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November 29 - December 1 at the Trylon
Coming out of the yuppie cocaine-fueled Reagan years, Ellis’s books are completely contemptible of society, equating Wall Street traders to serial killers and wealthy college students to one-dimensional automatons.
(2000, 102m) dir Mary Harron w/Christian Bale, Justin Theroux, Chloë Sevigny. Patrick Bateman (Bale) is a Wall Street yuppie who finds solace in murder and the 1980s pop sensation New Order. Harron’s satire, based on the novel by Bret Easton Ellis, savages the presentation of sexual violence in film. FRI 7:00 SAT 9:15 SUN 3:00
Screenings: November 29 7:00, November 30 9:15, December 1 3:00
(2002, 110m) dir Roger Avary w/James Van Der Beek, Ian Somerhalder, Shannyn Sossamon, Jessica Biel.The Rules of Attraction follows sex-obsessed Sean Bateman (JVDB) in a convoluted and vapid love triangle. Set in the same universe as American Psycho (Sean is the brother of Patrick), Rules simmers in disdain for the rich and ruminates on the…
Screenings: November 29 9:15, November 30 7:00, December 1 5:15