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Then he shifts his gaze to the black teenagers standing in front of it and contemplates murdering them.
American Psychos relationship to Trump doesnt end with Batemans emulation of the man.
Over the years, as Trumps stature has risen to previously unimaginable heights, so has the films.
Even people who liked it wouldnt have considered it an important film, Harron told me ina recent interview.
Now it regularly appears on lists of the greatest horror films of the 21st century.
Throughout the movie, Bateman is desperate to confess his crimes, but no one will listen.
Bateman is psychotic, but so is the culture that surrounds him.
(Trump was making a point about loyalty, which is where the similarities between Trump and Bateman end.
No one pretends to be loyal to Bateman; most people cant remember his name.)
Meanwhile, the body count is rising.
But you cant say that we werent warned.
Bateman told us in the starkest terms that we were living in a world of murderous greed and indifference.
Of course we were incapable of hearing it.
That was Harrons whole point.
This confession, as Bateman concluded at the end of the film, has meant nothing.
This Friday, beginning at 7 p.m.
ET, lets all revisit Harrons film for Vultures latest Friday Night Movie club.
Ill be livetweeting, but first,Ive got to return some videotapes.
