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Originally posted by AfterBurn
I recently watched the movie and finished reading the book but I don't quite understand some things. Was he emagining all the murders or actually commiting them?
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No, he was actually commiting the murders in both the book and the movie. He wasn't imagining any of it. (except maybe the very ending where he the ATM said "feed me the cat" or whatever and he was starting to break down)
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Did he want to escape his current lifestyle or something?
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In the movie, yes he does. I forgot exactly how it goes in the book, but I don't think he breaks down at the end like the movie.
See he's trapped in this "artificial" world of the wealthy 80s New York Coporate set where everyone is so self-involved that they don't ever bother to look deeper than the surface of things....
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Why did everyone mistake everyone elses name?
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....and they're so self-involved they don't even care to get other peoples names right.
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Why didn't he kill his secratary in the movie?
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Because he senses that she's not like the other people and that she actually looks deeper than the "surface" and cares about him.
The book, I believe, tried to be a satire, but missed the mark and was more interested in detailing the murders (again, it's been a while scine I read it).
I thought the movie was somewhat sucessful as a satire, but it was just so obvious. It just beat you over the head with the point it was trying to make.
The "NO WAY OUT" sign in the resturant above Bateman's head in the last shot was meant to let everyone know that there was no way out for Bateman from this world where noone really cares about anyone but themselves. They don't even care about someone going around killing people they just cover it up and move on.
MY friend loved this ending. I just thought the movie was saying "GET IT!" with all the sutblety of a brick to the head.