Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles [Region 2]
by Neil Jordan
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Actor: Antonio Banderas, Brad Pitt, Kirsten Dunst, Stephen Rea, Tom CruiseDirector: Neil Jordan
DVD: Region Code 2
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: PAL
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
DVD Reviews of Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles [Region 2]
DVD Review: Cruise & Neil Jordan create an unforgettable interview
Summary: 5 Stars
When it was reported in the media that Tom Cruise was to play the lead part of Lestat, the legendary vampire, in Anne Rice's "Interview with the Vampire", the author herself was dead set against casting the famous movie star as her lead character. However after seeing the completed version of the film, Rice revised her opinion of Cruise and pronounced the performance "brilliant". This role, keep in mind, was passed over originally by Daniel Day Lewis and Jeremy Irons and in retrospect, they would've been too old to play the ever youthful Lestat so I think Cruise was an excellent choice. Also excellent are Brad Pitt as the doomed Louis and a very young Kirsten Dunst as the little girl who never ages. Neil Jordan, coming off his recent hit, "The Crying Game", also delivered with an involving psychological horror film of the first caliber. I am now renting this film in Blu-ray and will comment on its quality which is in debate by some of the customers here. Nevertheless, Blu-ray or standard, this is a film worth seeing if you're a fan of the book or an Anne Rice. I think Cruise is an under-rated actor who has also given brilliant performances in "Born on the 4th of July" and "Magnolia" but because of his good looks is often ignored (The Cary Grant fate!!) as Michael Caine has stated in an interview. Let's hope he doesn't do too many action films and goes for the jugular in his future films!! DVD Review: Sexual, Dark and Relatable. Louis got me Hooked!
Summary: 5 Stars
I can't even begin to explain how incredible this Spellbinding movie from Anne Rice is. I'm very glad she has written it. She has a very workable imagination. Anybody can join in to work with her.(almost.) Well, let's get with the cast of this movie,now we have: Tom Cruise as Lestat, Brad Pitt as the remorseful vampire, Louis, Kirsten Dunst as the precocious Claudia and Antonio Banderas as Armand. The movie starts with a character played by Christian Slater, readying his tape recorder,beginning to interview a...vampire. The human-like creature turns to him,revealing himself to be..Louis, Brad's character. He begins to tell his story from his P.O.V. When he was human, he had a wife who died of childbirth, his baby boy or girl never made it either. So, he was already ready for death.That's when a vampire named Lestat decided to answer his prayers. The first time he taken his blood,he asked him,has he had enough. The second time he taken his blood, he told him, " I'm going to give you the choice,I've never had." Lestat gave him another life, ETERNAL LIFE. And for that,Louis sees the last sunrise for himself. I gotta admit, Brad's character has never looked so handsome and beautiful before. What a sexy-looking vampire! Anyway, the vampire saying went, "In order to survive, you must feed!" Louis couldn't bring himself to feed on the blood of humans,leading Lestat to do all the killing. Louis always fed on the blood of poodles, chickens and rats. Lestat found it funny for some reason. When push came to shove, they had their arguments and petty disagreements,talking about survival and being a killer vampire vs. morality. Lestat knew that Louis didn't like the way of survival, but he didn't care. While feeling stressed out, Louis found a little girl named Claudia, with her dead mother. He held her tight and sucked her blood. Lestat found them and started laughing and dancing with the dead corpse,celebrating the triumph of Louis's first taste of human blood. Louis was very depressed with himself and ran off to a sewer drain. Later on, Lestat found him, and told him he had a surprise for him. He took Louis back home and found Claudia, lying on the bed. Louis thought he killed her, but she was half-dead in vampire limbo. So, Lestat gives her a taste of his blood from his cut, she drinks until he shouted enough, and Claudia is transformed to the point of looking like a curly-haired doll with a savage bloodthirst to match. So, without giving the whole movie away, they tried living together, but, being that Lestat's rules were too much, they turned on him and ran, thinking he's dead. Together, Louis and Claudia searched the world for vampires just like them. And they did. First, they found a vampire named Santiago and then a leader named Armand. Armand welcomes them into his theatre and his underground