7 - American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis

An Analysis of the book to film adaptation of "American Psycho" by Bret Easton Ellis. I hope you enjoy <3 Links to all the interviews I watched/listened to: BBC Radio 4 Interview with Chris Power and Bret Easton Ellis Christian Bale's GQ interview breaking down his most iconic roles Charlie Rose interviewing Christian Bale, Bret Easton Ellis and Mary Harron Christian Bale Interview for American Psycho (I can't find the source for this and it isn't in the original clip but it's almost certainly part of the promo for the film as he appears to be on set and in costume) Links to Articles for the historical part of this episode (most of these articles were simply used to complete holes in my school notes from last year) Investopedia article containing information on the banking deregulation that occured in the 80s in the US Wikipedia article on the 1979 general election in the UK (whilst not my source it contains useful information about why Maragret Thatcher won which I thought could interest some people) Wikipedia article on the "Big Bang" of 1886 + Investopedia article on the the London Stock Exchange's History Definition of the word Yuppie and its history

Links to Youtube videos to watch before you read the book

Video by pittsie to remind you that Patrick Bateman is ridiculous and not a "sigma male"

Video by Allerix films that goes into more detail on some of the topics I mentioned and also presents themes I didn't (the video proposes an explanation of the ending : which is very vague in the book and film, it could be considered a spoiler of sorts)