Rules Of Attraction Needs More Love
There's so little info out there on Ellis' new book right now, that we're reduced to chatting about the movie adaptations. Anyhow, The Rules of Attraction has made it onto CHUD's list of 100 Movies That Deserve More Love :Roger Avary’s contribution to the success of Pulp Fiction will probably never be fully recognized, and so it’s to his credit that he’s not spent the following years trying to be another Quentin T. Instead he turned out Killing Zoe (another movie that could easily be on this list) and – after several years as a script doctor and producer – turned to the work of Bret Easton Ellis for this snarling, hallucinogenic swandive into the grubby moral quagmire of selfish, horny students at a liberal arts college. James Van Der Beek is the standout star, throwing off his Dawson niceness to portray Sean Bateman (brother of American Psycho Patrick) as a shark-eyed emotional monster, riding roughshod over the feelings of those around him and dicking anything that moves.'Rules' has also just been released in theatres in Italy. The official Italian site is here.
The Defense: The American Trainspotting is a stupid and crass simplification of this movies appeal, but – hey – it works. Savagely exciting stuff.
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[1] On Mar-26-2004, Tony wrote:It takes a special kind of person to love Bret Easton Ellis.
I've watched Rules of Attraction with so many different people and only managed to convert 2 people so far. Most people don't understand it and don't see why I'm so into it.
Now, speaking of release dates, does anyone have any info on Gliterati or the special edition DVD Rules of Attraction with the cut scenes? I really want to see how the cafeteria and patrick scenes went down.
There's so many subtle cuts in the script, I was really disappointed that even the uncut version wasn't any better than the American cinema edit.
[2] On Mar-27-2004, jimmy wrote:
i wouldn't count on a special edition dvd of "rules," nor would i count on "glitterati" seeing the light of day unless the "glamorama" film does really well and "glitterati" gets included on that dvd.
i agree that it would be beyond wonderful to see a director's cut of the film, deleted scenes, and "glitterati."
[3] On Jun-16-2004, Roger Avary wrote:
Don't be so sure you won't...with either prediction.