Hollywood vampire movies?

Interview with vampires: vampire chronicles

Original: anne rice) [America]

Produced by Warner Bros.) 1994

Director: neil jordan.

Starring: antonio banderas plays armand.

Tom Cruise plays Lester.

Kirsten dunst Lester plays Claudia.

Brad Pitt plays Louis.

Stephen Rea

Christian slater plays a young journalist.

Plot introduction:

/kloc-Louisiana in the 0/8th century. Louis, the owner of the manor, was in great pain after losing his wife and daughter. He met the vampire Lester and was turned into a vampire by his magic. Louis, who is kind-hearted, doesn't want to kill for blood. He lives by sucking the blood of animals. On the other hand, Lester is bent on training Louis into a real vampire.

In New Orleans, Louis met Claudia, a little girl who lost her family in the plague. Louis finally couldn't resist the temptation to suck Claudia's blood, but Lester turned Claudia into a vampire despite Louis' opposition. Three people formed a strange family together.

Time flies, and decades have passed. Claudia began to resent Lester for depriving him of the right to grow up. In order to leave Lestat to Louis, she tricked Lestat into drinking the dead man's blood, stabbed him and threw him into the swamp. However, when Louis and Claudia were preparing to go to Paris, the unrecognizable Lester suddenly appeared. In the struggle, Louis grabbed the oil lamp and threw it at Lestat, and the flame immediately engulfed him. Louis and Claudia boarded a ship to Paris in the fire that consumed half the city.

In Paris, these two people live like father and daughter and lovers. They also met their own kind: a group of vampires living underground in the theater, led by armand. Armand taught Louis a lot. However, in the vampire world, murder of the same kind is the only crime. To this end, there was a rift between Louis and Claudia. At Claudia's request, he turned Claudia into a vampire as a substitute after leaving Claudia. However, the vampire Santiago suddenly appeared and took them away. Louis was sealed in the wall, while Claudia and her companion were executed in the sun.

Louis was saved by armand, and he vowed revenge. Soon, he set fire to the nests of vampires while they were sleeping, killing Santiago and many vampires. He refused armand's request to live with him and left Paris alone. Louis who lost Claudia was devastated. He wandered around, but he could never heal his wounds. 19 In 88, Louis returned to New Orleans and met Lester, who was injured and weak and lived alone. Louis told a young journalist, malloy, about his experience, hoping to provide reference for future generations. Unexpectedly, malloy was deeply attracted by this and insisted that Louis turn him into a vampire. Louis left him in disgust. Disappointed, Marlowe drove home alone. However, Lester suddenly appeared in the back seat of the car. He drank malloy's blood, cured his injury, and then drove away with malloy. A new vampire story will begin again. ...

Awards:

Oscar Award 1995 Nominated for Best Art Director-Best Set Music-Original Music

Golden Globe Award 1995 Nominated for Best Supporting Actress and Best Original Music

British Academy Award 1995 Best Photography and Best Art Direction Award

Nominate the best costume, best makeup/hairstyle.

1975 The novel "Visiting a Vampire" was just published, and I bought the right to shoot it immediately. However, it was not until 1994 that this novel was finally put on the screen by neil jordan. During this period, it took 20 years and countless revisions and improvements. To the producer's delight, the film caused a great response as soon as it was released, which can be described as rave reviews. The talent and strength of director neil jordan have been fully demonstrated again, and it has been widely known since then.

Visiting a Vampire is a masterpiece that spans time and space and imagines vertically and horizontally. In the film, the director compares the truth, goodness and beauty with the false, evil and ugly from the unique side of the vampire world, and alludes to many potential crises and evils in contemporary society. The director firmly grasped the proposition of human nature in the film and expounded it. Therefore, although vampire movies are very common in recent years, this one is particularly different, full of tension and touching emotional power. A strong cast is also a major feature of this film: Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise and antonio banderas are all powerful idol superstars with great box office appeal. Naturally, their acting skills have also been fully demonstrated in the film, and they do not compromise with each other. At that time, the stars were shining, almost dazzling. Even malloy, a guest supporting actor, is a well-known young actor christian slater. Its cast is unprecedented strong, and the superb acting skills of several actors also make the film shine and feast your eyes. Tom Cruise changed the image of a young man in the film and played the cruel vampire Lester; Although antonio banderas played a supporting role, his charm did not lose the protagonist, and he really grabbed a lot of shots; Brad Pitt, whose career is rising rapidly, naturally shows no weakness, allowing fans to see his superb acting skills again and showing the audience his strength worthy of the leading role. The efforts of several movie stars have made this film a great success. For actors, this film is also a great opportunity for them to consolidate and develop their position in the film industry.

