Bret Easton Ellis Quote
The Dave Matthews Band’s Crash into Me played over the montage, not that the lyrics had anything to do with the images the song was played over but it was haunting, it was moody, it was summing things up, it gave the footage an emotional resonance that I guess we were incapable of capturing ourselves. At first my feelings were basically so what? But then I suggested other music: Hurt by Nine Inch Nails, but I was told that the rights were sky-high and that the song was too ominous for this sequence; Nada Surf’s Popular had too many minor chords, it didn’t fit the mood of the piece, it was – again – too ominous. When I told them I seriously did not think things could get any more fucking ominous than they already were, I was told, Things get very much more ominous, Victor, and then I was left alone.
The Dave Matthews Band’s Crash into Me played over the montage, not that the lyrics had anything to do with the images the song was played over but it was haunting, it was moody, it was summing things up, it gave the footage an emotional resonance that I guess we were incapable of capturing ourselves. At first my feelings were basically so what? But then I suggested other music: Hurt by Nine Inch Nails, but I was told that the rights were sky-high and that the song was too ominous for this sequence; Nada Surf’s Popular had too many minor chords, it didn’t fit the mood of the piece, it was – again – too ominous. When I told them I seriously did not think things could get any more fucking ominous than they already were, I was told, Things get very much more ominous, Victor, and then I was left alone.
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About Bret Easton Ellis
When Ellis was 21, his first novel, the controversial bestseller Less than Zero (1985), was published by Simon & Schuster. His third novel, American Psycho (1991), was his most successful. Upon its release the literary establishment widely condemned it as overly violent and misogynistic. Though many petitions to ban the book saw Ellis dropped by Simon & Schuster, the resounding controversy convinced Alfred A. Knopf to release it as a paperback later that year. Ellis's novels have become increasingly metafictional. Lunar Park (2005), a pseudo-memoir and ghost story, received positive reviews. Imperial Bedrooms (2010), marketed as a sequel to Less than Zero, continues in this vein. The Shards (2023) is a fictionalized memoir of Ellis's final year of high school in 1981 Los Angeles.
Four of Ellis's works have been made into films. Less than Zero was adapted in 1987 as a film of the same name, but the film bore little resemblance to the novel. Mary Harron's adaptation of American Psycho was released in 2000. Roger Avary's adaptation of The Rules of Attraction was released in 2002. The Informers, co-written by Ellis and based on his collection of short stories, was released in 2008. Ellis also wrote the screenplay for the 2013 film The Canyons.