson796
      @chelseacolson796 Před 6 lety +5

      Mega MovieZ the earth will be just fine, trust me

    • @cherrypies672
      @cherrypies672 Před 6 lety

      true asf

  • @dimsumyum8099
    @dimsumyum8099 Před 3 lety +99

    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 Před 9 měsíci +12

      It also disappears when the camera changes angles

    • @nelsonsana7764
      @nelsonsana7764 Před 8 měsíci +3

      Finally, someone talking about it

  • @killercaden5669
    @killercaden5669 Před 2 lety +65

    i like how he turns into jim carrey before he “kills” alan 😂

  • @Matthew9818
    @Matthew9818 Před 4 lety +498

    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 Před rokem +1

      Dang that's crazy

    • @cix9420
      @cix9420 Před 11 měsíci +6

      they all covered for him while gaslighting him into believing he didn't kill anybody, hilariously satirical

  • @etoilefilante4529
    @etoilefilante4529 Před 5 lety +237

    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.

  • @jade-oh6zm
    @jade-oh6zm Před 4 lety +116

    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.

  • @itsdennisfr
    @itsdennisfr Před rokem +87

    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

  • @djpalpatine8649
    @djpalpatine8649 Před 6 lety +163

    Patrick Batman

  • @Oblivion_TTV
    @Oblivion_TTV Před rokem +99

    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 Před rokem +6

      Why does the lawyer calls him davis nd his friends call him bateman at the end ?

    • @NTMMusicUK
      @NTMMusicUK Před rokem +1

      @@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 😂

  • @Oblivion7070
    @Oblivion7070 Před 6 lety +385

    This movie is more than a timeless classic, it's definitely a masterpiece!

    • @octaviancaesarhibernicus4447
      @octaviancaesarhibernicus4447 Před 6 lety +1

      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 Před 6 lety +1

      books are lame

    • @robhingston
      @robhingston Před 6 lety

      That it is ..

    • @paulmaloney8615
      @paulmaloney8615 Před 2 lety +5

      Yeah it definitely aged well 20 years later

  • @1OSfan17
    @1OSfan17 Před 6 lety +404

    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 Před 3 lety +50

      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 Před rokem +2

      @@altruisticPing she*

    • @Payfieman
      @Payfieman Před rokem +16

      @@sarak2336 Author of book is a male. Director of movie is female. They clearly are referring to the book. Nice try

    • @osvaldorubalcava9721
      @osvaldorubalcava9721 Před rokem

      @@Payfieman a man typed all those words

  • @VictoriaStobbie
    @VictoriaStobbie Před 6 lety +311

    Cheers Looper for explaining nothing, I had to go into the comments section to find my answers.

    • @tophers3756
      @tophers3756 Před 6 lety +6

      Funny, I understood perfectly.

    • @hootdemon
      @hootdemon Před 6 lety +1

      haha hard bro I cpmpletely agree they explained nothing

  • @ClicheOriginals
    @ClicheOriginals Před 6 lety +151

    This
    Video
    Didn’t
    Explain
    Anything

    • @squirlmy
      @squirlmy Před 4 lety +3

      I'm not sure if you planned for "Anything" to remain hidden until "show more" is clicked. If so, nice touch!

  • @EzequiasLopesBezerra
    @EzequiasLopesBezerra Před 6 lety +149

    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 Před 6 lety +25

      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 Před 6 lety +2

      Liberty-Lea Love, yes, but this is why I love this movie, everyone has a different experience with it.

    • @CaptainBeefy
      @CaptainBeefy Před 6 lety +8

      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 Před 6 lety +16

      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.

  • @olivercuenca4109
    @olivercuenca4109 Před 5 lety +96

    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 Před 5 lety +3

      Oliver Cuenca most intelligent thing said here

    • @JellyMelodies
      @JellyMelodies Před rokem +3

      Yep bingo it’s the same thing when he’s at dinner in the beginning and is asked about his political opinions

    • @robogreek3157
      @robogreek3157 Před rokem

      Wait a minute.. he goes from BATEMAN to BATMAN

  • @thefek
    @thefek Před 6 lety +125

    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 Před 3 lety +30

      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

  • @itsmywayorthegeminimethod1095

    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 Před rokem

      Until he dies and goes to Hell lol.

