mortal!Louis about to show us a good spot to shoot him.
His “wedding” ring looks silver in this pic but the design is so similar to the other shots, it might be a trick of the lighting.
It’s significant that he tries to stop Lestat w/ the hand w/ the wedding ring, and he’s grabbing Lestat’s left hand (wedding hand), too.
Sit your ass down, Daniel.
So a vampire can cry.
End of the story, nothing more to tell. That “wedding” band gleams. Not an accident.
A chronological retrospective of the two rings Louis wears. For 200 years. Apparently Lestat could get him to change his wardrobe, kill people, and all kinds of other depraved things etc., but Louis kept his jewelry to a strict minimum.
One appears to be his wedding ring.
in the movie version, Louis is a widow. Maybe the ring was his wedding ring.
After the Dark Gift, he keeps it on. Maybe it’s earned new significance towards Lestat, now.
After Lestat’s “death,” Louis continues to wear the ring. Maybe it’s significant to both people he’s lost.
The other is a pinky ring.
This one may have just been fashionable to begin with.
Maybe it symbolized the child who died with his wife in childbirth.
Later, maybe it’s earned new significance when Claudia is given the Dark Gift.
After Claudia’s death, Louis continues to wear the ring. Maybe it’s significant to both “children” he’s lost.
(re: Louis & rings in the film) pinky ring was a gay code, or “no marriage plz”-code at some point. I’ve always thought that Louis’ pinky ring is his dead wifes wedding ring, and so signifies both “all the loves I’ve lost” and “tried heterosexuality once and it was a disaster”…
if the phantom of the opera has taught me anything it’s that if all else fails you set the place on fire and cry
And if the Vampire Chronicles have taught me anything it’s that if all else fails, you set the place on fire and mope.
Yeah, pretty much!
We make fun of Louis for his pyromania so much hell I do it too!, but he was a plantation owner and that means slash & burn may have been part of the regular crop production. Setting fires was a step in standard operating procedure. Wiki says: “The resulting ash fertilizes the soil and the burned field is then planted at the beginning of the next rainy season with crops…”
But then you have this exchange from IWTV:
“ ‘Fire purifies …’ Claudia said. And I said, `No, fire merely destroys…’ ”
… but they approach each other very differently in these scenes. There’s the pull of love underneath, but on the surface Lestat has to do the taunting, a defense mechanism against possible rejection. Louis approaches Lestat without a word, just his presence. He’s there for closure, not really to get anything from Lestat beyond that.
Excellent article on Nerdist about Universal wanting to reboot Rice’s Vampire Chronicles. This is my favorite part:
Plus, of all the art forms, music is the most subjective. Readers of the novels could imagine Lestat’s music sounding like anything they wanted it to; hair metal people probably thought they sounded like Mötley Crüe, while New Wave fans might have thought Lestat sounded like Bowie. Anne Rice has said that in her mind, Lestat sounded like Jim Morrison of the Doors. (For the record, as a pseudo goth kid, in my mind Lestat sounded like Peter Murphy of Bauhaus.) I’m pretty sure no one ever wanted them to sound like Korn, but that’s what we ended up with.
Lemme just give you the main points. My comments in italics.
Don’t Chase The Twilight Audience: PREACH.
Consider Cable Television: There are alot of TV vampire series but this one really could be unique among the rest.
Use the Broadway Musical Structure: It’s worked since Ariel the Little Mermaid, and before that. It’s worked in countless movies.
Skip “Rock Star” Lestat: I think it could be handled differently than in QotD. It’s very much a part of his modern bravado. Korn was probably chosen for QotD because (I think) the lead singer had expressed interest in the project. It was also a time when Korn was among the EXPLICIT CONTENT evil corrupting-of-innocents bands of the time.
Keep Anne Rice As Part of the Creative Process: YES. Whatever you feel about her, she did a great job keeping the IWTV movie close to the source material. These ARE her precious babies, and she’s gonna make sure they’re handled with care ❤
“Whatever you feel about her, she did a great job keeping the IWTV movie close to the source material. These ARE her precious babies, and she’s gonna make sure they’re handled with care <3”
With one glaring exception:
Noooo he is not a total failure. I really do think that was a carefully considered choice. I lay out my theory of the Banderas!Armand casting here.
In essence: if they had cast a cherubic teenage redhead it might have been confusing to people who hadn’t read the books, and might have taken the sympathy away from Louis (who was supposed to remain the focus, it’s HIS story, after all). That would have been compromised by omg cute little redhead bby we want to snuggles you!
Let’s say it was an appeal to those who hadn’t read the book(s) … casting an Armand that they could understand more easily as being a more mature/father/teacher figure for Louis.
I-want-my-IWTV 