The story’s climax is famous for its ambiguity. After a manic killing spree through the streets of New York, Bateman confesses his crimes to his lawyer via a frantic voicemail. However, when he returns to the scene of his most horrific crimes, he finds the apartment freshly painted and for sale, with no trace of his victims.
The film concludes with Bateman realizing that his "confession has meant nothing". In a world where everyone is so self-absorbed and interchangeable, his acts of violence are either ignored or perhaps entirely imagined, leaving him trapped in a "meaningless" existence where he simply "is not there". How Mary Harron made American Psycho American_Psycho_HD_2000_
The story of the 2000 film (directed by Mary Harron and starring Christian Bale) is a dark, satirical look at the vacuous nature of 1980s yuppie culture. The Man Behind the Mask The story’s climax is famous for its ambiguity