Lair. Claudia doesn't trust Armand and his crew,but Louis says he has no choice but to stay where they are. Meanwhile,he was looking for a new mentor. I believe he found it in Armand, the oldest vampire he never met until that very moment. There's something else that's bugging Claudia, she needs a mother figure. After Louis feeds on the woman, believing himself a heartless vampire,Claudia kisses him. Spolier Alert: If you've never seen this movie and don't want the ending given away,then please read no further! Needless to say Armand's theartre troupe vampires including Santiago turn on Louis,Claudia, and for no real reason the woman 'cause they read their thoughts about they're incident between them and Lestat. So they wall up Louis to put him out of the way, and then they throw Claudia and the woman in a room where the sun comes through over-head. Sadly they both die "burnt to a crisp" with Louis unable to help them. So enraged about what had happened Louis seeks vengance by slicing up and burning those evil theatre troupe vampires. After that Louis not only decides that he was only going to get the worst end of the deal staying with Armand but also dubbed himself as "self-sufficient. After that, he could deal with light, he seen Lestat for the last time,told the ending to Christian's character to publish and also told him that he doesn't want eternal life. When Christian's character drives off into the dawn, Lestat scares him by surprise and takes his blood. He drives the car, listens to the tape and says to him, "I'm going to give you the choice,I never had." If you're a fan of Anne Rice or any other good novelist, this is the movie for you. DVD Review: Louis's (Eternal) Life Story
Summary: 4 Stars
In this gothic, bloody, and witty film, the vampire Louis tells his life story to a curious man. The story spans years, but this is one film that doesn't drag on a second too long. It's an adaptation of the Anne Rice's novel of the same name, and one can tell that a lot of care was taken to get the story right, most likely because Rice herself penned the screenplay. The cast is mostly great, with Tom Cruise at a surprising high as the sadistic and clever vampire Lestat, Brad Pitt as the sympathetic vampire protagonist Louis, and a young Kirsten Dunst who gives a marvelous performance as the child vampire Claudia.
The movie lost me a bit with the introduction of Armand, mainly because I didn't like Antonio Banderas's performance, but I also don't really think the script--or Louis's chemistry with Armand, for that matter--sold the relationship between those characters to me. I thought that could have been developed a bit more, to make Louis's sudden desire to part ways with Claudia less abrupt. There's not much else fault I can find in the movie, though I should add that I don't think this film is for everyone. Those looking for a straight horror flick or even your average vampire tale might be surprised by the slowly building pace of this film. I loved the pacing, and felt as if I were in the room with Louis himself as he told the tale of his life. It's a brooding, dark, homoerotic, intelligent, and intricate film about a vampire trying to fight his nature, living with his choices, and becoming what he was destined to be.
8/10
DVD Review: Great
Summary: 5 Stars
I read this book and have seen this movie many times and I can sincerely tell you they did an incredible job with this thing. It is completely memorable. Her book was amazing and I thought I would be disappointed with this but its pretty good. Cruise plays an awesome Lestat. Enjoy.DVD Review: Timeless Classic!
Summary: 5 Stars
This movie is a timeless classic vampire movie. The imagery throughout time is very well portayed. A must see for scenery and wardrobe alone! Kirsten Dunst is outstanding.
Description of Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles [Region 2]
When it was announced that Tom Cruise would play the vampire Lestat in this adaptation of Anne Rice's bestselling novel, even Rice chimed in with a highly publicized objection. The author wisely and justifiably recanted her negative opinion when she saw Cruise's excellent performance, which perceptively addresses the pain and chronic melancholy that plagues anyone cursed with immortal bloodlust. Brad Pitt and Kirsten Dunst are equally good at maintaining the dark and brooding tone of Rice's novel. And in this rare mainstream project for a major studio, director Neil Jordan compensates for a lumbering plot by honoring the literate, Romantic qualities of Rice's screenplay. Considered a disappointment while being embraced by Rice's loyal followers, the movie is too slow to be a satisfying thriller, but it is definitely one of the most lavish, intelligent horror films ever made. --Jeff ShannonGeneral DVDs
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