Lestat cares for his aging father and brings him to louis plantation when louis first turns. Anne rice confirms that the vampires louis and lestat are. Fearing that louis will leave her, claudia demands that louis make her a companion, a doll maker she finds in paris. And this is certainly one of the themes of the book, the coping with loss. Interview with the vampire was a dark spin on family life. One of my all time favorite horror movies, interview with the vampire does stray from the original book a bit, but makes up for it in style. Interview with the vampire louis, lestat and armand, romantic. May 25, 2008 vampire armand is the older vampire between the too. Interview with the vampire movie quotes rotten tomatoes. In the book he had reasons for turning louis into a vampire. Interview with the vampire is a vampire bestseller novel by anne rice written in 1973 and published in 1976. Interview with the vampire mass market paperback september, 1991.
The scene where louis first feeds off of claudia, her transformation, and the scene at the. Interview with the vampire louis, lestat and armand. Rices books, and to some other key characters who have recurring roles in future books. Interview with the vampire was the first book anne rice wrote. Anne rice confirms that the vampires louis and lestat are a. Anne rice confirms that the vampires louis and lestat are a same. Yes, there is a difference between a romantic and a sexual relationship. Oct 31, 2017 the protagonist in the core story is louis, a vampire of about two centuries, and the antagonist is lestat who turned louis into a vampire. A music video with clips taken from interview with the vampire. He is the protagonist who tells his story in interview with the vampire 1976, the first book of the vampire chronicles. Since lestat have not been a good father figure for louis, armand fills that void. Interview with the vampire screenplay by anne rice produced by stephen woolley david geffen directed by neil jordan cast list. Brad pitt as louis looks better but just isnt as mopey and introspective as he needs to be.
Review of interview with the vampire tcd maths home. Interview with the vampire and the origin of remorseful. Although lestat teaches his pupil the ways of vampires and how to hunt mortals for their blood, at first louis resists his vampire urges, preferring to prey on rats and other animals rather. When louis grows more detached and hardened against emotion, armand begins his plummet into despair and eventually destroys himself. Interview with the vampire quotes 34 total quotes armand claudia lestat louis. Why did armand do nothing to help claudia and louis. I invited it\ louis having loved the anne rice book interview with the vampire on which this movie is based, i came into this sucker with expectations the size of jennifer love hewitts. It was a quick read, as well as the most interesting and unique take on the vampires that ive read in years. Lestat tom cruise mentioned that he can read minds and told louis brad pitt that every vampire has a dark gift and the dark gift is different for all of them. Vampire armand is the older vampire between the too. I cant care less for explanations that point out how sensual the relationship of louis and armand was frankly, louis and lestat lose their thing when louis is a vampire and can see through lestats game.
The protagonist in the core story is louis, a vampire of about two centuries, and the antagonist is lestat who turned louis into a vampire. The first edition of the novel was published in april 12th 1976, and was written by anne rice. Serious, sad louis and wild irresponsible lestat came to life perfectly as i had imagined. I just put this video up cause i thought to was sooo good for youtube. But the novel was more influential on the audiences. Sybelle and her protector, benji, restore armand with the blood of a drug dealer, and the three of them become very close. You would be disappointed, however, the movies interview with the vampire and queen of the damned do not show the degree of armand and louis relationship. He also introduces the child vampire claudia into his story. Fearing that louis will leave her, claudia demands that louis. Free download or read online interview with the vampire pdf epub book. Simon vance is as always an excellent narrator and in interview with the vampire, strikes just the right voices for the characters. There is an element of sexual attraction implicit in their relationship.
Armand indicated to louis in the movie that he once had dealings with lestat. Armand was also another character who didnt appear until towards the end of the first novel, but he ends up playing significant roles or just to stand around looking pretty in the books following interview until he finally gets his own book, the vampire armandsame goes for marius. This is the story of louis, as told in his own words, of his journey through mortal and immortal life. I wanted to be where there was nothing familiar to me. Armand clearly loves louis and wants to do everything in his power to stay with him. Eventually, they settle in paris and, one night, louis encounters a vampire named santiago stephen rea who taunts him before meeting armand antonio banderas, a seductive vampire who theorizes that, after 400 years, he must be the oldest vampire in the world. Lestat and armand are both fascinated by louis the immortal with a human soul.
