“And I do not forget, I cannot, that being a guest at the vampire’s table, accepting this invitation, is not so much a game with the Devil, as you know I don’t care for the christian devils or demons, as it means to challenge my very own sense of morality, my humanity, sanity even, everything that I am, my own existence as a human being! Am I, by doing this, at agreement with everything I morally believe in? Am I true to myself? Do I stand to my convictions or abandon them? Or am I being a hypocrite? This is the painful realisation, the reality, of my peculiar predicament I have to face whenever I look at you. You are the killer, the destroyer of life. And as much as I try to rationalize it by overriding the simple horror that you are… with Darwinism and, my usual working, cynicism worth an atheist, but I cannot. There will always be distance between us. And mutual respect, perhaps, fondness even too, but understandably something in me will always feel unnerved by you. Also, you pay damn well…” ~Corbeau
2nd draft: 4/1992 (I know I mentioned it before but for those who missed it)
Aaaaand this one is a wonderful fan-made painstakingly transcribed comparison script of what made it into the final cut of the movie vs. what was in the book vs. the script. (This person is on tumblr now and if they want me to credit them, I’ll be happy to do so, just respecting their privacy if they don’t.)
This person even has images from cut scenes like this one:
YOURE WELCOME
@twistedsardonic tagged this:
*to read* – I heard the Australian release of IWTV had the trial scene – but I’ve never been able to find actual scenes to prove this – *looks hopefully at my Aussie followers/friends even though most of them weren’t even born in 1994 probs* – anyway I wonder if the script above has anything to say about that – also MORE ARMAND is always something I look for – IWTV – thanks Weds – fu’Queue! –
garama‘s fanart is a great illustration for this answer bc when you compare these two relationships, there are similarities, but you can see very clearly that there are almost 4 characters here: mortal!Nicki, mortal!Lestat, vampire!Louis, and vampire!Lestat. The 2 pairings physically resemble eachother, but there’s alot of deeper stuff going on that’s described by those poses.
“…but if I did have to choose, the companion would be Louis. My longest most enduring friendship and love affair in this world was with Louis. And though his limitations can be maddening, they can also be as inspiring to me as his virtues… the best choices we make are not always the wise choices. Sometimes they are intensely emotional choices. And I’ve always had a deep Romantic respect for emotion. My love for Louis transcends wisdom. And I may need the pain as much as the consolation that an eternal relationship with Louis would involve.“
I’m inclined to agree with Lestat on that. Lestat would choose Louis over everyone. They have an inexplicable chemistry that binds them hopelessly together.
Do you really want my full opinion? Hit the jump.
Nicolas was Lestat’s first real long-term relationship at a time when Lestat desperately needed love and nurturing and wanted to give it back, too. Nicolas is the first person who really listened to him and they both helped each other immensely.
Lestat was a different person when he was with Nicolas; quite literally! They were mortal lovers, and they were in their early 20s, they went through alot together in escaping from their homeland to Paris, and thrived there. Their relationship was horribly shattered when Lestat was kidnapped from their apartment, and things were never the same between them after that happened. Even aside from that, Nicolas revealed that he had a different mission in life than Lestat did:
“And when we decided to go to Paris, I thought we would starve in Paris, that we would go down and down and down. It was what I wanted, rather than what they wanted, that I, the favored son, should rise for them. I thought we would go down! We were supposed to go down.” – Nicolas de Lenfent, TVL
So even in your Alternate Universe suggestion that Lestat could be with Nicki again, I don’t think that relationship could ever really work, because deep down Nicolas and Lestat always wanted different things out of life.
Lestat was about 31 mortal yrs old when he met Louis, and he had grown and experienced a lot. He was more mature, more in control of his emotions. He saw vampiring as being a great adventure and he saw the potential in Louis to be the companion he always wanted. He was right. Louis has been one of the strongest vampires in the coven, without needing to display it in physical feats of strength, but in emotional ones, and in the choices he’s made.
I wasn’t even sure what to title this fund and I’ve always been a little reluctant to ask for help but I’ve had a friend convince me to do this. My parents had been separated earlier this year and I was living with my mother who tends to be very emotionally abusive towards me and I’ve finally been forced to move out of the house for the sake of my own sanity.
Last year I was diagnosed with general anxiety, social anxiety, depression and borderline bipolar disorder which is being monitored still. I had to leave that house because I was constantly having anxiety and breaking down.
I’m currently living in temporary housing until my situation gets sorted out and working part time (between 8-10 hours) a week and it’s not enough to pay my insurance, bills and buy groceries and such for myself.
NEW – Lestat, Louis, and the Vampire Phenomenon: A conversation with author Anne Rice about her influence on the new wave of vampires as heroes and anti-heroes.
Director’s Commentary with Neil Jordan
In the Shadow of the Vampire
Introduction by Anne Rice, Neil Jordan and Antonio Banderas
Theatrical Trailer
20 freakin’ years and they can’t include the deleted scenes.
I’m still pissed off about the lack of deleted scenes.
I’ve heard rumors of a bootleg extended cut occasionally turning up on ebay but I have never seen it, myself.
Someone must have this alleged bootleg extended cut, share with the class whether it even exists#plzkmerciàbientôt