  • @paulfahy9101
    @paulfahy9101 Před 6 lety +36

    I have to go now , I have to return some video tapes !!

  • @nehathejedi4962
    @nehathejedi4962 Před 6 lety +488

    I finally get it!
    Batman killed Joker.

    • @dantegoat8568
      @dantegoat8568 Před 6 lety +13

      the worst joker

    • @Simon0
      @Simon0 Před 6 lety

      penguin was behind the whole thing in my opinion. penguin orchestrated it all from the shadows.

    • @hellsong23
      @hellsong23 Před 6 lety +9

      Who are you?
      I'm Bateman.

  • @AlwaysWinn1ng
    @AlwaysWinn1ng Před 6 lety +10

    This video was completely unhelpful at deciphering new details from this film, thanks!

  • @tesityr6722
    @tesityr6722 Před 6 lety +121

    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 Před rokem +1

      You can't answer a question that has no definitive answer. It's called ambiguity

  • @adamheywood113
    @adamheywood113 Před 6 lety +91

    It's clear that Mary Harron directed a masterpiece, but now I'm just confused as to whether she intended to...

  • @jacobr.3318
    @jacobr.3318 Před 3 lety +166

    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 Před 2 lety +1

      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 Před 2 lety +17

      No?? Afaik she said the ambiguity was intended, and what she regretted was making it not more ambiguous.

    • @homeroeccher4621
      @homeroeccher4621 Před 2 lety +5

      Task failed succesfully

  • @Jacksonville_Phil
    @Jacksonville_Phil Před 6 lety +160

    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 Před 6 lety +1

      Amen brother. Movie does the book no justice.

    • @gkroll8467
      @gkroll8467 Před 5 lety +3

      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 Před 3 lety +7

      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 Před 3 lety +3

      Way better explanation than the own video thanks!

  • @bythebay8183
    @bythebay8183 Před 6 lety +39

    Objective: not achieved

  • @huntman1412
    @huntman1412 Před 6 lety +62

    Just watched this movie. Still confused by the ending even after watching this analysis.

  • @doneins
    @doneins Před 6 lety +40

    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.

  • @carrioleaks
    @carrioleaks Před 6 lety +368

    Still left me confused about the ending...

    • @issacmiria1632
      @issacmiria1632 Před 6 lety

      that is the different between western and estern asian

    • @i-95southfloridaboy55
      @i-95southfloridaboy55 Před 6 lety +13

      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 Před 6 lety +2

      Mark Johnson Freeman's, Illuminati the natural progression of the private school network.

    • @Jacob-sb3su
      @Jacob-sb3su Před 6 lety

      Mark Johnson youre wrong

    • @leighfoulkes7297
      @leighfoulkes7297 Před 6 lety +3

      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.

  • @Rake187
    @Rake187 Před 6 lety +240

    "I never intended it to seem like it's all in his head"
    - "feed me a stray cat". 😐
    🐱

    • @serpentsepia6638
      @serpentsepia6638 Před 4 lety +32

      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 Před 4 lety +15

      @@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 Před 3 lety +3

      I showed this scene to my cat...it proceeded to decapitate me with a chainsaw...

    • @ollijokinen1571
      @ollijokinen1571 Před 3 lety +2

      @@serpentsepia6638 I can assure you it wasn't in my head. I did it. For real.

    • @aligaines8476
      @aligaines8476 Před 3 lety

      Exactly.

  • @realbr1koo
    @realbr1koo Před 6 lety +20

    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.

  • @giuffre714
    @giuffre714 Před 5 lety +11

    "You saw the ad in the Times?"

  • @ROCK_UNIVERSE97
    @ROCK_UNIVERSE97 Před 5 lety

    Thx for the video.

  • @dBOTHERER
    @dBOTHERER Před 6 lety +25

    thanks for this video, it was just in time. i was just thinking about that awesome film in seen around 15 years ago.

