American Psycho, which celebrates its 25th anniversary this week, is the ultimate cinematic business card showcase. Christian Bale’s Patrick Bateman ... written in a nice type on what looks ...

Patrick Bateman pays attention to the minutiae and tiniest of details. He also really cares about being the best at everything he does, which shows its ugly face in the famous business card scene.

“We talked about how Martianlike Patrick Bateman ... Very nice.” There’s a film’s worth of character work in the half-second pause before he says, “Let’s see Paul Allen’s card.” ...

Patrick Bateman ... He was jealous of Allen's seemingly superior business card. Detective Kimball questions Bateman about Allen's disappearance. The entire time Bateman wears his usual mask ...

Take Bateman ... he’s got a nice apartment,’” says Ponte. The few knick-knacks are large, incongruous, and surrounded by empty space, including the white vase above Patrick’s bed and ...

Twenty-five years ago, in his pristine but sparse Manhattan apartment, viewers got ready with Patrick ... narrator. Bateman obsesses over the symbols of status — his business card typeface ...

So long as you remember to take it all with a very large pinch ... film's famous business-card oneupmanship scene. If anything, many of the obsessions that drove Bateman are even more visible ...