American Psycho: interview with Christian Bale, Bret Easton Ellis and Director Mary Herron (2000)

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  • A conversation about the film adaptation of "American Psycho," with author Bret Easton Ellis, director Mary Herron, and Christian Bale, the film's star.
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  • @jbot91
    @jbot91 Před 6 lety +436

    Very nice... Let's see Paul Allen's interview.

  • @reinhardtdan3
    @reinhardtdan3 Před 7 lety +206

    In those first seconds we see Bale he really looks like he's going to kill somebody

    • @trentm750
      @trentm750 Před 6 lety +4

      Dan Reinhardt I thought he still looked like a psycho at first to. Lol

    • @agentjackstone3543
      @agentjackstone3543 Před 6 lety +23

      My thoughts exactly. Lookin like he wants to kill a light technician

    • @dragospahontu
      @dragospahontu Před 2 lety +3

      @@agentjackstone3543 he's not broken character

  • @JotaShank
    @JotaShank Před 6 lety +131

    Most hilarious book I've ever read. I had never laughed hysterically to the point of tears by a book before... It was a laugh riot. Movie is also great, and reading the book AFTER seeing the film, actually made it funnier and gave the experience a big boost.

    • @Ken-no5ip
      @Ken-no5ip Před rokem +1

      Tell me about it! I made the mistake of reading it at a coffee shop and I was holding back my laughter with full force!

    • @ajturner2307
      @ajturner2307 Před rokem +2

      When he eats the moose out of his hair I had to put the book down so I wouldn't leave wet marks from crying laughing

    • @andryuu_2000
      @andryuu_2000 Před rokem

      The fun part is the absurdity

    • @Chadhogan111
      @Chadhogan111 Před rokem

      It's amazing how many people don't realise it's a black comedy

    • @Habubachu
      @Habubachu Před 9 měsíci +1

      When it was funny it was fucking funny lol

  • @TiberiusEmpire
    @TiberiusEmpire Před 3 lety +68

    God, I always forgot that Bale is English, he does a great American accent as an actor

    • @ManicMindTrick
      @ManicMindTrick Před rokem

      Not only an American accent, in the movie his specific accent is perfect for the role.

    • @DenianArcoleo
      @DenianArcoleo Před rokem +5

      He isn't English. He's Welsh.

    • @ManicMindTrick
      @ManicMindTrick Před rokem +1

      @@DenianArcoleo Potato potaato

    • @cmoran9103
      @cmoran9103 Před rokem +1

      ​@@ManicMindTrick no, they're different.

    • @dard4642
      @dard4642 Před rokem +1

      He's a method actor, so a lot of the cast and crew only ever saw him in character during the making of the movie. Then, at the premier, Bale was there as himself and many of the crew from the movie were confused as to why he was speaking with an accent.😂

  • @everythingthrice2582
    @everythingthrice2582 Před 11 měsíci +32

    "The book was called 'misogynistic and cynical'"
    "It was a best-seller"
    Best part

    • @adamthemyth
      @adamthemyth Před 9 měsíci +2

      The minority can have such loud chants they sound like the majority.

  • @destinydoughnut8984
    @destinydoughnut8984 Před rokem +20

    "The challenge is thats there's not an obvious plot" easily describes all of Ellis' books

  • @russelconor8704
    @russelconor8704 Před 6 lety +50

    Bale is brilliant ever since The Empire of the sun. American Psycho, Machinist, Metroland, DKT, Prestige, The Fighter, Harsh Times - underrated, 3:10 to Yuma - fantastic western, and now Hostiles, what a great actor, really! Kudos! 10:35 - 11:07 ahaha love this entire part

  • @LarsLeonhard
    @LarsLeonhard Před 3 lety +14

    10:45
    I love his laughter there... so PB

  • @gigerbrick
    @gigerbrick Před 6 lety +110

    0:36 is he still in character?

    • @John-qi9cj
      @John-qi9cj Před 2 lety +7

      Bale is an intense guy. U dont deliver like he does without a certain intensity

    • @ManicMindTrick
      @ManicMindTrick Před rokem

      @@John-qi9cj Yeah Bale could never have played the soft and meek Luis Carruthers character. The guy is so intense. That on-set screaming session that got leaked isn't too far from Bateman.

