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Bret Easton Ellis And Paul Schrader Make BAIT Of The Rich!
Nordling here.
Paul Schrader's done horror before, and so has Bret Easton Ellis. Their worldviews, as expressed in their films and books, respectively, have definitely run to the bleak. So these two working on a horror film together means that audiences better armor up when they see their film BAIT, which will begin shooting this November in Puerto Rico, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
BAIT is about an employee of a beach club for the wealthy who decides to get his revenge against them by hijacking a yacht full of society's young and rich and dumping them in shark-infested waters. Sounds awesomely brutal, and hopefully between Ellis and Schrader we'll see some devastaing shark gore, at the very least. Sounds like another anti-hero from Ellis at the very least. Who knows, maybe he's a long lost relation to Patrick Bateman.
Nordling, out.
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weird that Ellis is coming at it from a working-man angle, though. Even though his work is satirising the amoral rich who populate his books, other classes don't usually get a look in. Unless Ellis is dealing with the insufferable-yuppie angle and Schrader the boiling-cauldron-of-rage underdog out for revenge. Sounds about right. Love Ellis, but I can't deal with the nihilism any more. American Psycho is right next to Infinite Jest in terms of how much it affected me, and Lunar Park was great in a meta way. <P> Ellis and Schrader. Christ. This is going to be bad for the soul.
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Aug. 3, 2011, 7:48 p.m. CST
I'm so down... Ready for these types of movies to amp up
by Andrew Coleman
By that I mean "hate the rich" type movies. This last year has proven the rich in this country simply want to destroy everything so they can stay rich. You can't really debate that. So movies like this and Tower Heist are feeding the masses who want to see the rich(who usually are born into it) pay. I'm down for that. This sounds like a great idea.
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Aug. 3, 2011, 7:52 p.m. CST
A bit rich coming from Ellis though, if you'll pardon the pun
by IWasInJuniorHighDickhead
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Aug. 3, 2011, 8:49 p.m. CST
yes, what the world needs is a movie about killing young people
by antonphd
cause there aren't enough young people being killed between wars and political killings
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I was hoping it would be about the magazine from Jerry Caesar's empire.
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It's got the guy from the Loved Ones in it, but this one sounds fuckin badass - love me some Ellis
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I managed to read Glamorama and Less Than Zero before-hand, but as fucked up as those books were they didn't prepare me for AP. And it's a shame because what I was able to stomach was absolutely brilliant. Ellis is my favorite author I'm afraid to read. Great flick though.
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so there's nothing wrong with dumping young and rich into shark-infested waters.
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Aug. 3, 2011, 10:42 p.m. CST
Works like American Psycho (the book) really make you question the character of the producer.
by moonlightdrive
Why do they feel the need to produce such work and it is really necessary? I'm not sure I could write the sentence, "I enjoyed the book". I thought it was a good story and well written and Bateman is a fantastic character. It just seriously made me wonder about Ellis. Who sits down and imagines that stuff and then has the balls to put it in black and white (and is not repulsed by it) and gives it to another person, and then they get away with doing it and not only that, make good money off of it. (Yeah you could argue it says more about the consumer). You just wonder, if someone is thinking up this stuff, what else are they doing?
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Aug. 3, 2011, 11 p.m. CST
Ellis and Schrader...like a fucked up Reese's Peanut Butter Cup.
by fustfick
Two great tastes that taste great together. Hopefully. Let's just hope they bring the funny.
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I'd like to see more Ellis...I hope it takes place in the 80s.
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Is the man for many things, but his most recent touch of genius was saying that watching Glee was like stepping into a puddle of HIV. Couldn't have said it better myself... And for the record, the guy is bi or gay, so no homophobia here...
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Maybe they could cut the trailer to Aerosmith's Eat the Rich.
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Aug. 4, 2011, 4:27 a.m. CST
The fact that Schrader & Ellis are rich is not to be mentioned
by ReportAbuse
We're not allowed to note the irony because some rich are better than others or something.
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hightower passed away last night..
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Aug. 4, 2011, 7 a.m. CST
Am I the only one whp thought Less than zero was way more disturbing than american psycho?
by baronweazle
I tend to be a bit weird, so this is a legitimate question. However disturbing american psycho was, it was still one crazy guy torturing adult people. Less than Zero ends with a party where all the guys rape a young girl tied to a bed. Which to my mind was infinitely more disturbing than anything in american psycho. Bait sounds quite interesting by the way!
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Channeling Adam West there a little bit, sorry.
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Back when he started out there was some intrigue about the debauch lives of American bourgeoisie, but since then every Paris Hilton and Kim Kardashian have shown us every aspect of their lives and twitted every thought in their heads and we've realized they are boring.
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Don't get me wrong, it's just that his subject matter of choice has lost its mystique and shock.
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Sean Batman in Rules of Attraction. Rock n roll.
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moved to Idaho in the mid-90's and started an internet company selling turquoise jewelry.
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Aug. 4, 2011, 4:33 p.m. CST
PLOT TWIST: One of the rich young people the vengeful employee kidnaps turns out to be Bruce Wayne, AKA Batman! Much ass-kicking of the shark and human kind ensues!
by MrMysteryGuest
Now THAT'S a movie I'd see!!!
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I love Ellis' work (American Psycho being one of the few books I've re-read), but come on, this sounds... shallow (pun).
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