Interview With The Vampire on DVD (1994)

superb..................

williamsgwynfa [Highly rated reviewer] , 19/10/2007

this dvd is superb. The story opens in present day San Francisco. Louis (played by Brad Pitt), a 200 year-old vampire, is telling his life story to an interviewer (played by Christian Slater), who is shocked by his supernatural revelation. 'I am flesh and blood,' Louis tells him, 'but not human.'

His story takes us back to late 18th century New Orleans where Louis first encountered the Vampire Lestat (played by Tom Cruise). Desiring a companion, and in love with his beautiful looks, Lestat gives Louis the 'Dark Gift'-that is, he makes him into a vampire. They live together for many years, roaming the streets at night, united by their common quest for blood.

Eventually, though, Lestat fears that Louis is going to leave him. Desperate, he makes a vampire of Claudia (played by Kirsten Dunst), a beautiful young child, knowing the Louis would never leave the girl. Thus they are bonded together as 'one big, happy family.' As it turns out, though, they are not so happy after all.

The story takes the vampires to Paris, where they finally encounter some more of their own kind. The coven of vampires is led by the stunningly handsome Armand (played by Antonio Banderas) who quickly falls in love with Louis. Louis is enamoured of him as well, but he will never leave little Claudia, something Armand realizes.

The film ends back in the present, which is not in Anne Rice's book. The new twist is exciting, though, and sets up the story for a sequel. Which it does with Queen Of The Damned.

well worth renting out.

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Fantastic look at the Vamp...

HodgesGG from East Sussex , 07/11/2004

If you have never seen this film, then what have you been doing for the last decade?

Interview with the Vampire is an absolute classic - Cruise and Pitt are at their best and bounce off each other perfectly, the sets are dark, eerie and yet beautiful at the same time. The story is top notch and the whole thing is excecuted to a tea!

Even if you think you won't like it because it may be a horror, you'd be wrong, just rent it out and be enthralled!

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Joseph#16 from LEEDS , 24/03/2004

Although this film doesn't stay completely true to the book, it adapts the book perfectly for the silver screen. The story is changed, the characters are slightly different, but the feeling of the book is absolutely spot on, unlike the film 'Queen of the Damned', which singularly massacred the book.

Aside from that, it's a wonderful epic film with amazing depth and vibrancy, and a thoroughly engaging plot, well developed characters and an amazing feeling of living history.

A true classic

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Very accomplished

Ben Park from London , 24/06/2005

This is a very well conceived interpretation of an absolutely superb book. As is the norm, it is nigh on impossible to out do a book in terms of scope and the ability to fire the imagination, yet Neil Jordan does a fantastic job of recreating the look and feel of the period (at least as one would imagine it to be) whilst also capturing the dark and brooding world of the vampires. Cruise is excellent as LeStat (another fine yet undervalued performance), and Pitt, whilst occasionally betraying his lack of acting experience, delivers a bravado performance as the morally tortured Louis. However, it is arguably Kirsten Dunst that steals the show, showing an acting ability way beyond her years, and perfectly suited to the role of an adult trapped in a child?s body. Dark, brooding and intelligent, this is truly a vampire film for those who prefer a more historic and plausible slant on the subject.

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Very accomplished

Ben Park from London , 24/06/2005

This is a very well conceived interpretation of an absolutely superb book. As is the norm, it is nigh on impossible to out do a book in terms of scope and the ability to fire the imagination, yet Neil Jordan does a fantastic job of recreating the look and feel of the period (at least as one would imagine it to be) whilst also capturing the dark and brooding world of the vampires. Cruise is excellent as LeStat (another fine yet undervalued performance), and Pitt, whilst occasionally betraying his lack of acting experience, delivers a bravado performance as the morally tortured Louis. However, it is arguably Kirsten Dunst that steals the show, showing an acting ability way beyond her years, and perfectly suited to the role of an adult trapped in a child?s body. Dark, brooding and intelligent, this is truly a vampire film for those who prefer a more historic and plausible slant on the subject.

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Joseph#16 from LEEDS , 24/03/2004

Although this film doesn't stay completely true to the book, it adapts the book perfectly for the silver screen. The story is changed, the characters are slightly different, but the feeling of the book is absolutely spot on, unlike the film 'Queen of the Damned', which singularly massacred the book.

Aside from that, it's a wonderful epic film with amazing depth and vibrancy, and a thoroughly engaging plot, well developed characters and an amazing feeling of living history.

A true classic

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