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Written by Scott Meadow
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Sunday, 21 December 2003 (read 1882 times) |
It's fashionable in literary circles to hate Bret Ellis novels and yet
Lion's Gate films can't stop making movies of them. The
Rules of Attraction is the second Ellis' adaptation since
their 2000 production of American Psycho, which
spiked more than it's share of controversy at the MPAA: not due to its
graphic depiction of murder and torture, of which there is plenty, but
due to an emotionless orgy scene where actor Bale admires himself in
the mirror while servicing two hired ladies. This misplaced objection
is typical of the reaction Ellis' work inspires. |
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