    • @francesconatalia8070
      @francesconatalia8070 Před rokem

      Yes i was thinking the same 😂😂😂

    • @odessa745
      @odessa745 Před 4 měsíci

      Resting psycho face

  • @calowenby1654
    @calowenby1654 Před 2 lety +24

    Great interview imo. I learned the information I was hoping to learn and I got it in such a relaxed and peaceful way. Seriously, I love how chill they all are.

  • @reinhardtdan3
    @reinhardtdan3 Před 7 lety +91

    Most interrupting interviewer ever

    • @lev3067
      @lev3067 Před rokem +1

      Today we got Piers Morgan

    • @cmoran9103
      @cmoran9103 Před rokem +2

      And when he doesn't get an interesting response, he keeps pushing the question.

    • @deathlarsen7502
      @deathlarsen7502 Před 5 měsíci +1

      I thought the same interviewers want to be the stars

    • @deathlarsen7502
      @deathlarsen7502 Před 5 měsíci

      @@lev3067 the very worst

  • @patricklemire9278
    @patricklemire9278 Před 6 lety +30

    Charlie Rose is the true American Psycho :)

  • @angelo4726
    @angelo4726 Před 3 lety +34

    Ironically this was not bales career suicide but his rise to success, Bruce Wayne exists because of Patrick Bateman in many ways.

    • @narxyz
      @narxyz Před rokem +1

      Not at all😂 that would go to Bob Kane and Bill Finger

    • @angelo4726
      @angelo4726 Před rokem

      @@narxyz you think you're real smart with that one do ya, Punk ?!

    • @narxyz
      @narxyz Před rokem

      @@angelo4726 oh no pillsberry doughboy called me punk what will I ever do

    • @angelo4726
      @angelo4726 Před rokem

      @@narxyz who is Pillsbury Doughboy
      Edit : even my autocorrect suggested the name wtf

    • @emperorleroy6747
      @emperorleroy6747 Před 9 měsíci

      ​@@angelo4726mascot for Pillsbury, a baking and dessert business

  • @lemonstrangler
    @lemonstrangler Před 2 lety +10

    so interesting how bale can talk about a character so distantly when he was the one who played it with good immersion

  • @eileencritchley4630
    @eileencritchley4630 Před 4 lety +6

    Amazing to think this was 20years ago.

  • @NostalgiaVHS
    @NostalgiaVHS Před 8 lety +15

    Great upload, thank you!!! Love your channel!

  • @bethanyhadley4852
    @bethanyhadley4852 Před 27 dny

    Saw the movie first and loved it. The book blew my mind. Bale is gorgeous and was the perfect person to play Patrick.

  • @committedjack
    @committedjack Před 7 lety +30

    Charlie Rose: Yeah yeah yeah, but what about the violence?

  • @myfriendisaac
    @myfriendisaac Před 10 měsíci +3

    13:35 THANK GOD she directed this film without all that unnecessary studio intervention 💯

  • @BookClubDisaster
    @BookClubDisaster Před rokem +8

    Three creators of American Psycho with a real life American psycho!

  • @crazyleg2006
    @crazyleg2006 Před 8 měsíci

    Just here as I'm doing some research for a A.P. podcast. Thx for uploading.

  • @desivega9464
    @desivega9464 Před 3 lety +49

    so awesome that a woman directed it

    • @andryuu_2000
      @andryuu_2000 Před rokem +20

      almost no male director would've got the movie so right, the book is just against the very same that now idolize american psycho because of memes

    • @zackrodenbough6903
      @zackrodenbough6903 Před 7 měsíci

      ya men r lik dum

    • @user-zu6ro9vt1m
      @user-zu6ro9vt1m Před 4 měsíci

      Not sure what you're all going on about

  • @dollofshadows1703
    @dollofshadows1703 Před 8 měsíci +2

    I love American Psycho! I love Christian, but he's kinda terrifying. That glare @ 0:34, he's not a guy you'd want to be in the same room with when he gets mad lol

  • @tutucox
    @tutucox Před 2 lety +7

    the movie is amazing , one of the top 5 ever to me

  • @rileygally2967
    @rileygally2967 Před 6 měsíci +1

    Any movie lover or even any story lover knows it’s not about the violence. It’s a very compelling depiction that balances between fiction and non-fiction. Personally I find humour in absurdity so naturally I enjoy this storyline. I can empathize with someone who maybe doesn’t feel that way and can be distracted by the violence but the movie is better if you can disconnect yourself from social norms.

