It always surprises me in films that killers seem so gleeful about killing people.
I like violence to be upsetting. The only reason to do it subtley is if doing it subtley makes it more effective somehow.
The crime film is the most honest American film.
I'm sure part of the fascination with the film is voyeuristic - that we go to see somebody who's been struck by lightning.
The fantasy gives you the courage to feel things.
Masculine ideals have become very confused in the modern world.