Talk:Bret Easton Ellis/Archive 1

New changes to the 'trivia' section.
Patrick Bateman appears briefly, as does Christian Bale, the actor who portrays him. In what chapter of Glamorama does Christian Bale appear? I recall a character (one of F. Fred Palakon's associates) who looks like Christian Bale (according to Victor) but I don't remember Christian Bale ever actually appearing as a character. I may, of course, be wrong. Which is why I ask. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Matthew king (talk • contribs) 23:36, 24 November 2005 (UTC)

Unsigned comments
"flat affect" Is this correct? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.10.127.57 (talk) 07>09, 27 November 2005 (UTC)

he walks bye in one of the bars that victor is in. he is said to have weird stains (blood most likely) on his suit — Preceding unsigned comment added by 137.150.24.210 (talk) 22:52, 9 December 2005 (UTC)


 * Can people please remember to sign and date their comments? It makes things much easier to read. --^pirate 23:06, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

80s setting
"Ellis prefers to set his novels in the 1980s, utilizing the overt commercialism of the entertainment industry of the decade as a symbol"

This statement is misleading. Most of Ellis' novels (the exceptions being Glamorama and Lunar Park) are set in the 80's only because they were written in the eighties (American Psycho finished in 1990). Glamorama is set in the 90's, and Lunar Park is set in the present. This is why I removed this statement. -Fetology 23:01, 2 April 2006 (UTC)


 * The line could have been reworded. It's well known that Ellis was commenting on the decedence and greed of the 80s in much of his work. I think it should be added back in with more accurate wording. -- LGagnon 23:34, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

Flat Affect
I second the 'flat affect' query?!?!

Are you talking about this? Flat Affect Definition- ayyem - 21 Sept 2006 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.6.139.11 (talk) 13:08, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

Return appearances
Can someone please check or reference that "Both Jay and Allison make return appearances in Lunar Park." Jay sure does, but I don't recall Allison Poole being in it. Angus Stirling 15:34, 7 November 2006 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 60.241.206.217 (talk) 04:34, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

Distopia?
From the last sentence of the opening paragraph: "The novels are also linked by common, recurring characters, and dystopic locales (such as Los Angeles and New York)." Is New York really a distopian setting? Los Angeles is famously the city of failed dreams, but New York? I think the myth of New York is slightly different, which means that we word Distopic probably should be changed.Fixifex 08:29, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

Influences
How are an author's influences determined, and is it possible that John Dos Passos was one of Ellis' influence? Particuarly his U.S.A. trilogy bears striking stylistic and grammatic resembelence to American Psycho, not to mention political purpose. Teh fontmaster 19:07, 17 April 2007 (UTC)


 * http://books.guardian.co.uk/authors/author/0,5917,-61,00.html --the wrong man 05:01, 9 July 2007 (UTC)


 * http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtooA9ICoMo - I used this as a basis for adding Fitzgerald and Faulkner to the list — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.129.10.102 (talk) 13:13, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

recurring characters
Under the recurring characters section you mention that there a characters that seem to resemble actors that portrayed characters in the movie version of the books. But in fact, there is no relationship here because in all instances the book was written way before the movie. So Ellis would of not had any idea of who would play who. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.207.244.4 (talk) 17:04, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

In popular culture
removed the most recent edit. a wikipedia article isn't the place to advertise your event. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dmurphy1029 (talk • contribs) 16:59, 16 November 2008 (UTC)

External links moved here
These should be used as sources instead of cluttering the external links section.


 * BBC Collective video interview about Lunar Park
 * LA Times feature
 * The Guardian Bret Easton Ellis
 * A short bio on Ellis at acidlogic.com
 * BBC Collective: Watch 'Lunar Park' interview, October 2005
 * 1999 Salon.com article
 * The Informers on IMdb

--  momoricks   (make my day)  04:05, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

Brief description of entry
Query that Easton Ellis 'is a self-proclaimed moralist'?? The citation links to a secondhand source, an article from the Taipei Times that does not directly quote Easton Ellis saying this about himself. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.22.5.3 (talk) 10:12, 21 January 2010 (UTC)

Place of Birth
The article lists both Staten Island and Los Angeles as his place of birth! It's one or the other, or maybe neither. Somedy please find out and fix that. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.6.37.106 (talk) 15:28, 8 May 2010 (UTC)

Morality
I've seen the interview on The Guardian and Bret Easton Ellis doesn't see himself as a moralist, that's a misquote. On the contrary, he sees facts and problems of contemporary society from a neutral point of view. --Rivet138 (talk) 02:09, 3 September 2010 (UTC)Rivet138

Christian Bale freaked out Easton Ellis by approaching him in character as Patrick Bateman in order to get his approval for the role

 * Bret Easton Ellis on American Psycho, Christian Bale, and His Problem with Women Directors. 87.164.99.134 (talk) 00:33, 31 March 2012 (UTC)

Using Twitter as a citation
"Responding to Dan Savage's It Gets Better campaign, aimed at preventing suicide among LGBT youth, Ellis tweeted "Not to bum everyone out, but can we get a reality check here? It gets worse."" Really? You do realise that he's aloof and comedic in his twitter account, and this page takes it seriously. Google "Bret Easton Ellis Breaking Bad" for more. 87.112.127.206 (talk) 12:00, 18 September 2011 (UTC)


 * It's a mix of earnestness and self-parody. Lots of academics have written about how his public profile is this--a wink and a nod that he's not totally serious--but it would be disingenuous to suggest that he's never serious, either. I am actually quite fascinated by this subject/habit of his; I did one of my dissertations on Ellis and McInerney's public personae/work.Zythe (talk) 18:40, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

Biography on Sexual Orientation?
Why is there a 30 sentence paragraph on his sexual orientation in the biography section? There is literally more material on the question of his sexuality than on his upbringing. While it may be an important fact to some, I don't think it is a major part of what makes Ellis, Ellis. I think we should work on cleaning this article up. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.209.169.39 (talk) 05:23, 22 February 2013 (UTC)

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