  • @deathlarsen7502
    @deathlarsen7502 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Bale should have gotten an Oscar for playing Bateman

  • @user-cm8en8or1p
    @user-cm8en8or1p Před rokem +5

    The one main scene for me that casts doubt as to wether it was all real or not, was when Bateman is dragging Paul Allen's body through the building's reception whilst leaving a huge trail of blood as he does so, and nobody says anything.
    In fact, from what I remember ... in the next scene Bateman is putting the body into the Taxi trunk and the blood trail has then magically disappeared.

    • @jules8159
      @jules8159 Před rokem +1

      SAME, it was so out there there’s no way the people around didn’t notice

    • @CodeNameV13
      @CodeNameV13 Před rokem

      The book gives clues that Bateman doesn't actually murder anyone, he is playing out the scenarios in his mind. There are actually more scenes in the book that should have made the film but would have given Batemans mental psychopathy away.

    • @zackrodenbough6903
      @zackrodenbough6903 Před 7 měsíci

      there's quite a bit of this in movie and book . director annoyingly tries to slant the viewer toward interpreting these would be gaffs as grotesque male privilege - if you tip the matre de you can do whatever you want sort of thing . which makes it seem like she could be jealous of such a dynamic that is not present in the context she creates . then she tries to save her artistic integrity by including the other overly ambiguous lawyer/bateman phone call where the lead is told that he has indeed imagined it all . which she tries to hijack again by callously implying all of these men look so similar and are so blind that they wouldn't be able to positively identify one another without taking the other's word for it .

  • @davepowell7168
    @davepowell7168 Před 2 lety +6

    The Paul Allen murder was so deeply disturbing l was compelled to have my axe chrome plated.

  • @bigmack8307
    @bigmack8307 Před 4 lety +4

    Bret always says, “I think” and “I don’t know” the same way in every video I see him in 😅 but I love em

  • @jasondavinci470
    @jasondavinci470 Před 3 lety +6

    its almost like christian bale didnt break character

  • @dariusalexandru9536
    @dariusalexandru9536 Před 2 lety +5

    Why Patrick Bateman is acting almost like Christian Bale in this interview ?

  • @pavelgirard2091
    @pavelgirard2091 Před rokem +1

    11:53 I just realized that Bale would be a great casting choice for HP Lovecraft

    • @rusamene
      @rusamene Před 9 měsíci

      He would be great Marcel Proust.

  • @creates100
    @creates100 Před 6 lety +7

    i like huey Lewis.

  • @LaChroniqueEdgy1816
    @LaChroniqueEdgy1816 Před 2 lety +1

    I'm glad the first question was if the author liked the movie because that was my biggest question lol

  • @jackbennett2269
    @jackbennett2269 Před 5 dny

    No way, the card scene lmao

  • @rorylawrence
    @rorylawrence Před 7 lety +44

    This cannot be the same charlie rose that is supposedly one of the greatest interviewers ever...

    • @sarahs2288
      @sarahs2288 Před 2 lety +1

      At least he lets people talk.

    • @BookClubDisaster
      @BookClubDisaster Před rokem +1

      He always sucked. His show was good because he had great guests in long form interviews.

    • @Chadhogan111
      @Chadhogan111 Před rokem +2

      ​@@sarahs2288No he doesn't, that's why he's terrible

  • @HishaMized
    @HishaMized Před rokem +3

    0:36 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @keepingupwiththehalsteads805

    Bale's voice sounds like a hot chocolate. And his native accent is so sexy. He is sexy ! His wife is one lucky woman... I remember when in the inerview for some magazine, it was GQ probably, Bale was asked how his wife endures his constant, acting transformations and his answer was she is great, she is very understanding etc., but also, that she got to sleep with so many different men (meaning his roles) - and it's so so hot ! I also read they actually eloped and got married shortly after he finished shooting American Psycho - never knew he was such a romantic in private life!

