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Where is that pic you posted for the vampire body hair ask from?
[Anon refers to this post] I don’t remember! I don’t remember where I get some of my stuff. Sometimes ppl randomly send it to me w/o a source, and sometimes it’s stuff that was hosted on a website that’s since been taken down. I’ve been collecting it for 20 yrs and didn’t really think about sourcing back when it was only for my own personal collection.
It’s not like I have a password to a super secret online archive and I’m only leaking out little bits to you! Well, I do still have my own personal collection, but I post the things that are worth sharing.
Hopefully we’ll get this kind of stuff for sale or handed to us w/ the new adaptation(s), since that’s a more common thing to do these days!
Most often, I’ll be digging around the interwebs looking for a better quality version of a production still and land on a dead forum, in another language, with a bunch of pics posted, and I’ll go into a user’s account there and find another gallery of their collection… I get lost down the wormhole for a few hours that way, and sometimes find nothing new, sometimes I find smtg I haven’t seen before.
That’s one of the majorly frustrating things about this fandom, a huge difference for us vs. more recent fandoms, is that the more recent fandoms often get a lot of great behind-the-scenes vids, info and pics. The ppl behind movie!IWTV didn’t give us much in terms of behind-the-scenes extras on the VHS, DVD, or BR releases, and we didn’t get a gorgeous illustrated book like the Crimson Peak fandom got 😦
I think the combination of intense secrecy they needed before & during filming (so as not to spoil anyone), plus after the movie came out, the fact that it had so many societal taboos in it…. it pushed the envelope for its time and everyone was quick to make fun of it. Maybe the producers doubted that anyone would want behind-the-scenes materials.
I don’t remember it being as common for all movies at that time, anyway, to share behind-the-scenes stuff. Getting a big behind-the-scenes treatment was more for movies like Titanic or Star Wars.
Would vampires have body hair? Like would their bodies go back to whatever natural form they have or would it stay the way it is trimmed when they were changed.
IDK about other kinds, but Ricean vampires would have face, head, and body hair at the length and placement it was when they died (the texture and color of the hair does change slightly, and hair dyes would not remain permanent).
Jesse mentions being groomed before she’s turned. So those stray eyebrow hairs wouldn’t keep growing back for eternity.
There would be a nightly choice of shaving the face or not, if one had a beard when they were turned, and it would only grow back to the length it was the night they died. Which is partly why we never see movie!Louis trimming his sideburns, they won’t get longer. He could shave them off but they’d grow back.
[X] ^Lookit this bearded cutie trying on his fangs awwww… ❤
Lestat doesn’t mention having or being able to grow a beard.
I answered this a little more in depth here.
Found this on my Instagram and immediately thought of you. I hope you’re well, and having a lovely day! 💖
I LOVE THIS!! Great find, @artisticfreedomofexpression. Definitely brightened my day *hugs tightly*
Hey there! I’m in NOLA for the weekend and was curious if you knew any good landmarks to visit in relation to our beloved books. I’m on mobile so I can’t search, sorry if this has been asked!
I do! I’m actually planning on making a better post about it, but for now, since I’m on mobile, all I can give you is:
Gallier House is the flat AR modeled the Rue Royale home of Louis, Lestat, and Claudia. It’s a historic location and they give tours there. Take one! See the Master bedroom! See Claudia’s room!
AR used to live in the garden district. 1239 First St. There is a little plaque about her there now.
Near AR’s garden dist. home is Lafayette Cemetary No. 1. There was a scene or two in IWTV that took place there, but it closes at sunset.
In movie!IWTV, Lestat watches Claudia kill someone right near the Cabildo in Jackson Square.
I think Louis kills a priest in book!IWTV in the St. Louis cathedral in Jackson Square.
Pointe du Lac plantation was based on Oak Alley plantation. They give tours there. Movie!IWTV was filmed there, too. Destreham plantation was also in movie!IWTV for Pointe du Lac plantation.
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Sandy Powell, costume designer for IWTV:
“Interview with a Vampire travels through time so I got the opportunity to dress Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt in many different looks but this costume is pretty much accurate for the 18th century period. Toms character Lestat was meant to be handsome and charismatic so I always dressed him expensively and up-to-date. This shirt is particularly voluminous to give an air of romanticisim.”
This is one of my absolute most favorite on the set photos. It really says all about what I do as a makeup artist on set in collaboration with “the team”. I’ll have to say it, “it took a village of very talented artisans” to create Lestat on Interview with the Vampire". I was the Makeup Department Head. Keep in mind that many others are not even pictured. If you want to work on major large feature films you will be part of a team. Be ready. #micheleburkemakeupartist #film #burke #makeup #makeitwork #makeuptrailer #vampire #intervieweiththevampire #mufx
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Dolls from Interview with the Vampire, auctioned at different times.
772. (Left) A Victorian-style
porcelain doll belonging to the vampire Claudia. This doll measures 17 x 8.5 in. and consists of stuffed
fabric body, porcelain head, hands and feet, applied hair and brown and creme satin and lace dress with apron, with a
matching feathered hat and tiny white shoes. Glass doll eyes finish the figure, which comes on a wooden base display
stand. In very good condition. Comes with a Warner Bros. certificate of authenticity. $600 – $800
519. (Right) A Victorian-style porcelain doll belonging
to the vampire Claudia. In the film, the Claudia character amassed a
collection of dolls costumed in her likeness – one presented to her each
year on the date of her vampiric “birth into darkness”. This doll measures
19 in. tall and consists of stuffed fabric body, porcelain head, hands and
feet, applied blonde hair, green and crème fabric dress with lace and pearl
front, lace and silk hair tie and complete with white shoes. Glass doll eyes
finish the figure, which comes on a wooden base display stand. In very
good condition. Comes with a Warner Bros. certificate of authenticity. $600 – $800
I couldn’t find either one in a screencap from the movie, otherwise I would have included it. Just extra dolls in the pile. But I didn’t know that they were meant to be in her likeness. Makes sense, though, even little girls today like to have dolls that look just like themselves!
944. BRAD PITT “LOUIS” HERO COSTUME CREATED FOR INTERVIEW
WITH THE VAMPIRE. (Warner Bros., 1994) In the gothic, romantic horror film Interview with the Vampire, Brad Pitt plays “Louis de Pointe du Lac”,
a handsome vampire with a conscience. Here is the memorable 18th
century “Louis” costume created by Academy Award winning designer
Sandy Powell for this opulent film. Consisting of a rich blue, taffeta
frock coat with shimmering brown silk lining, meticulous gold lace
appliqué piping on collar, pockets and sleeve cuffs. Fabric-covered, hand
embroidered and sequined buttons on faux front closure, back vents and
sleeve cuffs. Long crème linen undershirt with balloon sleeves, ruffled
cuffs and one-button ruffled collar, open to below chest. Matching
blue crushed velvet, fall-front breeches with button-waist front, lace-up
back and orange sateen lining at the buttoned knees with taffeta bow
ornaments. Ornately embroidered gold and brown vest with puff-paint
detail, lace-up fabric back and hollow filigree brass buttons along the
front closure. Shallow hip pockets and brown silk lining. Crème-colored
linen ascot neck wrapping. A pair of brown leather, slip-on loafers
with embellished, ornamental brass buckles. Bias labels in jacket, vest
and breeches with “Brad Pitt” handwritten. This beautiful, period hero
costume is in very good condition, having been carefully archived by
the studio. Included are the Capezio brand white tights that complete
the ensemble. Accompanied with an original Warner Bros. Studios
Certificate of Authenticity. $15,000 – $20,000
Fun fact: the Capezio tights are the brand used by figure skaters.
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