tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-583678118883130612.post6229324551619339391..comments2023-06-02T10:14:33.406-04:00Comments on butterbeatleblog: Imperial Bedrooms by Bret Easton EllisChad Nevetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11785622045733202883noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-583678118883130612.post-48908018165823733792010-06-16T15:35:56.584-04:002010-06-16T15:35:56.584-04:00The film stuff with "The Listeners" is p...The film stuff with "The Listeners" is pretty tame. Not anywhere near the harshness of the process of <i>The Informers</i>. More some commentary on the writer's role in Hollywood.<br /><br />I don't think it's necessarily the last book in this world, though. I don't see why it would be. Aside from <i>Lunar Park</i>, they've all been in the same world (and <i>Lunar Park</i> had some big areas of crossover). The only reason why <i>Lunar Park</i> wasn't was because Ellis used himself as the protagonist -- then again, you could argue that that book is in the same universe and the writer that Clay mentions here as the writer of <i>Less Than Zero</i> is simply THAT Ellis. An Ellis that writes novels based on people he knows/encounters, capturing them for the most part, but making other changes. Like there is a Patrick Bateman in that world, a Victor Ward... they just aren't exactly like they are in the novels.<br /><br />Hmm... or maybe I'm overthinking this a little...Chad Nevetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11785622045733202883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-583678118883130612.post-89425408545576416502010-06-16T14:01:17.145-04:002010-06-16T14:01:17.145-04:00great review, chad. i will have to swing by the li...great review, chad. i will have to swing by the library this weekend and see if they have a copy available (i only buy softcovers). judging from your review it sort of sounds like this is BEE's last novel or at least his last in the universe he created in Less Than Zero. <br /><br />I was curious if he was going to comment on the films and especially his work on The Informers. It definitely seems like a reaction to that film world he had been trapped in for the last few years with the Informers movie. I like that he called Less Than Zero itself into question as an unreliable work too (kind of similar to what Hickman just did in FF).<br /><br />Looking forward to reading it soon, and i'll have to get around to writing that essay comparing Easton Ellis' work to David Lapham's work one of these days.malpracticehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12951567969857627623noreply@blogger.com