The Rules of Attraction (2002) Bret Easton Ellis and Roger Avery's Striking portrayal of 2000s hedonistic culture
The Rules of Attraction (2002) Bret Easton Ellis and Roger Avery's Striking portrayal of 2000s hedonistic culture by Kyndra Lee Burkland “A great numb feeling washes over me as I let go of the past and look forward to the future. Pretend to be a vampire. I don't really need to pretend, because it's who I am, an emotional vampire. I've just come to expect it. Vampires are real. That I was born this way. That I feed off of other people's real emotions. Search for this night's prey. Who will it be?” ― Bret Easton Ellis, The Rules of Attraction “Rock 'n' roll. Deal with it.” ― Bret Easton Ellis, The Rules of Attraction We begin the film as a conjoined group of college students huddle in their bubbles at the end of the world party, as a character named Lauren is being told she looks like Clara Bow by an abusive and pretentious film student. He immediately loses his attention toward her, yet demise still happens. She recites a borderline brainwashed m...