Since 18 19, there have been 750 English novels about vampires. Moreover, since 19 12, the detective film "The Secret of Room Five" describing ghosts and vampires came out, there have been 6 1 1 vampire movies in the world. Melton, the author of The Vampire Book: An Encyclopedia of Survivors, speculates that the appearance of vampires represents the dark side of human nature. He said: "This dark side embodies all our impulses and desires for excitement. ..... So, the' myth' of vampires comes from this dark side. "

In the 17 and 18 centuries, when natural disasters disrupted and destroyed agricultural production in eastern European countries, farmers in Romania and Hungary speculated that they were attacked by natural disaster communicators or the media, including the ghost of suicide and the illegitimate children of illegal parents. These sinners got up from their graves after death and lived by sucking the blood of their loved ones. "Evil is the vampire here, and every Romanian farmer believes in it, just as he believes in heaven and hell," said the record of eastern Romania. "Everyone who becomes a vampire after death will continue to suck the blood of other pure living people until people find the dead person suspected of being a vampire, dig up his grave, nail a stake into her heart or shoot him."

Although the story of vampires in folklore first spread in the East Danube for a long time, it was not until 18 13 that the "myth" of vampires was put into the treasure house of European literature. At that time, Byron, a famous British poet, wrote a poem warning that "zombies will suck human blood".

The story of Drakula.

Blood is the source of life for advanced creatures, so the bodies of cavemen in the East and Crommans in Europe are often sprinkled with red hematite particles or ochre, and the blood is bright red, hoping that the dead will be reborn. The Bible repeatedly says, "The life of the body is blood". According to historical records, when the Colosseum was opened, the dark gladiator performance lasted 100 days, and 3,000 gladiators died in battle. At that time, spectators often rushed to the arena to suck the blood of injured gladiators. In the eyes of these people, gladiator's blood is the best tonic for vitality, youth and health.

Vampires are an ancient and mysterious race. Theoretically, the so-called vampire can be understood as a dead body to some extent. They have no heartbeat and pulse, no breathing, no body temperature, and they are immortal. At the same time, they have their own thoughts, they can think, talk, walk, even get hurt and die. Their power is far greater than that of ordinary people, and they have power that ordinary people can't get. In order to maintain their living conditions, they must feed on blood. Generally speaking, most vampires usually feed on human blood, but some vampires feed on the blood of animals and even other vampires. If a vampire intends to assimilate a human, he must give his blood to the other person, and the victim will accept the blood of the smoker. Only when two kinds of blood merge can he become a vampire. According to the precepts, vampires can't develop their offspring at will and must be responsible for their behavior.

Unscramble human nature

Like the soul's point of view, I have always been willing to believe in vampires. Its history is as long as any traditional myth in China, and it seems to be closer to reality and more reasonable. There are many novels and movies set on vampires, which makes people wonder whether there are such bloodthirsty elves in the surrounding corners. It is said that there are at least 1000 vampires in the world. Vampires are almost "imported", which are vividly portrayed in the works of westerners, but they lack a little aura in the East, which makes people feel like an imitation.

When I was ignorant, I watched "Interview with Vampires at Night" for the first time, and I still didn't know the net worth of the three vampire handsome guys in Hollywood. I only remember that this film won an award in the news one day, so I rented a video. I read it twice in one breath, and my heart was touched, but I didn't feel what it was, just thought it was beautiful. Until now, I decided to write something about this film, and I really began to think.

