American Psycho Author Bret Easton Ellis: In Conversation

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Partner:: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Location:: Byron Bay Writers Festival
Byron Bay, NSW
Event Date:: 08.07.10
Speakers:: Bret Easton Ellis,; Simon Marnie
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Summary: Elusive cult author Bret Easton Ellis fronts up to his first ever writers' festival in Byron Bay and talks psychos, film studios and moral boundaries in fiction. The sometimes controversial author of cult novels such as American Psycho and Less than Zero speaks with ABC Sydney radio host Simon Marnie � with some trepidation � about his approach to the writing process.

Along the way, he takes us through the journey of being courted and sometimes disillusioned by the Hollywood studios, the furor surrounding the violence in American Psycho and the politics of serial killers.

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Bret Easton Ellis

Bret Easton Ellis is an American novelist and short story writer. He was regarded as one of the so-called literary Brat Pack, which also included Tama Janowitz and Jay McInerney. He is a self-proclaimed satirist, whose trademark technique, as a writer, is the expression of extreme acts and opinions in an affectless style. Ellis employs a technique of linking novels with common, recurring characters. Among his best known novels are Less Than Zero, American Psycho, and Rules of Attraction.

Simon Marnie

Simon Marnie is a Sydney-based presenter for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Local Radio weekend morning program in New South Wales. The program is broadcast throughout Sydney on Saturdays from 6am-12 noon and New South Wales from 10am, and on Sundays from 10am-12 noon in Sydney.

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01.: First Writers Festival

05 min 56 sec

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02.: Less Than Zero and Imperial Bedrooms

03 min 22 sec

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03.: Raymond Chandler

01 min 50 sec

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04.: Editing and Self-Censorship

05 min 32 sec

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05.: Books Come from Dark Times

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06.: Recurring Characters

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07.: Technology in the Books

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08.: Speculation of an Imperial Bedrooms Film

10 min 54 sec

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09.: Q1: Optioned American Psycho for the Money

02 min 16 sec

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10.: Q2: Cameo Appearance in Central Park West

02 min 08 sec

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11.: Q3: How Blair Changed from Less Than Zero

02 min 33 sec

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12.: Q4: Parameters of Expression

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13.: Q5: American Psycho 2 Movie

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14.: Q6: Writing Releases Violent Urges

00 min 47 sec

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15.: Q7: Impressions of Byron Bay

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16.: Q8: Intention to Do More Writers Festivals

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17.: Q9: No Desire to Stay on Message in Interviews

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18.: Q10: One Last Question

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Easton Ellis: 'Less Than Zero' Sequel Less Than Likely

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Bret Easton Ellis Slams Self-Censorship Among Artists

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