304 – American Psycho

This Had Oscar Buzz

Joe and Chris

Tv & Film

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 12 August 2024

⏱️ 133 minutes

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Summary

Time to get controversh with with one of the most argued about films of the century, 2000’s American Psycho. Based on Bret Easton Ellis’ lightning rod novel, the film passed through multiple directors before landing in the inspired hands of Mary Harron. The independent director struck the right satirical note on Ellis’ difficult blend of consumerism and masculinity, and found a flawless muse as the titular psycho Patrick Bateman in Christian Bale. But the film’s sex, violence, and dark humor incited its own controversies and was too much for the Academy despite the praise for Bale’s performance.

This episode, we talk about the film as a launchpad for Bale’s adult career and how his lesser known status at the time almost lost him the role. We also talk about Bateman’s musical obsessions, the other casting choices for Bateman, and Reese Witherspoon joins our Six Timers Club.

Topics also include the Broadway musical version, the 2000 Sundance Film Festival, and 2000 Best Actor.

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0:00.0	The right house.
0:03.0	I didn't get nominated.
0:15.0	Mill and Heck and friends. I'm from Canada water.
0:25.0	I'm from Canada water. Dick Poohop.
0:35.0	Pooh.
0:37.0	I feel lethal on the verge of frenzy. I think my mask of sanity is about to slip. Do you have any witnesses or fingerprints?
0:57.0	Actually, yes.
1:00.0	Hmm. Erratics sometimes. Hey Paul!
1:14.0	A!
1:15.0	Hello and welcome to the This Had Oscar Buzz podcast,
1:18.0	The Only Podcasts,
1:19.0	bragging about our five Avian awards,
1:21.0	but they're all four best movie really for grown-ups.
1:25.0	Every week on this had Oscar Buzz, we'll be talking about a different movie that once upon a time
1:28.4	had lofty Academy Award aspirations, but for some reason or another, it all went wrong. The Oscar hopes died and we're here to perform
1:36.5	the autopsy. I'm your host Chris File and I'm here as always with New York City's biggest Huey Lewis fan, Joe Reed.
1:45.0	Yeah, if anyone's the embodiment of its hip to be square, I imagine it would be me.
1:52.4	So, there we go. What's your, okay, I want to say this before I forget, I want to ask this before I forget it. Of the myriad adult
2:04.0	adult contempto hits that Patrick Bateman plays and dances too and sort of
2:10.9	intellectualizes about in this movie. Which one did you have stuck in your head all day today?
2:18.0	And which one would you have like been bumping on your 2,000 movies mix back in the day?
2:28.4	And I almost want to say like Whitney Houston isn't allowed,
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