Ep525: Page2Screen: Sadness Cake

Today, The Kicking the Seat Podcast and Cole Rush of The Quill to Live look back on twenty years of Mary Harron's American Psycho with a brand-new installment of "Page2Screen"! Bret Easton Ellis' pitch-black satire became a bestseller in 1991, and gained a whole new following when Christian Bale brought Wall Street serial killer to life on the big screen nine years later.

Ian and Cole dissect the book's themes and marvel at the deftness with which Harron and co-screenwriter Guinevere Turner picked just the right bits to include in their film--resulting in a neutered yet spiritually faithful (and unforgettable) adaptation.

Also, Ian invites you to support the Gene Siskel Film Center during its corona-closure by streaming Michael Glover Smith's phenomenal 2017 drama, Mercury in Retrograde*--and has details on a special Facebook Live Q&A happening Friday night!

Also, check out the latest episode of You'll Probably Agree to see Ian and Mike Crowley debate One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (in a rousing episode based on Mike's deeply personal essay about the film)!

Episode 525 has to return some videotapes!

Show Guide:

The Boy Next Door: 0:00 - 0:26

Intro Music: 0:26 - 0:40

Intro: 0:40 - 5:21

American Psycho Trailer: 5:21 - 7:16

American Psycho Discussion: 7:16 - 1:05:38

Outro Music: 1:05:38 - 1:05:54

*You can listen to Ian and David Fowlie's interview with Smith and Mercury in Retrograde star Najarra Townsend in Episode 280!

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