I don't want to admit that this is a simple horror film, because I think horror is just a coat, and human nature is the true meaning. Vampires are half-human, half-strange creatures, transformed from people, and naturally have residual humanity. Louis lost his belief in survival because of the misfortune of his wife and children, and was assimilated by Lester on his deathbed. The last brilliant sunrise before his death was what he missed most after he was reborn as a vampire, and after enjoying the brevity and splendor after his transformation, he quickly fell into the oppression of human nature. Because he had to take other people's lives in order to eliminate his hunger and lack, and he was one of the few predators with residual humanity, he had to endure double torture: hunger and temptation that animal blood could not make up for, and he could not bear to hesitate. However, once the long-held belief is loosened, it will fall short. Claudia's blood was exchanged for lifelong pain and loneliness. Lester gave Louis Claudia in order to alleviate his loneliness, and also gave him a sense of helplessness and guilt that could not be eliminated.

Although you can live forever, you should avoid the sun and temperature and lie dormant in the coffin. Ordinary people are still depressed after not seeing the sun for a few days, let alone relying on the dark dead. Then loneliness will spread around like ubiquitous air, and they will be more violent, bloodthirsty and need companions more. Lester used Louis to get rid of loneliness, and Louis fell into Claudia's blood. Lester wanted to use the assimilated Claudia to help Louis accept the reality and change his mind. The feud between the three men was very complicated and soon turned into hatred. Claudia expects to be a woman with mature lines and hairstyles. She hates these two men who have changed themselves. Claudia's resentment towards Louis gradually turned into love, while her rebellion against Lester quickly turned into madness. She wants to get rid of Lester, get rid of the shackles and elope with her lover Louis. At this time, Louis was still suffering from the inner contradiction: Lester gave him life, but he wanted to push him to death.

Love, yes, precious love in human nature still exists. Claudia has a pair of eyes full of age on her childish face. When she saw Louis meet almon, her intuition told her that Louis would probably accept almon's call and leave her. She is afraid of losing, and even more afraid of loneliness. However, love can't stop the plot, Claudia turns to ashes, and Louis falls into the abyss of loneliness.

Almon said that the principle of vampires is to be beautiful and have no regrets, but the heartbroken Louis can never do the latter. He missed Claudia with a repentant heart and Lester with a tolerant heart, so he could only live in pain and never be detached.

There is no distinction between good and evil. Indeed, in my opinion, there are only three kinds of people: the first is that they have no courage to do bad things, are born weak, and are only addicted to ideas; The second is that I accidentally did a bad thing, but I have always been bitter. Self-blame and guilt have caused a serious mental burden, and I am very tired. The third is to do bad things often without thinking, and never ask yourself for bad consequences. Louis has always been puzzled by the good and evil of vampires, but he forgot that vampires are just like ordinary people in terms of human nature. Humans can also extract the same kind of blood, but in different ways.

A novel about interviewing vampires at night

Written on 1976, Interview with Vampires at Night is a magical novel describing the ghost world. Through the dialogue between a boy and Louis, the psychedelic vampire culture-vampire's emotional world, imagination, expression, sexual complex and all other things connected with human beings, is shown to readers, as well as aspects different from human beings, such as their fear of fire and sunshine, and their bodies are immortal. The author uses rich romantic imagination to make the story full of mystery. The bizarre plot and vivid depiction of the characters make the readers in a trance and confused situation, unconsciously enter the author's fictional subjective world from the real objective world, and follow the autobiography of vampires into the unrealistic ghost world. The story begins with the birth of the protagonist Louis. When he blamed himself for his brother's death, he was turned into a vampire by a vampire named Lester From then on, Louis lived by sucking blood, went out to hunt humans at night, and slept in a coffin with Lester during the day. Later, they created a vampire, a five-year-old girl. After becoming a vampire, the girl's appearance has not changed, and she always looks like a little girl, but her thoughts and feelings are constantly developing. About 60 years later, this little vampire named Claudia wanted to get rid of Lester completely, so she designed to kill him. However, Lester came back from the dead and took another vampire he created to seek revenge on Louis and Claudia. Louis and Claudia fled to Europe from New Orleans in order to understand the nature of vampires, tracing back to the source and looking for other vampires. First, they found some "living zombies without brains" in a remote mountain village in Carpathian Mountain. After arriving in Paris, they found a vampire theatre. This is a very elegant French theater with many male vampires and some female vampires. Claudia found a mother for herself and a partner for Louis, but Louis was attracted by a vampire named armand. Later, Lester reappeared and gathered other vampires to kill Claudia and her "mother". Louis was sad and angry. In a rage, he burned the vampire to death and faced his vampire's lonely eternal life alone.

