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    Posted: May 14 2006 at 11:53
Yesterday I saw for the first time the movie "American Psycho" based on the famous novel by Bret Easton Ellis. At a certain point there is a scene where the protagonist plays a Phil Collins album on the stereo and says something like:"I adore Genesis. My love for them started in 1980 with the album Duke; I didn't like their previous works: too cold and contrived...". Now the question is: was his preference for 80s Genesis rather than their 70s albums a consequence of his mental disease, or was 80s Genesis music that led him to insanity? Stern Smile
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Points: 16449 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 14 2006 at 12:32
Anyone that considers early Genesis to be cold and contrived must be suffering from some mental problemWinkLOL
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Points: 331 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 14 2006 at 13:06
Isn't that person a complete looney?
Well, this quote surely makes that clear beyond any doubt LOL.

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Points: 3300 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 14 2006 at 13:14
okay:
 
recall that the movie maker is a woman! i doubt this passage was taken from the book.
 
now, you have got the explanation!
 
if 3fates made the movie, we surely would see some ELP posters with knives stuck into keyboards...
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Points: 23 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 14 2006 at 13:56
Creepy, very creepy.
Ad hoc, ad loc and quid pro quo. So little time, so much to know.
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Points: 7003 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 14 2006 at 16:12
If you read the book there's a hilarious deconstruction of 80s Genesis by Patrick Bateman about half way through - I also remember a similar but less effective interlude where we get his thoughts on Talking Heads.
 
The book is over long, but way more effective and disturbing than the film and it contains some spot on observations about popular culture. I particularly liked the brief meeting between Bateman and Tom Cruise.
'Like so many of you
I've got my doubts about how much to contribute
to the already rich among us...'

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Points: 147 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 14 2006 at 20:27
Interesting. I think I will read the book soon.
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Points: 3118 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 15 2006 at 18:14
Absolutely INSANE
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