![]() ![]() Speaking on Channel 4 News in 2019, during the promotion of his non-fiction book 'White' (more on that one in a bit), the author stated: “Kathryn Bigelow would be considered a mildly interesting filmmaker if she was a man but since she's a very hot woman she's really overrated.” He thinks he gets more abuse as Black women ![]() The film starred Christian Bale as Patrick Bateman, the anti-hero of the novel who is a materialistic yuppie who leads a secret life as a serial killer. It became a cult hit and reappraised as a black comedy, a satire of Regan’s America, and a postmodern critique of capitalist consumption - especially after the 2000 film adaptation directed by Mary Harron. The book was named the 53rd most banned book from 1990-1999 by the American Library Association, and its sale and marketing in Germany was restricted from 1995 to 2000. Knopf decided to release it as a paperback.īans followed around the world. The controversy led to death threats, and American publishing house Alfred A. ![]() ![]() Petitions were signed to ban the controversial book, “a contemptible piece of pornography”, and Ellis was dropped by his then publishers Simon & Schuster because of “aesthetic differences”. Upon its release, it was widely condemned as being too graphically violent, outright misogynistic and got him labelled as a sadist. ![]()
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