So this production still of Lestat appears to have been taken at the Pointe du Lac cemetery… why do I care, Idek!! But then, Lestat’s wearing the shirt from the “You. Are. A. KILLER. LOUIS!” scene… at any rate, that setup led to the shot that eventually became part of the film poster.
However, the scene of Claudia and Louis at that bench wasn’t in the film. What I would give for cut scenes…. siiighhh…
Pointe du Lac cemetery. Comparing the final set design to the concept art by Dante Ferretti.
Ellen Tracy as Lady Macbeth by John Singer Sargent, and fanart by Anna Bernal (she also has a blog here)
This painting always reminds me of the Queen of the Damned:
… I saw them in the thickening gloom-the two of them, their red hair catching the hazy glow of the fire; the one holding the bloody brain in her mud-covered fingers, and the other, the dripping heart. … Mekare lifted the brain to her mouth; Maharet put the heart in her other hand; Mekare took them both into herself.
And the twins turned around and stood up now, Maharet’s arm around Mekare. And Mekare stared forward, expressionless, uncomprehending, the living statue; and Maharet said:
“Behold. The The Queen Of The Damned.”
There is an enormous difference between Mekare and Lady MacBeth, obviously. But still. Look at the passion in Lady MacBeth’s eyes… She already knows that the means of obtaining this crown were absolutely poisonously wrong, the crippling guilt is setting in, but she’s still consumed with the desire for it all the same.
Whereas, Maharet, together with Mekare, must destroy & replace the mad Akasha, the original Queen of the Damned. Looking at this painting, it seems more that the woman (I guess this would be Mekare) is horror-stricken at having to take on such a burden, but she’s willing to make the sacrifice it requires for the good of the coven, and, the world.
Also I love the fanart by Anna Bernal, so I threw that in for comparison. She reads more as Jesse Reeves to me.
John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836-1893)
1. Boar Lane, Leeds, by lamplight (1881)
2. Park Row,Leeds (1882)
3. Southwaark Bridge from Blackfriar’s (1882)
4. Old Chelsea
5. A moonlit lane (1874)
6. Shipping on the Clyde (1881)
7. Humber Docks, Hull (1884)
8. In Peril (The Harbour Flare)(1879)
9. Nightfall on the Thames (1880)
Public Service Announcement: Anne Rice Nurturing a Sense of Humor.
#this movie is my childhood, #seriously i wanted to see in theaters but i was 12, #and my grandma read an article about some guy who stabbed his wife after seeing it, #so i wasn’t allowed, #but my mom let me read the book, #tom cruise is so good in this movie, #also i always wanted a mustang like that, #thanks movie, #interview with the vampire,
WOW reblogging for the notes. I can so relate, bc I was also under 17 in 1994. I had to sneak off to a friend’s house to watch it when it came out on VHS later. Would LOVE to see it in the theatre, I hope they do something special (at LEAST a theatrical re-release!) in Nov. 2014 (the 20 yr anniversary!)
WTF, some guy who stabbed his wife after seeing it?? What’s that about?
Dude walking out of IWTV: “Well after all that hot man-on-man vampire action, I think I’m gonna get rid of my wife. Finally freeing me up for homosexuality. YES. This is a GREAT IDEA.”
My two favorite shots that I thought would make good reaction gifs from the movie Interview with the vampire.
*DYING*
Le génie du mal [The genius of evil, aka; Lucifer]; Guillaume Geefs
“The statue was originally a commission for Geefs’ younger brother Joseph, who completed it in 1842 and installed it the following year. It generated controversy at once and was criticized for not representing a Christian ideal. The cathedral administration declared that “this devil is too sublime.” The local press intimated that the work was distracting the “pretty penitent girls” who should have been listening to the sermons.” [x]
[The original ‘sublime’ version shown below, and the ‘revised’ one in the photoset above]
> Make sculpture of the devil
> No this sculpture is too hot for church
> Make another one
> It’s even hotter
This is pretty much my headcanon of Memnoch the Devil. I prefer it this way, rather than in actual canon, which I think indicated it/he was supposed to be made of a black granite.
I-want-my-IWTV 