  • @AvoidingHumanSociety
    @AvoidingHumanSociety Před 6 lety +16

    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 Před 2 lety

      This is the best comment I've seen, idk why I feel this is it

  • @kimmolaine8069
    @kimmolaine8069 Před 6 lety +14

    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.

  • @markwright6011
    @markwright6011 Před 3 lety +6

    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

  • @cr0nosphere
    @cr0nosphere Před 6 lety +1

    This is a great explanation! I have to watch this movie again. now

  • @lmno567
    @lmno567 Před 2 lety +15

    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.

  • @clubberlangmoore7264
    @clubberlangmoore7264 Před 6 lety +58

    U know the difference between Leto and dafoe...
    One is the joker the other needs to be

    • @LMAO-sv4jy
      @LMAO-sv4jy Před 6 lety

      clubber Lang Moore preach

    • @megamoviez
      @megamoviez Před 6 lety +2

      clubber Lang Moore Old Man Joker

    • @LMAO-sv4jy
      @LMAO-sv4jy Před 6 lety

      SkyOut oh yea....nevermind, still Leto sucks

    • @gkroll8467
      @gkroll8467 Před 5 lety

      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

  • @paulfahy9101
    @paulfahy9101 Před 6 lety

    That was really cool , thanks !!

  • @kasparsvanags8372
    @kasparsvanags8372 Před 6 lety +2

    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.

  • @wandersgion4989
    @wandersgion4989 Před 5 lety +9

    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...).

  • @LundeSite
    @LundeSite Před 4 lety +14

    This didn't explain anything? Naming the list of stuff that was unclear in the movie is not explaining it.

  • @haleyjadelovethatname
    @haleyjadelovethatname Před 6 lety +8

    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

  • @intheory32
    @intheory32 Před 6 lety

    What is the name of the music playing in the background of this video? I love it and need to know ?

  • @almightywillow
    @almightywillow Před 6 lety +183

    this explains nothing

    • @razzdarkstar
      @razzdarkstar Před 6 lety +30

      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 Před 6 lety

      What wasnt explained?

    • @ryneredington
      @ryneredington Před 6 lety +7

      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 Před 6 lety

      rynor23 Actually in the book he really never killed anyone

    • @mortenthomsen2279
      @mortenthomsen2279 Před 5 lety

      @@theitfactorjameswheezer2852 Why do you think that?

  • @firthlaist218
    @firthlaist218 Před 6 lety +8

    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 Před 5 lety

      Im glad at least one other person understands this film

  • @steves1015
    @steves1015 Před rokem +4

    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?

  • @achaidez1547
    @achaidez1547 Před 6 lety

    I couldnt have asked for a better explanation thanks

  • @furbabydaddy5604
    @furbabydaddy5604 Před 4 lety +5

    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

  • @seanharricharan9191
    @seanharricharan9191 Před 6 lety +6

    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 Před rokem +7

    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.

  • @markusp.8376
    @markusp.8376 Před 6 lety +8

    is it weird that this is one of those movies I can watch twice in a day?

  • @elijahbaker781
    @elijahbaker781 Před 2 lety +5

    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

  • @BruceWayne-ji4uf
    @BruceWayne-ji4uf Před 6 lety +90

    I still don't get it

    • @robinhickman6170
      @robinhickman6170 Před 6 lety

      Bruce Wayne. That's probably because you're stupid......

    • @BruceWayne-ji4uf
      @BruceWayne-ji4uf Před 6 lety +58

      Robin Hickman This is a fact I cannot deny. I appreciate and respect you for sharing your opinion.

    • @unsubme2157
      @unsubme2157 Před 6 lety +4

      Bruce Wayne yoda dies

    • @333junaid
      @333junaid Před 6 lety

      bigpimpdaddy69 tgen what about the detective and the dead bodies in the flat??!

    • @sonny_3033
      @sonny_3033 Před 4 lety

      @@333junaid it was all in his head

  • @leogothisoscar271
    @leogothisoscar271 Před 6 lety +2

    I'm glad the actual explanation was given at the end. All through the video I kept thinking "No, you're missing the point."

  • @Bippy878
    @Bippy878 Před 9 měsíci +1

    your compliment was sufficient , luis

  • @Durrpadil
    @Durrpadil Před 4 lety +4

    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.

