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American Psycho stars Christian Bale, William Dafoe, Reese Witherspoon, and Josh Lucas. Patrick Bateman is a very wealthy man who in his own world believes he’s a murderer. He leads his secret life hiding it from the public that he is a serial killer. Throughout the movie Bateman seems to be losing control of his urges and begins to see things that might not be there. The movie ends leaving a doubt in our minds if Bateman was really a serial killer or was all the agony and pain all made up in his mind. In the movie Patrick Bateman displays signs of antisocial personality disorder which isn’t very common. A total of three percent of men have it and one percent of women. There are many symptoms that come along with the disorder, Being very aggressive to others physically and verbally, being irresponsible, uncontrollable lying and also a lack of remorse for actions that were done. Not all of these symptoms are very rare but being on the extreme end and having multiple of them can be signs for antisocial personality disorder. Many of the serial killers have been diagnosed with the disorder. Bateman does things very much out of impulse. He also is very aggressive and snaps on people. Through the movie he keeps killing people just because he has the urge to. He Kills a homeless man and his dog in an ally way. Later on in the movie he kills one of the people that he works with, using an axe he killed Paul in his house then made it look like he went on a trip toShow MoreRelatedNarci ssistic Personality Disorder And Patrick Bateman832 Words   |  4 PagesNarcissistic Personality Disorder and Patrick Bateman Overview For this psychological disorder analysis paper, I picked the movie American Psycho. American psycho is a 2000 American Canadian black comedy psychological thriller horror film directed by Mary Harron. The movie was based on Bret Easton Ellis’s novel with the same name. The movie was stars by Christian Bale playing the main character and the movie’s narrator, Patrick Bateman. The movie was set in New York City in the years of 1980s. The mainRead MoreAnalysis Of The Movie The Wire 916 Words   |  4 Pagesor who is going to be left on the editing floor. But out of this rocky experience Carl has grown as an actor and understands the uncertainty of working as an actor. Another similar experience happened in the film â€Å"Out of the Furnace,† with Christian Bale (filmed in Pittsburgh and released in 2013). Carl commented that he had a great seven-minute speaking role in the movie. â€Å"It was only seven minutes, but it was powerful,† he said. But, in the end that seven minutes ended up on the editing floorRead MoreAnalysis Of The Movie The Wire 922 Words   |  4 Pagesextra? After discussion and finagling, Carl was offered the role as Tyrese’s character’s friend. In the editing, Tyrese’s entire character was cut, as Carl’s character. The second experience happened while filming ‘Out of the Furnace’ with Christian Bale. â€Å"It was only a seven-minute scene, but it was powerful,† said Carl. His seven minutes of what might had been his personal Oscar winning scene, lay on the editing floor. Anyone with less passion and determination, might have walked away, defeated;Read MoreMarketing Management130471 Words   |  522 Pagesstructures in the north and the south, especially in the realm of kinship systems. Throughout the country, religious differences can be significant, especially between the Hindu majority and the large Muslim minority; and other Indian groups-Buddhists, Christians, Jains, Jews, Parsis, Sikhs, and practitioners of tribal religions--all pride themselves on being unlike members of other faiths. Urban-rural differences can be immense in the Indian Society. Nearly 74 percent of India s population dwells in villages