{"id":315963,"date":"2021-08-04T14:16:35","date_gmt":"2021-08-04T11:16:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/dissecting-the-american-psycho-business-card-scene\/"},"modified":"2021-08-04T14:16:35","modified_gmt":"2021-08-04T11:16:35","slug":"dissecting-the-american-psycho-business-card-scene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/dissecting-the-american-psycho-business-card-scene\/","title":{"rendered":"#Dissecting the American Psycho Business Card Scene"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_89 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6af273879fa2d\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6af273879fa2d\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/dissecting-the-american-psycho-business-card-scene\/#Watch_%E2%80%9CAmerican_Psycho_Business_Card_Scene_%E2%80%94_What_it_Means%E2%80%9D\" >Watch \u201cAmerican Psycho Business Card Scene \u2014 What it Means\u201d:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/dissecting-the-american-psycho-business-card-scene\/#Who_made_this\" >Who made this?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/dissecting-the-american-psycho-business-card-scene\/#More_videos_like_this\" >More videos like this<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#Dissecting the American Psycho Business Card Scene<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<pre><code>     &lt;span class=\"mx-1\"&gt;Death by a thousand (paper) cuts.&lt;\/span&gt;\n&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;div id=\"\"&gt;&lt;figure class=\"sf-entry-featured-<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a> \"&gt;&lt;img width=\"800\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/American_Psycho_card_scene.jpeg\" class=\"articlethumb wp-post-image\" alt=\"American Psycho Card Scene\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/American_Psycho_card_scene.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/American_Psycho_card_scene-768x326.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/&gt;&lt;p&gt;\n                    &lt;span class=\"sf-entry-flag sf-entry-flag-creditline\"&gt;Lionsgate &lt;\/span&gt;\n\n                        &lt;\/figure&gt;&lt;!-- START BYLINE --&gt;&lt;div class=\"row align-items-center justify-content-center my-4 text-center medium dark-gray\"&gt;\n        By\u00a0Meg Shields\u00a0\u00b7 Published on August 4th, 2021 \n        &lt;\/div&gt;\n    &lt;!-- END BYLINE --&gt;\n\n    &lt;em&gt;Welcome to The Queue \u2014 your daily distraction of curated video content sourced from across the web. Today, we\u2019re watching a video essay on what makes the business card scene in American Psycho so effective.&lt;\/em&gt;\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<hr\/>\n<p>If you throw a dart at\u00a0<strong><em>American Psycho<\/em><\/strong> \u2014 or, perhaps more <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ropriately, a chainsaw \u2014 you\u2019re liable to hit an iconic scene.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s the moment early in the film when <strong>Christian Bale<\/strong>\u2018s uber-narcissist Patrick Bateman slowly peels off his morning facemask. It\u2019s a delightfully on-the-nose move for an image-obsessed Wall Street suit who moonlights as a serial killer. And who could forget the up-tempo ax-murder of Paul Allen (<strong>Jared Leto<\/strong>)? He sits idly \u2014 and drunkenly \u2014 by as Bateman covers his apartment in plastic and waxes poetic about Huey Lewis and the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But if there\u2019s one part in <em>American Psycho\u00a0<\/em>that has been branded into the cultural consciousness, it\u2019s the business card scene. The moment is iconic and quotable. And it perfectly encapsulates the film\u2019s hilarious and often horrifying satire of 1980s vanity and excess. On paper, it is deceptively simple: Wall Street coworkers compare business cards. But it\u2019s in the details that director <strong>Mary Harron<\/strong> is able to craft an anxious and absurdist scene out of a simple conversation.<\/p>\n<p>Because we\u2019re witnessing the exchange from Bateman\u2019s warped perspective, corporate competition turns into a violent, maddening duel. The video essay below teases out the various cinematic elements that contribute to the scene\u2019s effectiveness. Both as a joke and as a turning point for Bateman\u2019s already fragile psyche.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Watch_%E2%80%9CAmerican_Psycho_Business_Card_Scene_%E2%80%94_What_it_Means%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>Watch \u201cAmerican Psycho Business Card Scene \u2014 What it Means\u201d:<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"American Psycho Business Card Scene \u2014 What it Means [Directing Breakdown]\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2k53qWVxqBg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Who_made_this\"><\/span>Who made this?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\" data-inc=\"3\">This video about the <em>American Psycho <\/em>business card scene<em>\u00a0<\/em>was created by\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.studiobinder.com\/\"><strong>StudioBinder<\/strong><\/a>, a production management software creator that also happens to produce wildly informative video essays. They tend to focus on the mechanics of filmmaking itself, from staging to pitches and directorial techniques. You can check out their YouTube account\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCUFoQUaVRt3MVFxqwPUMLCQ\/videos\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"More_videos_like_this\"><\/span>More videos like this<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<pre><code>    Related Topics: American Psycho, Mary Harron, The Queue\n    &lt;!-- AUTHOR BOX --&gt;\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<div class=\"gray-bg p-4 border small mb-5\">\n<div class=\"row align-items-center text-md-center\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/meg.jpg\" class=\"circle img-fluid\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\"\/><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md\">\n            Meg Shields is the humble farm boy of your dreams and a senior contributor at Film School Rejects. She currently runs three columns at FSR: The Queue, How&#8217;d They Do That?, and Horrorscope. She is also a curator for One Perfect Shot and a freelance writer for hire. Meg can be found screaming about John Boorman&#8217;s &#8216;Excalibur&#8217; on Twitter here: <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheWorstNun\">@TheWorstNun<\/a>. (She\/Her).        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<pre><code>    &lt;!-- START RECOMMENDED READING 1 --&gt;\n                                &lt;section class=\"recommended py-5\"&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Recommended Reading&lt;\/h3&gt;\n\n\n        &lt;\/section&gt;&lt;!-- END RECOMMENDED READING --&gt;\n\n\n&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"&gt;&lt;\/script&gt;\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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