  • @hollyhaley2836
    @hollyhaley2836 Před 6 lety +21

    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 Před 6 lety

      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.

  • @ShanoMoments
    @ShanoMoments Před rokem +2

    Legends say he is still returning those video tapes.

  • @MadMax-ec8er
    @MadMax-ec8er Před 4 lety +7

    Thanks for not answering a single one of my questions👌

  • @pbabuik
    @pbabuik Před 6 lety +4

    ok now can someone tell me how the three seashells in demolition man work

  • @manojbhargav320
    @manojbhargav320 Před rokem +6

    For me he didn't kill anyone and made everything up in his mind, but he was capable of killing all those people that i will give it to him. But regardless of the fact that he did or didn't kill those ppl, Patrick Bateman is one of the finest sigma males in the Sigmaverse 😂

  • @ronmeister9000
    @ronmeister9000 Před 4 lety +1

    Right on buddy!!!!!!.... good research !!!!...... good storyline !!!..... I'm just here for the the slasher flick !!!!!! 😬😬😝

  • @xposephantom2741
    @xposephantom2741 Před 6 lety

    Please do one of "Requiem for a dream"

  • @dontdropthesoap6146
    @dontdropthesoap6146 Před 4 lety +3

    Dont know if anyone else is watching this in 2020 but still the most complex and compelling movies of all time. Seriously a masterpiece

  • @ghosty3695
    @ghosty3695 Před 6 lety +84

    Ending of no country for old men plz

    • @sanchirkh6019
      @sanchirkh6019 Před 6 lety +3

      check out screen prism's vid

    • @DavidMyrmidon
      @DavidMyrmidon Před 6 lety +6

      ...she dies...

    • @Palmieres
      @Palmieres Před 6 lety +7

      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.

  • @Hatecrewdethrol
    @Hatecrewdethrol Před 6 lety

    You should do a video trying to explain "Primer"
    I say try because that's the best anyone can do with that movie

  • @sarahzanon4912
    @sarahzanon4912 Před 6 lety

    Thank you

  • @lyconxero457
    @lyconxero457 Před 6 lety +4

    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.

  • @masaharumorimoto4761
    @masaharumorimoto4761 Před 6 lety +6

    One of the few movies that left me completely confused, in a good way!

  • @Exekutioncro
    @Exekutioncro Před 6 lety +11

    Its also funny how the have all the same position. they are all vidce presidents of P&P. Makes me think they are actually all the same person and Bateman is shizoprenic.

  • @gogopossum
    @gogopossum Před 6 lety +3

    "Don't just look at it, eat it!"

  • @MonetaryReformForum
    @MonetaryReformForum Před 6 lety +1

    Very fun watch 👍

  • @amberlyn28
    @amberlyn28 Před 2 lety +1

    3:52 I don’t get how his Lawyer calls him Davis as if he doesn’t know his own client is Bateman

  • @chainsawkitten3766
    @chainsawkitten3766 Před 6 lety +9

    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.

  • @raspberryjuiceentertainmen719

    “American Psycho” and “straight forward” do not belong in the same sentence

  • @EoinEoin45
    @EoinEoin45 Před 2 lety +2

    I am no closer to understanding the movie than I was before watching this

  • @fritzpitz5543
    @fritzpitz5543 Před 2 lety +1

    Heeeeeey wait a Minute... Youre the hello neighbours neighbour from that one animation🤣🤣 Lol

  • @RivaStyx
    @RivaStyx Před rokem +3

    Batman finally breaks his own rules

  • @JenLuvsHorror
    @JenLuvsHorror Před 6 lety +3

    Still love this movie just as much as I did when it came out

  • @TheGemini35
    @TheGemini35 Před 6 lety +1

    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.

  • @genghischan69
    @genghischan69 Před 6 lety +1

    Aligns very nicely with the modern WSJ as well. Ben Fritz, for example.

  • @farklestaxbaum1589
    @farklestaxbaum1589 Před rokem +12

    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 Před rokem +4

      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.

  • @bickdig69
    @bickdig69 Před 3 lety +6

    Its all just his imagination, and it's just written on the book.