The madness of the unreal and the real, indistinguishable from the real and the fake. Patrick Bateman is an image of a mental breakdown. His "spiritual fantasy" murder, self-discipline, narcissism, sex, crazy cannibalism, dismemberment, violence and madness alluded to in his daily speech are vividly portrayed.
“there are no more barriers to cross, all I have in common with the uncontrollable and the insane, the vicious and the evil, all the mayhem I have caused and my utter indifference toward it, I have now surpassed. My pain is contained and sharp, and I do not hope for a better world for anyone. In fact, I want my pain to be inflicted on others. I want no one to escape. ”
The whole film may be a deep self-statement. In the fantasy, the pain is released, but it still can't save himself. Sadness and pain will never be shared with others. Patrick tries to use killing to convey despair, but death cannot make the soul synaesthesia. .
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