    • @herbseinburg449
      @herbseinburg449 Před 2 lety

      Onnng like gaaaawd sip hot like. Christian bake is Amazon in good and me assess 😍😍

  • @johnsetzco4178
    @johnsetzco4178 Před 11 měsíci +1

    it is shocking that anyone could read the book and not see the satire

  • @SeeBillyRun
    @SeeBillyRun Před rokem +1

    I think why people believe it was a dream or all in Bateman's head is because there's a scene where blood is missing where there should be blood. From this interview it sounds like this continuity issue was unintentional.

    • @CodeNameV13
      @CodeNameV13 Před rokem +1

      The book gives clues that Bateman imagines each murder and his psychopathy is mental.

  • @agentkwavy460
    @agentkwavy460 Před 2 lety +1

    Corsica’s booked

  • @ManicMindTrick
    @ManicMindTrick Před rokem

    Has there been a satiric novel about the hipster era, that 2004-2008 time before people started mocking hipsters and everybody who was cool read Vice magazine? I find it to be such a great landscape for an American Psycho type satire.

  • @joshbarnes7055
    @joshbarnes7055 Před 7 lety +5

    3:33 What is Charlie saying here?

    • @LittleJo-
      @LittleJo- Před 6 lety +1

      Josh Barnes He says "Just to make a quick reference here, Bonfire of the vanities"....

  • @OtherSideOfTheVoid
    @OtherSideOfTheVoid Před 4 lety +5

    what is his psychological motivation, it's a valid question.

    • @henryschneider9101
      @henryschneider9101 Před rokem

      I think one reading of the film is to look at Bateman as an more of an avatar for the attitudes and beliefs of the yuppies he's a parody of. In that reading, motivation in the deeper human sense (something informed by your beliefs and past experiences) doesn't really apply. But that's just my take

    • @OtherSideOfTheVoid
      @OtherSideOfTheVoid Před rokem

      @@henryschneider9101 sorry but your response makes no sense. If he was a 'just a yuppie' then he would be happy with this lifestyle, and revel in it..... but he is not, just like Scarface for example. he is much more of an 'anti yuppie' if you really take the whole story into consideration. If Bateman is wicked and evil, then so is Scarface, and so are all the politicians and presidents who have ever engaged in war. And to be honest, I don't find the story of Bateman funny at all. - the story of bateman is sad he is confused and feeling guilty about something, and that propels his actions as a misguided and cnfused form of catharsis. He is a victim, and so are his victims. Whoever lies at the top of this chain is the real American Psycho, and that is Bret Easton Ellis and the rest of his pseudo intellectual shit author generation

    • @kings9724
      @kings9724 Před měsícem

      that he’s a psychopath… hence the name american psycho

  • @youparejo
    @youparejo Před rokem +2

    0:36 bahahahah his Paul Allen is showing

  • @lemonstrangler
    @lemonstrangler Před 2 lety +1

    leonardo di caprio does look a bit like the person on the book

  • @Swifty-Kommando
    @Swifty-Kommando Před 8 měsíci

    Celebrity media has really elevated our perception of actors. This interview perfectly captures the fact that Christian Bale is completely out of his depth when compared to Mary or Brett. Christian, without direction, sounds like a kid at the grown-ups dinner table.

  • @natkam451
    @natkam451 Před 6 lety +8

    I will never understand some idiotic haters of Bale here. Brilliant actor. Did you watch The Fighter 2011, Harsh Times - should be more respected, Bale was fantastic in it, Prestige or 3:10 to Yuma? plus watch interview Bret did for Larry King in 2016 - hilarious creepy and brilliant Bale was& movie also, according to Bret czcams.com/video/dNOLYL8q9yw/video.html

  • @pavelgirard2091
    @pavelgirard2091 Před rokem +2

    Why is this interviewer always interrupting everyone? Jesus

  • @villedocvalle
    @villedocvalle Před rokem +1

    Lol Easton Ellis has such exaggerated mannerisms.