The novel, the first to feature the enigmatic vampire antihero lestat, was followed by several sequels, collectively known as the vampire chronicles. Interview with the vampire is the first of a long line of vampire books, and i would definitely read them in order. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 342 pages and is available in mass market paperback format. We sat down with the lengendary anne rice to talk about the new graphic adaptation interview with the vampire. Distraught and suicidal over the death of his brother paul his wife and daughter in the movie, which he blames himself for, louis is approached by a vampire named lestat, who desires his plantation. Kirsten dunst is spoton, and then antonio banderas, omg, hawt hawt hawt as armand. I kinda couldnt resist this moment between louis and armand. If audible brings us the mayfair witches in unabridged versions. Louis declines his offer and bites him before fleeing.
Sometimes you have both, sometimes only one of them. Discuss the questions louis posits to lestat and to armand. The vampire chronicles 1994 full movie pity 2018 full movie interview with the vampire louis last sunrise duration. It began as a short story around 1969, but soon blossomed into a multibook series. Claudias story, lestat and louis as samesex parents, advice for aspiring writers. Distraught by the death of his pious brother, he seeks death in any way possible.
In 1791, louis is a young indigo plantation owner living in louisiana. In interview with the vampire, the vampire, louis, concludes the interview by saying. Claudia is repulsed by these vampires, but armand and louis are drawn to each other. And as far as i know, after four hundred years, i am the oldest living vampire in the world. Interview with the vampire details an ersatz familial relationship between louis, lestat and a third vampire, claudia. Armand, one such vampire, and his coven live in an old theater where they feed on live humans before a live audience. By the end of the novel, i became engrossed by lestats character development and wanted to read the other books in anne rices the vampire chronicles. Interview with the vampire is a must see movie of epic proportions. Like its explained in the book over and over again. Feeling threatened, claudia sinks into a sort of paranoid insanity, finally forcing louis to create his first vampire, a woman named madeleine, to care for claudia whenif he leaves with armand, severing ties between them.
The novel explains that, years before when lestat was a newborn vampire, armand lead a coven of satanist vampires. In the 2002 film queen of the damned, armand was portrayed by matthew newton. Interview with the vampire louis and armand youtube. In the nowclassic novel interview with the vampire, anne rice refreshed the archetypal vampire myth for a late20thcentury audience. Tom cruise makes a pretty weird choice for lestat the look is all wrong, but i think he really carries off the arrogant prick thing that character requires. I cant continue to live divided and consumed with misery. Armand decides to let daniel live and lets him go, only to follow daniel wherever he goes in the world and question daniel on everything, trying to understand men and the new century they live in. In the movie adaptation of interview with the vampire, armand tells louis that its illegal to make an immortal child, slight difference from the book where hes made it illegal in his own coven. Louis has longed to tell his story, and daniel, a journalist, is the perfect person to tell. Armand uses mind control to influence louis decision to make madeline into a vampire to care for claudia so armand and louis can be together. Interview with the vampire plot summary course hero. Oct 30, 2014 tom cruise makes a pretty weird choice for lestat the look is all wrong, but i think he really carries off the arrogant prick thing that character requires. Interview with the vampire is a novel that evokes the brilliance, the decadence, the horror of the vampires world as he pours out the erotically charged confessions of his first two hundred years as one of the living dead.
A video about my favourite character in interview with the vampire, and his relationship with louis. These are just a few but at least it will be enough to get you started in the meantime. And after 400 years, im the oldest living vampire in the world. Louis, madeleine and claudia live together for a brief time, but all three are abducted one night by armands coven. The first book in the vampire chronicles, interview, was published in 1976. Aug 06, 2009 a music video with clips taken from interview with the vampire. Interview with the vampire is a novel that evokes the brilliance, the decadence, the horror of the vampire s world as he pours out the erotically charged confessions of his first two hundred years as one of the living dead. It seemed as louis virtually walked up to armand and said, ah, hello i love you. In san francisco, a vampire named louis tells his 200yearlong life story to an interviewer daniel molloy, although only referred to as the boy in the novel. Vampires are a topic that have been overplayed and drawn out although i do love watching the vampire diaries on the cw for a while. Armand is quick to point out that louis and claudia are actually lovers. Louis chronicles his meeting of the vampire lestat and the ending result of louis becoming a vampire. So, enjoy reading some great vampire quotes below both about vampires and most of them actually by the vampire themselves as spoken by louis, lestat, claudia and others.
