Favourite Movies – Interview with the Vampire (1994)
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So I love this still for alot of reasons but let’s just point out here:
- Claudia was clearly waiting in his room for him to return. Just LURKING THERE, tucked right near the bed, and he actually passes her by, doesn’t notice that she’s in the room at all, either because she is so still, or because he is that broken by what happened in their last scene together.
- The classic blood dripping from the vampire’s mouth, which would ordinarily look kinda cliche, makes it almost look like he’s taken a hit to the face.
- He’s also got blood near his collar and on his sleeve. This was a messy meal.
- I think this would have been the scene after he kills the priest, which was in the script and the book, but I doubt it was filmed.
- This whole shot is so gorgeously composed ;A;
Hi, do you think that Lestat could have or could have had bipolar depression? Or is it more of a vampire trait that some of them sometimes bury themselves underground, and don’t have the will or the strength to go on? Thanks :)
The short answer is Yes.
I think vampires going underground is a metaphor for when people need to withdraw from society and practice self-care. A kind of convalescence. I think that’s why AR has made such a big point about it, in terms of vampire physiology, that those who suffer physical/emotional damage and then go underground for periods of time end up much stronger for it. Same can be said of people, right?
Oh absolutely, Lestat could have bipolar depression, or manic depression, at the very least post-traumatic stress disorder… he had a very abusive childhood (and some fanfic speculates he had a history of sexual abuse as well as emotional & physical abuse).
The reason and manner in which Lestat was “given” the Dark Gift would be considered rape, as well, so even if his mortal life had been relatively normal, it wouldn’t be surprising if he developed stress-related emotional issues and coping mechanisms bc of that experience. Plus a lot of other traumatic experiences all within a short time of his turning (the forced breakup with Nicki, turning Nicki, Oedipal issues with Gabrielle, Akasha, etc).
The fact that he did the same thing to David Talbot so much later on shows just how true the line that one of those vampires said, and I’m paraphrasing, “As we go on, we become more truly ourselves.” Clearly what Magnus did to Lestat is still fresh in his mind, always there, regardless of his many triumphs in the face of adversity.
The way Lestat treated Louis and Claudia in IWTV was similar to how his father and brothers treated him growing up, who knows how much of that was nature or nurture, but the de Lioncourt men seem to have a certain attitude that’s hard to shake.
interview with the vampire is a movie about two gay jerks raising a sociopathic child and then they get a divorce that results in a lot of death for a lot of people
Comparison: Louis de Pointe du Lac returns Yvette to her friends and/or family in Interview with the Vampire, Sam Weber’s haunting, ethereal sketch from Uninvited… (via shroudsinvenice)
Movie Meal Recreations
Interview with the Vampire, 1994
A sad slice of ham and like 10 grapes. Optional – two butter knives to eat this mistake.
#Nailed it.
Interview with the vampire (1994)
#that hat is ginormous #Louis de Pointe du Lac #we are all sorry #except #Lestat #Lestat de Lioncourt #THE VAMPIRE LESTAT #who made you wear that thing #it was either that or some other sicker amusement surely you chose the lesser of two evils
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