Talk:Bret Easton Ellis

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Contents 1 New changes to the 'trivia' section. 2 Flat Affect 3 80s setting 4 Distopia? 5 Influences 6 Bisexual? 7 recurring characters

[edit] New changes to the 'trivia' section.

Patrick Bateman appears briefly, as does Christian Bale, the actor who portrays him.

In what chapter of Glamorama does Christian Bale appear? I recall a character (one of F. Fred Palakon's associates) who looks like Christian Bale (according to Victor) but I don't remember Christian Bale ever actually appearing as a character. I may, of course, be wrong. Which is why I ask.

"flat affect" Is this correct?

he walks bye in one of the bars that victor is in. he is said to have weird stains (blood most likely) on his suit

Can people please remember to sign and date their comments? It makes things much easier to read. --^pirate 23:06, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

Can someone please check or reference that "Both Jay and Allison make return appearances in Lunar Park." Jay sure does, but I don't recall Allison Poole being in it. Angus Stirling 15:34, 7 November 2006

[edit] Flat Affect

I second the 'flat affect' query?!?!

Are you talking about this? Flat Affect Definition- ayyem - 21 Sept 2006

[edit] 80s setting

"Ellis prefers to set his novels in the 1980s, utilizing the overt commercialism of the entertainment industry of the decade as a symbol" This statement is misleading. Most of Ellis' novels (the exceptions being Glamorama and Lunar Park) are set in the 80's only because they were written in the eighties (American Psycho finished in 1990). Glamorama is set in the 90's, and Lunar Park is set in the present. This is why I removed this statement. -Fetology 23:01, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

The line could have been reworded. It's well known that Ellis was commenting on the decedence and greed of the 80s in much of his work. I think it should be added back in with more accurate wording. -- LGagnon 23:34, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Distopia?

From the last sentence of the opening paragraph: "The novels are also linked by common, recurring characters, and dystopic locales (such as Los Angeles and New York)." Is New York really a distopian setting? Los Angeles is famously the city of failed dreams, but New York? I think the myth of New York is slightly different, which means that we word Distopic probably should be changed.Fixifex 08:29, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Influences

How are an author's influences determined, and is it possible that John Dos Passos was one of Ellis' influence? Particuarly his U.S.A. trilogy bears striking stylistic and grammatic resembelence to American Psycho, not to mention political purpose. Teh fontmaster 19:07, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

http://books.guardian.co.uk/authors/author/0,5917,-61,00.html --the wrong man 05:01, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtooA9ICoMo - I used this as a basis for adding Fitzgerald and Faulkner to the list

[edit] Bisexual?

I've noticed that the article is tagged under the "Bisexual writers from the United States" category. However, the only relationship discussed in the article is a relationship with a man. Where has Ellis ever said he was bisexual? That should be placed in the article. --MgCupcake (talk) 05:41, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] recurring characters

Under the recurring characters section you mention that there a characters that seem to resemble actors that portrayed characters in the movie version of the books. But in fact, there is no relationship here because in all instances the book was written way before the movie. So Ellis would of not had any idea of who would play who.