Bret Easton Ellis: 'I really wasn't that concerned about morality in my fiction'
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- čas přidán 19. 07. 2010
- American Psycho author Bret Easton Ellis argues love and sadism are linked, and that technology has stopped us feeling.
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Like him or dislike him, you can't deny that he has an extremely valid point whenever he talks about there being a 'culture of narcissism' - something thats now the norm.
Jack Smith True
Still true
@@justintrites1699even more true today
This is the age of the voyeur. Facebook, Selfies, Twitter, Self-Managed Image, and of course, Image as Self. Lost souls.
horrible editing. removes nearly all context of his comments and responses to question as well as hiding the other side of the conversation...
Poor editing, I am thinning. Dislike this video, I am thinking. Porsche 911, I am thinking. Ultimate luxury, I am thinking.
This man is right on the money with a great deal of the things he says.
I am 18 and the issue of alienation caused by technology worries me greatly. And guess what: It's inevitable! Furthermore, I think it's naive to suggest that 10 years from now Facebook will be anything like as benign as what it is today - which of course considering how serious the issue already is - is really saying something. Essentially, if you think it's bad now, just wait.
Alwaystay InTheLoop Ever read, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? It's a classic...
You proved prescient • it’s worse now than it was 7 years ago.
Warhol was way ahead of his time.
How do you feel about this comment 8 years on? I'd say you had a point.
You were right
What a genuine guy
Good points
sure, but as he says he is pointing out facts about society, hes not judging those facts however. he is simply describing, its the viewer or reader that are making the judgements and extracting a message.
I love his books, particularly Less than Zero. His comment about "neutrality in the face of horror" reminds me of Almost Transparent Blue. Also written by a 23 yr old, enfant terrible, Ryu Murakami. Very similar subject matter. Very similar writing style. Yet, written 10 yrs prior in another continent.
***** I have never heard of that novel, but I will look for it!
brilliant novel. ATP of course, I haven;t read Less THan Zero but that particular novel was just brutal
I love Almost Transparent Blue. Not a fan of Less Than Zero.
Deep man.
This is a prime example of an author writing about much more than their intention with the writing. A great writer can't plan all the things his/her work will say.
To pretend that his books have no message is naive--of course authors almost never (James Joyce and some others are exceptions) sit down saying "this, this and this are my intention. These are my statements which critics will extract from it." But without doubt, as much as Ellis says it's not, "American Psycho" includes a message.
dude american psycho is one of my fav books up there with naked lunch, nausea, and dharma bums
What’s that message as you see it? )Beyond “materialism is bad”)
This....is....not....a....game.
Greatest writer of unreliable narrators eve!
He made that clear in the American Psycho book
Yes lots of people are desensitized that's true and the yuppie culture is very materialistic.
Glad Ellis is still writing. I'm also glad he stirs up the David Foster Wallace fanboys. DFW was a douche.
He never even mentioned DFW
That’s cause of the money 😂😂😂
@OdiousMaleficus
well, if i'm elephant, yeah, then i am the elephant in the room, but if everyone in the room is an elephant than we're all normal, and then there is no elephant in the room, but the next elephant in the room will be a whale
makes sense?
What's with his past-tense description of his fiction tendencies?
what has he written recently
Whatis he talking about being a sadarist?
satirist.Dan Preston-Routledge
I think he means satirist...
satire
Did anyone else notice his silly outfit? I am thinking.
+Mark Davis Actually I love it! Do you know what he wears ?
He’s unbelievably unattractive, in every conceivable way
leave him alone, he knows more about clothes than you can imagine
@@OversikerSTUDIO which probably why he wears what he wears.. it’s probably a Julian Casablanca thing.. they know more about style and clothes but because of that they don’t want to be a part of it..
@@bacht4799 That's an interesting point of view, and probably true.
Guardian still sucks
Never thought that he's not only extremely talented but also cute)