Interview with the Vampire (2000, VHS)

If you take the life out of Interview With A Vampire it all boils down to an epic tale, told in narration form about two male vampires and the love they shared. That is, if you were to boil the book down. As a movie, Interview With A Vampire is lacking much of the homoeroticism that was present in Anne Rice s original tale however, since Rice herself was responsible for the screenplay of which the movie is based off of, that lack should not be held against the film. Interview With A Vampire is an interesting movie, if not as an example of a movie bringing together two up-and-coming (at that...

Today was the day that journalists were allowed to swarm all over the set of Flying Down to Reno so we could begin to drum up some publicity for our little film. We filmed our sound bites for the inevitable HBO making of documentary and I was gracious and kind to an endless parade of reporters representing the best of periodic journalism including 'Horse and Hound' and 'Turkey Hunting Today'. As becomes my status as living legend, I was given a comfortable chair at the Chuck E. Cheese near the singing hippo. Margo Channing was interviewed back in the arcade area next to the 'Street Fighter'...

Browbeat me all you want. I found this pitiful adaptation of a vampires life enjoyable. I liked the premise of Brad Pitt and Christian Slater setting down for a little tete-a-tete. I liked the campy humor and the outlandish floating, flying and generally otherwise bad stunts. Ok, biting my tongue, I even liked Tom Cruise with his prissy shirts and ruffles and his horribly lonely life. I guess one never thinks what it would be like to live hundreds of years with no real friends. (that is, until I wrote this review) I also liked the fact that although these two pretty boy toys remain pretty ...

I first read Anne Rice s Interview with the Vampire about twelve years ago, after a college professor suggested I might like it. I wouldn t go so far as to say I liked it, but it certainly intrigued me. When I heard rumors that the book was to be made into a movie, I could only shake my head in disbelief. The book is so rich with poetry and introspection, I couldn t imagine it being successfully translated to film. Then I heard rumors that Tom Cruise had been cast to play the role of Lestat. This was getting better and better, I thought. If nothing else, the movie should be worth something as.