There has been no reason for me to tell you any of this. “This confession.. has meant… nothing.” American Psycho (2000) 2144 reblog. Punishment eludes him because he has not actually done anything. Bateman’s final line “This confession has meant nothing” may be true for him but for me, for filmmaking and for society that confession meant everything. American Psycho film slasher filmedit horroredit myedit userhorroredits classichorrorblog dailyhorrorfilms christian bale mary harron horror 2000 movieedit slasheredit

As Willem Dafoe said in regard to American Psycho – although you could include any number of controversial films in this – “Sometimes we have to show negative behaviour to see other possibilities”.

This confession has meant nothing. There is no catharsis because he has not acted upon his lust for blood.
No new knowledge can be extracted from my telling. This confession has meant nothing. My punishment continues to elude me and I gain no deeper knowledge of myself.

I gain no deeper knowledge about myself, no new understanding can be extracted from my telling. This confession has meant nothing….” ― Bret Easton Ellis, American Psycho