American Psycho Opening Clip Analysis

In this clip it shows Patrick Bateman's appartment, with a commentary from him which helps keep the viewer in touch with the main character and helps them understand his psyche and ego. With his comments about himself he tells the audience about his daily routine, which would normally be classed as unnecessary information, but it shows how much his life revolves around time schedules and that if he doesn't follow these daily routines he will himself become the monster that's inside him, but the main focus of these parts is to mock the culture that people feel the need to be so materialistic. With the comments on his daily routine it also links to the end of the film when Jean ( his secretary) discovers his dairy and how he's drew horific picture of murdering people, at first it's just small doodles in the book then it's eventually the whole pages full of horrific images, to show Patrick's slow decay and breakdown into a mental wreck, when he believes that he's been caught by Detective Kimble. The bright and crisp white of his apartment represents his outside personality as he seems very harmless but as revealed later in the narrative there's something grotesque hidden there for instance a head in the freezer, and he's a hidden psychotic murderer so that's the hidden inside personality of Patrick Bateman and his apartment.