Interview with Vampires at Night is a fantasy novel with rich meanings, which is permeated with a profound perspective on human hearts and thoughts. Through the description of the unrealistic world, the author expresses the truth of the real world and explores the mystery of human nature from the vampire's heart. Through the vampire life of the protagonist Louis, the novel reveals the contradiction between loneliness and real world life. When Louis couldn't stand the pain of life and sought death, he was turned into a vampire. However, the murderous vampire did not completely replace his humanity. Different from other vampires, he kills people without blinking an eye and is insensitive, but he still retains the love and hate that human beings have. He has strong feelings and is full of tenderness and care for his peers and human beings. Although the vampire's characteristics determine that he must live on human blood like other vampires, every murder has brought him a great impact. Thinking in pain, he constantly explores the nature of vampires, eager to understand the origin of this devil's world, so as to find a way out, be able to associate with human beings, return to the world, and experience the beauty that he did not fully feel as a human being in the past. However, there is nothing he can do to return to the real society. This is Louis's pain and contradiction. He is both a ghost and a human being, but he is incompatible with other people of the same kind and cannot communicate with human beings. This duality makes him extremely lonely. Louis's contradiction reflects some people in the real society, symbolizing those "marginal people" who are detached from the society and strive to pursue themselves, and they cannot integrate into their times and environment. Just as Louis wants to understand the nature of vampires and the supernatural spells that are invisible and intangible, but always restrict and dominate him, human beings have been exploring the black box in the depths of human hearts, separating people from each other and fighting bloody battles. But personal struggles are often surrounded by endless emptiness and disappointment, which makes them feel helpless, depressed and lonely. The vampire in the story can live forever, but the immortal Jeanlouis is in a situation where life is worse than death. Confusion and confusion about life made him feel the destruction of his soul and the complete loss of the meaning of existence. Louis's sorrow is also the sorrow of mankind. People in the real world are struggling in constant hesitation and waiting because they can't find the direction and meaning of life. Those who live outside the society, such as Louis, are generally isolated from the world, so they feel lonely, build invisible walls between people, be indifferent to each other and lack the same thoughts and feelings. By describing the vampire's mentality, the author reveals that people in real society can't control their own destiny and are in a lonely and desperate situation.

On the other hand, the novel also highlights the personal smallness and helplessness. After being endowed with supernatural powers, vampires are still threatened with death. Another vampire depicted in the story has no emotion, no humanity and is insensitive to killing people. Leicester is a typical example. He blindly kills and sucks blood, and even plays with human feelings, "making them fall in love with him quickly and then sending them to hell." He showed indifference and detachment to everything, so there was no pain, no contradiction and no struggle. Nevertheless, they can't avoid a lonely life, and supernatural forces have not made them invincible. Due to the lack of group consciousness and cohesion, they are like walking dead, and they are bound to die.

The novel presents an unrealistic world for readers in a fantasy way, which reflects the confusion of human nature and the contradiction between man and society from the metaphysical level. It has a philosophical meaning beyond concreteness, a reflection of social life and a projection of social reality. However, while thinking rationally about human destiny, the author also expressed doubts about the future society, which reflected the author's negative and pessimistic attitude towards life.

It can only be described as amazing when watching it. Although I like Brad Pitt very much, to be fair, I am a mediocre one among the three protagonists. Kirsten dunst, who has the appearance of a 13-year-old girl but the heart of a 30-year-old woman, and Tom Cruise, who is full of ghosts and gloomy breath, have left a deep impression on people, so there is no need to scream for kirsten dunst's upside-down kiss in Spider-Man. Her first kiss was a girlhood. What a happy girl.