Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994)

Regista:

Neil Jordan

Writers (WGA):

Anne Rice (screenplay)
Anne Rice (novel)

Data di uscita:

11 novembre 1994 (USA)

Genere:

Drama | Horror | Fantasy

Slogan:

Drink From Me And Live Forever

Plot:

A vampire tells his epic life story: love, betrayal, loneliness, and hunger.

Plot Keywords:

Louisiana | Mississippi River | Golden Gate Bridge | Father Daughter Relationship | 19th Century

Premi:

Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 18 wins & 16 nominations

Recensioni degli utenti:

The atmospheric and highly gripping story of a deep-thinking vampire searching for meaning in eternal life.

US TV Schedule:

Mon. Sept. 8

12:00 AM

TMC

Cast

Brad Pitt	...	Louis de Pointe du Lac
Christian Slater	...	Daniel Malloy
Virginia McCollam	...	Whore on Waterfront
John McConnell	...	Gambler
Tom Cruise	...	Lestat de Lioncourt
Mike Seelig	...	Pimp
Bellina Logan	...	Tavern Girl
Thandie Newton	...	Yvette
Lyla Hay Owen	...	Widow St. Clair
Lee E. Scharfstein	...	Widow's Lover (as Lee Emery)
Indra Ové	...	New Orleans Whore (as Indra Ove)
Helen McCrory	...	2nd Whore
Monte Montague	...	Plague Victim Bearer
Kirsten Dunst	...	Claudia
Nathalie Bloch-Lainé	...	Maid (as Nathalie Bloch)

Alias:

Interview with the Vampire (USA) (short title)
Intervista col vampiro - Cronache di vampiri (Italy) [it]
Intervista con il vampiro (Italy) [it]

MPAA:

Rated R for vampire violence and gore, and for sexuality.

Durata:

123 min

Nazionalità:

USA

Lingua:

Inglese

Colore:

Colore (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sonoro:

Dolby Digital | SDDS

Divieti:

Canada:18 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | France:-12 | South Korea:15 | Portugal:M/16 | Canada:18A (Alberta) (2000) | Iceland:16 | USA:R (No. 33401) | Canada:R (Manitoba/Ontario) | Philippines:R-18 | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA | Chile:18 | Finland:K-16 | Germany:16 | Hong Kong:III | Malaysia:(Banned) | Netherlands:16 | Norway:18 | Peru:18 | Singapore:M18 (re-rating) | Singapore:R(A) (original rating) | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18

Luoghi delle riprese:

Albert R. Broccoli 007 Stage, Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England, UK

Company:

Geffen Pictures

Curiosità:

Tom Cruise wanted a private set, and hence tunnels were built to escort the actors to and from the set. This was done so that the vampire's makeup effects would remain a secret.

Errori:

Incorrectly regarded as goofs: When Santiago walks upside down on the inside of the Paris archway, his cloak continues to hang toward his feet instead of towards the ground.

Citazioni:

Claudia: I came to make peace with you, even though you are the father of lies.

Movie Connections:

Citato in The First Wives Club (1996)

Colonna sonora:

Sonata in E Flat Adagio E Cantabile

The atmospheric and highly gripping story of a deep-thinking vampire searching for meaning in eternal life.

The film may not be 100% plot-hole-less (but neither is the Matrix, and many brilliant films), and the concept of Vampires might seem a little far-fetched (read on), but if you bear with the unavoidable facets of a movie dealing with vampires, this film is quite astounding.

Unlike your average vampire movie, this film does not centre on fangs and blood and scary images. Its focus is not on horror at all.

And neither is it on action. There are scenes of high-octane vampiric attacks, but these are plot-climaxes and are well thought out. The main focus of the film, however, is upon character, and upon exploring what it would truly be like to be a vampire.

Furthermore, the film makes many efforts to be realistic: a vampire is not a hideous monster. The religious and Christian undertones are unavoidable, if not intended: Vampires are damned (by God?); they pass on their curse like a virus through their bloodstreams, both malignantly and benevolently. They are humans, with bodies that heal in seconds, who cannot age and cannot die of natural causes: humans with infinitely good immune systems, it might be said. And to live, they must drink blood. That is the curse upon them, and the blessing that comes with it are vampiric powers - some of them more readily available than others.

Louis, the main character played by Brad Pitt, was a depressed man, a man with no purpose left to his life; then he is set upon by a creature he didn't even think existed: a vampire, the vampire Lestat.

And in the eternal life that is born to him, Louis is even more troubled - and now he has eternity to wallow in. He has to live now with what he has become: to live on, he must kill and savagely drink the blood of his victims - Lestat long ago forgot moral consciousness, but being a vampire is torment for Louis.

The film delves deep into Louis' psyche, as he tries to deal with what he has been transformed into. As his relationship with his 'maker' Lestat builds and falls and rebuilds and remains in constant turmoil, he befriends other vampires, and learns more of the history of the secret race he has been born into. They gather in guilds, or walk alone, or walk among humans, disguised, feeding when they can.

The film powerfully deals with the theme of eternity, as the story of Louis' epic vampire life plays out, all told in first-person narrative, as he relates his story-so-far to an Interviewer.

Gripping from start to finish, as characters rise and fall and plots unwind, you will be enamoured at the vampire-world opened up to you, and by the end, you are left wondering what choice you would make, if given the one that Lestat never had...