Language: English
Genre: Drama/Horror/Fantasy
Cast: Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise, Antonio Banderas, Kirsten Dunst
Direction: Neil Jordan
Music: Elliot Goldenthal’s score is dark and beautiful, with a special ‘Sympathy for the devil’ performed by Guns’n’Roses
Reasons to watch: A super ensemble of some of the finest actors in Hollywood, an excellent book-adaptation and top-notch performances, superb art direction.
Reasons not to: Too much blood and gore at times.
Storyline: A young journalist (Christian Slater) follows a man through the streets of San Francisco one night and ends up interviewing a 200-year old Vampire. His name is Louis De Pointe Du Lac (Brad Pitt), owner of a plantation, born in 18th century New Orleans, who has lost his will to live to the many misfortunes that shroud his life. His life changes when Lestat De Lioncourt (Tom Cruise), a vampire, offers him companionship and a chance to live a new life. As Louis discovers the perils and disgust of his new life, and craves for another companion, someone more human, he finds solace in Claudia (Kirsten Dunst), a child-vampire with an innocent and savage lust for blood.
What follows is Louis’s struggle to live a cursed life amidst his love for Claudia and his growing enmity with Lestat, interspersed with encounters with more of their kind, especially Armand (Antonio Banderas). Based on Anne Rice’s book – ‘Interview with the vampire – the vampire chronicles’; this is an engrossing tale on ways and life of the vampires, their human and cursed side alike.
Climax Handling: The climax is dramatic and shocking as the rest of the movie.
Points: A very realistic and human take on vampires, cinematic excellence in technical aspects of a movie, compelling performances by all actors
Rating: 8.5/10
Comment: Don’t miss this if you are a vampire movies lover! (Beware of brief nudity though)
