I don’t now if someone else made this before o see it. But about the redeemable things — and I think that the only one— of the movie “The Queen of The Damned”, was his soundtrack and the videos that they made for it.
Among them we could find the song “Forsaken”, interpreted in the album by David Draiman from the band Disturbed and in the movie by Jonathan Davis from the band Korn.
Who was filmed based on the silent film “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari” of the year 1920.
Considered the first expressionist film in history and one of the most influential German expressionist films.
Basically tells the story of Dr. Caligari and the sleepwalker Cesare, who are involved in a series of murders in a German mountain village.
And here is the comparison with the video “Forsaken”, in which Stuart Townsend in his interpretation of a brunette Vampire Lestat, made the character of “Cesare” in the music video.
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 ❤
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