American Psycho Opening Scene

The opening scene in "American Psycho" is one of my favourite opening scenes in a film. It starts with the protagonist, Patrick Bateman, introducing himself by telling the spectator his name, age and where he lives. He then proceeds to talk us through his diet and his exercise routine. This draws the audiences attention to the fact that he cares a lot about the way he looks and that he is very self concious. Bateman goes into a lot of detail into the different products that he uses for his personal hygiene which again shows how much he cares about the way he looks. Towards the end of Bateman's monlogue he describes himself as feeling mysterioulsy inhuman which could be foreshadowing events in the film that have yet to come. Bateman's flat looks very meticulously clean and expensive which gives the spectator an idea of his social status and his overall personality.