Extra Credit: American Psycho

Name: Extra Credit: American Psycho
Start: 2024-10-07T18:00:00-05:00
Location: 10 Hitt St, Columbia, MO, United States, Missouri 65201

Schedule

Mon Oct 07 2024 at 06:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

10 Hitt St, Columbia, MO, United States, Missouri 65201 | Columbia, MO

Wealthy Manhattan investment banker Patrick Bateman (Christian Bale) seems to have it all –style, success, and a gorgeous fiancée (Reese Witherspoon). But, beneath his vapid and vain facade hides a sick and twisted serial killer. Struggling to keep his two identities separate, Patrick is on the brink of losing what little sanity he has left. Based on the controversial novel of the same name, director Mary Harron and screenwriter Guinevere Turner blend horror and black comedy to satirize the 1980’s yuppie obsession with social status in this bloody, cult classic.
Featuring post-film conversation with Chris Conner, Assistant Professor in Sociology & Micheal Coleman, Teaching Professor in Communications.
Extra Credit re-examines pop-culture cinema through an academic lens, as University of Missouri researchers from across the scholarly spectrum collide to poke, prod, and dissect films.
Free for members. Open to the public.