  • @TheEternalOuroboros
    @TheEternalOuroboros Před 6 lety +5

    I've heard that Bret didn't like the film, strange

    • @natkam451
      @natkam451 Před 6 lety +1

      not true, watch interview Bret did for Larry King in 2016 - hilarious creepy and brilliant Bale was& movie also, according to Bret czcams.com/video/dNOLYL8q9yw/video.html

    • @BareBandSubscription
      @BareBandSubscription Před 2 lety +6

      He likes it, he just maintains that it didn’t need to be a movie. It’s not a book that can be adapted into a conventional film without sacrificing quite a bit and watering down many elements. As a result, it doesn’t _really_ capture his own sensibility so well, but it does a great job transforming it into something more unique. Conversely, Rules of Attraction is the movie he considers the best adaptation of his work, because it manages to successfully capture his voice and his style in a way American Psycho’s movie didn’t. The flipside is that Rules of Attraction maybe isn’t quite as strong or as tight of an actual *movie* as Harron’s adaptation (even though I love it and agree with his sentiments that it’s the best adaptation of his work).

  • @FatalDawn1
    @FatalDawn1 Před rokem

    Lol they all look so comfortable yet nervous here I love it not so shappy hahaha 😂 ;3 ♡ uuuf Xd

  • @CodeNameV13
    @CodeNameV13 Před rokem

    The book gives clues that Bateman doesn't actually murder anyone and is rejecting the reality he lives in by playing out each scenario in his own mind. His confession on the answering machine and empty apartment belonging to Paul Allen give clues that he believes that he committed the murders but is left unsure if he actually did. His lawyer treating the confession like a joke and telling Bateman that he isn't capable of being a murderer, that he is in effect, a pussy.

  • @Taporeee
    @Taporeee Před 5 lety +18

    The interviewer is awful

  • @Platformdestroyer
    @Platformdestroyer Před měsícem

    Huh

  • @pvyuki
    @pvyuki Před 3 lety +6

    charlie rose is so annoying here... glad he's cancelled!

  • @hurlicane56
    @hurlicane56 Před rokem

    How ironic that this film is a critique of the type of male behavior that has been alleged against Charlie Rose.

  • @AndreiPascu
    @AndreiPascu Před rokem

    Ah shit he's british??

  • @killemall69
    @killemall69 Před 4 lety +4

    Wow she ain’t coat hanger worthy

  • @BookClubDisaster
    @BookClubDisaster Před rokem

    Has Bale been living in Hollywood the last 22 years? Because he's lost much of his accent.

  • @m_turbolover8
    @m_turbolover8 Před 5 měsíci +1

    comedy? so american 🤡

  • @zackrodenbough6903
    @zackrodenbough6903 Před 7 měsíci

    "typical of male behavior" - bleck - sexist much ???

  • @zackrodenbough6903
    @zackrodenbough6903 Před 7 měsíci

    love "feminists" that can't get off the ground without climbing on a man's back .

  • @lemonstrangler
    @lemonstrangler Před 2 lety +3

    come on the movie wasnt that funny... maybe subtle humor but not full on comedy

    • @myfriendisaac
      @myfriendisaac Před rokem +12

      It was LAUGH RIOT 😂

    • @thecookj454
      @thecookj454 Před rokem +1

      I agree, the movie isn’t funny at all. The book is funny at some points but never had me rolling on the floor about to piss my pants laughing like some people say.

    • @lemonstrangler
      @lemonstrangler Před rokem

      @@thecookj454 yeh its not the rofl kind, its more playful while trying to be serious. its a good movie

    • @lemonstrangler
      @lemonstrangler Před rokem +1

      @@myfriendisaac what part did you think was funny?

    • @sovietkino1008
      @sovietkino1008 Před rokem +3

      Both the novel and movie are laugh riots.

  • @jacobfastpro
    @jacobfastpro Před 2 lety +1

    czcams.com/video/n2fJxoTUnT8/video.html she says here the film may have been better 5 to 10 years after it was made. I think that is incredibly insightful, and today it's obviously become very popular.