James Franco and Travis Mathews did something inspired by it too,Cruising is part of the inspiration for this new Steve finbow book on amp sulphate.
there's an element of sexual tension in his obsession with Paul Allen, even if it only goes in one directionbut Bateman almost seems to desire himself more than anyone else
definitely. Jude Law as the object of Matt Damon's gaze and desire, lying shirtless and golden in the Italian sun, etc. women as literal beards.The Talented Mr. Ripley
yeah I was gonna say in the book his homophobia - in his internal dialogue anyway - is violent, constant, obsessiveI'd forgotten how much casual homophobia was in the book as it's mostly absent from the film.
There's a really awful bit in Pynchon's first novel where he says one of the characters knows "lesbianism is just an extension of narcissism". Perhaps it wasn't his own opinion, but there's a lot more misogyny in that book than his others and he retconned the chapter decades later with a line about "the eternally-adolescent male mind".other than that yeah it's narcissism which the film can't help making seem homoerotic, all the tasteful cinematography of his sculpted form
I assume part of the reason the racism/homophobia were taken out were due to repetitiveness and virtually all of it being internal dialogueThere's a lot more casual racism in the book too.
Less interesting for this thread.I don't think they're less interesting, just different
seems like a very of the times (late 50s-early 60s I'm assuming) ignorant conception of homosexuality"lesbianism is just an extension of narcissism"
sureLess interesting for this thread