Re: American Psycho - which came first?
> The book as PUBLISHED in 1991. Of course, due to the
> controversial nature of the text, it may have been lying around
> for a couple of years before it found a publisher. If this was
> the case however, it is unlikely that Morrissey would have read
> a copy before it was published. "Sister I'm a Poet"
> was the b-side to "Everyday is Like Sunday", which was
> released in June 1988. So Morrissey would appear to have got
> there first... But maybe they both mined the same original
> source? Something completely different... Hmm?
> Coincidentally, I went to see the film last night. It was
> flawed, but interesting. The weakest point was Bateman's taste
> in music. Risible. Would somebody whose life revolved around the
> fashionable and the hip, REALLY listen to Phil Collins, Whitney
> Houston, Chris de Burgh and Huey Lewis? I'll concede the
> character may have had American tastes, which is usually a year
> or two behind the British, but even so... The film was set in
> 1987 or so, judging by the footage of Ronald Reagan circa the
> "Arms to Iran" controversy, so I would have assumed
> that a fashionable young man would have definitely listened to
> The Smiths at the time... Maybe Paisley Underground stuff too.
> REM, Long Ryders, maybe The Go-Betweens, The Swans. I'd also
> liked to have heard some Anglo influences too. Early Jesus &
> Mary Chain would have made an excellent soundtrack to the murder
> scenes. Or The Fall.
> What do other people think?
Not seen the film but love the book. It's common for shallow types to follow a useless track when it comes to art or culture of any kind. It's all about what others think rather than a honest response to any given work. This is deeply ingrained in Bateman and his like and BE Ellis gets it right. Didn't get anything from hisother books though.