When armand dictates the book the vampire armand to david talbot, former head of the talamasca and by then lestats fledgling, he leaves sybelle and benji in marius care. Apr 26, 2015 interview with the vampire is the first in a series of books, titled the vampire chronicles and after reading the first novel, im itching to continue with the series. The vampire chronicles, was released in 1994, starring tom cruise, brad pitt, kirsten dunst. Armand tries to stretch his own immortality by latching onto louis, a vampire in tune with the 19th century, which is a completely different from the 15thcentury world armand was born into. Louis is in touch with his emotions, and he helps armand connect with these feelings of love, hate, and sorrow, if only vicariously. Armand then comes across the reporter daniel molloy who recorded louis story in interview with the vampire. Louis interview is the tale of his life as a vampire. Interview with the vampire the vampire chronicles wiki.
He agrees to interview louis, who then relates his previous life as a new orleans aristocrat, and subsequent unlife as a vampire, turned by lestat cruise. May, 2007 196 videos play all interview with the vampire. Armand falls in love with louis, and claudia hears armand telling her telepathically to leave louis as a companion. And i hope you find at least a few interview with the vampire quotes that you like from all the ones i have gathered below. Room night san francisco a small bare room, illuminated only by the streetlight coming.
Louis, in a moment of weakness, feeds from a fiveyearold orphan he finds in an abandoned house within the plagueridden section of new orleans. I was annoyed that daniel as interviewing louis requests to be turned into a vampire. Anne rices interview with the vampire has been on my toread list for years and it didnt disappoint. Interview with the vampire is volume 1 of the vampire chronicles. What was louiss dark gift in interview with the vampire. Interview with the vampire was actually about the horrors of. The movie spans time and place from the 1700s up to present and features a superb allstar cast as well as amazing production values. We then are transported back in time to 1791, where we find louis as a plantation owner in new orleans who has lost everything he cared for. Mar 21, 20 i cant care less for explanations that point out how sensual the relationship of louis and armand was frankly, louis and lestat lose their thing when louis is a vampire and can see through lestats game. Armand tried to have lestat condemned for not following their rules, so lestat revealed to armands followers that armand was deceiving them.
Just as the title of the book implies, an unnamed boy sits down to interview the vampire. Interview with the vampire that was not in the book. The book a novel by anne rice, which takes the format of being the novelization of an alleged interview with said vampire. The secondary characters are claudia and armand, with claudias role being much greater than armands.
He begins his life as a mortal man and later becomes a vampire. The book begins with daniel meeting with louis to interview him. Anne rice wrote the book after the loss of her daughter, as a form of therapy. Louis tells her, armand alone can give me the strength to be what i am. The selfindulgent 25yearold louis owns a plantation in 1791 near new orleans. Pdf interview with the vampire book by anne rice free. Louis noticed the painting the fall of the angels by bruegel and the triumph of death as well as he entered armands room in theatre des vampires. If audible brings us the mayfair witches in unabridged versions also that will be an added bonus. Lestat turns louis into a vampire and the two become immortal companions. After reading interview with the vampire i also decided to watch the 1994 movie adaptation, interview with the vampire. In 1791, louis was a young plantation owner living south of new orleans, louisiana. This book introduces you to lestat, who is in so many of ms.
In the 1994 film interview with the vampire, armand was portrayed by antonio banderas. They had forgotten the first lesson, that we are to be powerful, beautiful, and without regret. The interviewee, louis, tells his interviewer about his early lifeand early deathin louisiana in 1791. It is after louis meets armand that claudia asks for madeline. However, when armands coven captures louis, claudia, and claudias new companion then proceed to put louis in a box. Louis recounts how he became a vampire at the hands of the radiant and sinister lestat and how he became indoctrinated, unwillingly, into the vampire way of life. Apr 24, 2018 interview with the vampire by anne rice. Claudias story is a graphic novel adaptation by ashley marie witter of rices 1976 classic told from the perspective. Contrary to his book description, this version of armand was a fullygrown adult of spanish origin instead of russian when he was turned into a vampire. Lestat, at least towards louis and claudia all part of the show.