WARNING - The following contains major spoilers for American Psycho and arguably Inception.
With everyone talking about Inception and more specifically, it's frustratingly ambiguous ending (which I adored), I thought it would be a good time to share one of my all time favourite movie endings, one that, like Inception, leaves the entire nature of the film up in the air.
Directed by Mary Harron, the film is 2000s American Psycho and it stars Christian Bale in his breakout role as Patrick Bateman, a wall street trader consumed with violent, narcissistic rage that causes him to commit a series of increasingly brutal murders.
Or does he? Towards the end of the film, as Bateman becomes more and more psychotic, it is suggested that his crimes may have in fact only taken place in his head. I have debated with friends numerous times whether or not Bateman imagined the murders - for the record, I believe that it was all imagined, although I can understand the arguments, both logical and thematic, to the contrary.
I don't want to debate the ending too much more here, as I have an idea for a full length post about the film that I may write at some point in the future (although knowing me, probably not). However, real killer or phoney, Bale still gives one of the best performances of last decade in the role (it's probably my pick for the number one english language performance of the naughties).
Now, as for whether the top was going to topple over or keep spinning...
Click on the image below to watch this weeks scene.
With everyone talking about Inception and more specifically, it's frustratingly ambiguous ending (which I adored), I thought it would be a good time to share one of my all time favourite movie endings, one that, like Inception, leaves the entire nature of the film up in the air.
Directed by Mary Harron, the film is 2000s American Psycho and it stars Christian Bale in his breakout role as Patrick Bateman, a wall street trader consumed with violent, narcissistic rage that causes him to commit a series of increasingly brutal murders.Or does he? Towards the end of the film, as Bateman becomes more and more psychotic, it is suggested that his crimes may have in fact only taken place in his head. I have debated with friends numerous times whether or not Bateman imagined the murders - for the record, I believe that it was all imagined, although I can understand the arguments, both logical and thematic, to the contrary.
I don't want to debate the ending too much more here, as I have an idea for a full length post about the film that I may write at some point in the future (although knowing me, probably not). However, real killer or phoney, Bale still gives one of the best performances of last decade in the role (it's probably my pick for the number one english language performance of the naughties).
Now, as for whether the top was going to topple over or keep spinning...
Click on the image below to watch this weeks scene.
