I normally never write about entertainment or movie stars, but I am compelled to mention actor Christian Bale’s explosive tirade against the director of photography during filming of his new flick Terminator Salvation. Bale has been one of my favorite actors since his riveting performance as the psychotic yuppie Patrick Bateman in American Psycho--a film based on the book by one of my idols, Bret Easton Ellis.

As my readers know, I write transgressional fiction (related to horror but usually deals with characters with severe personality disorders, freaks, bizarre murderers, drug addicts and so forth and is known to go where horror doesn’t) and Bale has played in a few of my favorite transgressional films: American Psycho and his brutally bizarre performance in The Machinist. Batman isn’t my cup of tea, but I did like like both of Nolan’s films. Other great transgressional films include the brilliant Fight Club and the masterpiece Pulp Fiction.

Anyway, he exploded on his DP while working on the set. Bale is extremely serious and was amidst an arduous scene when the inexperienced DP Shane Hurlbut was messing with the lights, distracting him and ruining it. He dropped dozens of incendiary F-bombs, degraded the guy, told him he wanted to beat the hell out of him and so forth. I know many people are probably offended by his actions but I am loving it!

With several videos of his psycho-conniption fit floating around, this one is the most awesome. Revolucian (he’s on myspace here) arranged his profane phraseology into a searing club/trance mix. Revolucian is the man! I fell out of my computer chair gasping for breath in hysterical laughter. All voices are from the actual incident, complete with the DP saying, “I was looking at the light,” and Bale hammering him. It is packed with F-bombs but you must watch it. It is priceless: (if you can’t see the video displayed below go here)

What do you think? Will it keep you from seeing his new films? Bale, who is known to despise the press, likes to stay low key, doesn’t care about fame or star status and doesn’t mix with the Hollywood inside crowd is probably hating life about now. Nonetheless, he’s still a brilliant actor and an occasional eruption of anger just means he’s human. If I were a movie star I’d probably be in prison for unleashing a hell storm of machine gun fire on the paparazzi, leaving a trail of blood splattered bodies across Hollywood Boulevard. I get uneasy in large crowds hahaha! I must go watch American Psycho again for the thousandth time.

I wouldn’t say he believes he such a star that he can treat people like crap, he’s more like Chef Ramsay--just wanting the work to be great; nonetheless, it is inexcusable. Society loves this stuff; Britney’s breakdown, Chef Ramsay degrading his underlings and Simon Cowell being heartlessly cruel to some poor teenager trying to make it as a singer.

If you bring it on yourself, it’s your fault and the public has the right to pass judgment and laugh at you.

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