Every so often a nude scene gets paired with a song that, for better or worse, ends up making it that much more memorable, and this time around we’re focused on the American Psycho himself - yep, it's Patrick Bateman’s epic diatribe about former Genesis frontman and 80’s music staple Phil Collins that leads into a threesome to the Collins hit “Su-su-sudio.”
"Do you like Phil Collins?"
The most quotable five words of the film (just squeaking passed “I’ve gotta return some videotapes”), this sentence marks some major disclosure for the character of Patrick Bateman (Christian Bale). While talking about the British drummer-turned-frontman as if he’s presenting his dissertation to lingerie-clad beauties Cara Seymour and Krista Sutton, Patrick Bateman reveals that he finds Collins successful solo work more “satisfying” than his music with the pioneering prog rock band, Genesis.
It alludes to the capitalist killer valuing monetary gain and commercial fame over the quality of the art itself. Though his verbosity may make him sound deep, truth is he’s all about the su-su-superficial, which makes his overt posing and preening during sex to a song with a gibberish, meaningless title the perfect combination.
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The result is that Krista and Cara’s high-end hookers end up becoming more or less props rather than people, so it’s time to give these ladies their due for this iconic scene. Cara’s buns are front and center as double teams that dick, and she gets even cheekier laying in bed which her ass towards the camera, while Krista wears black sheer thigh high stockings and heels, her bare boobs a-bouncin’ as she gets banged in multiple positions.
It’s a threeway so hot, it was reportedly what earned the film its NC-17 rating. Who knew Phil Collins could be so scandalous?
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