I would like to know the plot and review of the movie "Interview with the Vampire"

When I watched it, I can only describe it as stunning. Although I like Brad Pitt very much, but to be fair, it is the relatively mediocre one of the three protagonists, and "having a thirteen-year-old girl" Kirsten Dunst, who has the appearance of a thirty-year-old woman but has the heart of a thirty-year-old woman, and Tom Cruise, who is full of ghostly and gloomy atmosphere, both left a deep impression on people. There is no need to worry about Kirsten ·Dunst’s upside-down kiss in “Spider-Man” screamed. Her first kiss had already been dedicated to Brad Pitt when she was a girl. What a happy girl.

Interview with the Vampire

Original work: Anne Rice [USA]

Produced by: Warner Bros. 1994

Director: Neil Jordan

Starring: Antonio Banderas as Armand

Tom Kerr Tom Cruise as Lestat

Kirsten Dunst as Clodia

Brad Pitt ) as Louis

Stephen Rea

Christian Slater as the young reporter

Plot introduction:

Louisiana in the 18th century. The owner of the manor, Louis, was devastated after losing his wife and daughter. He met the vampire Lestat and was cast into a vampire by his spell. The kind-hearted Lewis is unwilling to kill people just to suck blood. He lives by sucking the blood of animals. Lestat is bent on teaching Louis to be a real vampire.

In New Orleans, Louis met Claudia, a little girl who had lost her relatives due to the plague. Louis finally couldn't resist the temptation and sucked Claudia's blood, while Lestat turned Claudia into a vampire regardless of Louis' objection. The three people together form a unique family.

Time flies, and decades have passed. Claudia began to resent Lestat for depriving him of the right to grow up. In order to leave Lestat with Louis, she tricked Lestat into drinking the blood of a dead man, assassinated him and threw him into the swamp. However, when Louis and Claudia were preparing to leave for Paris, Lestat, who had changed beyond recognition, suddenly appeared. During the struggle, Louis grabbed the oil lamp and threw it at Lestat, and the flames immediately engulfed him. Amid the flames that engulfed half of the city, Louis and Gloria boarded the ship to Paris.

The two lived in Paris like father and daughter, but also like lovers. They also saw the same kind: a group of vampires led by Armand living underground in the theater. Armand gave Louis many lessons. However, in the world of vampires, murdering one's own kind is the only crime. For this reason, a rift appeared between Louis and Claudia. At Gloria's request, he turned Gloria into a vampire as a replacement after he left Gloria. However, the vampire Santiago suddenly appears and captures them. Louis was sealed in a wall, and Claudia and her female companion were exposed to the sun and executed.

Louis is rescued by Armand, who vows revenge. Soon, he set fire to the vampires' lair while they were sleeping, killing Santiago and many vampires. He refused Armand's request to live with him and left Paris alone. Louis was devastated by the loss of Gloria. He wandered around, but could never heal the trauma in his heart. In 1988, Louis returned to New Orleans and met Lestat, who was injured and weak and living alone in seclusion. Louis told a young reporter Malloy about his experience, hoping to teach future generations. Unexpectedly, Malloy was deeply attracted after hearing this, and insisted on asking Louis to turn him into a vampire. Louis left him in disgust. Disappointed, Malloy drove home alone. However, Lestat suddenly appeared in the back seat of the car. He sucked Malloy's blood, healed his injuries, and drove Malloy far away. A new vampire story will begin from here...

Awards:

Oscar Award 1995 Nomination for Best Art Direction--Best Music for Sets--Original Score

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

British Academy Award 1995 Nominated for Best Cinematography and Best Art Direction

Nominated for Best Costumes Best Makeup/Hairstyling

In 1975, as soon as the novel "Visit the Vampire" was published, its film rights were immediately bought. However, it was not until 1994 that the novel was finally adapted for the screen by Neil Jordan. During this period, it took 20 years and countless revisions and improvements. To the relief of the producers, once the film was released, it aroused huge response and received rave reviews. Director Neil Jordan's talent and strength were once again fully demonstrated, and it has been widely known since then.

"Visit the Vampire" is a masterpiece that spans time and space and spans imagination.

In the film, the director uses the unique dimension of the vampire world as his starting point, comparing truth, goodness, and beauty with falsehood, ugliness, and evil, and uses this to allude to many potential crises and evils in contemporary society. The director firmly grasped the proposition of human nature and elaborated it in the film. Therefore, although there have been many vampire-themed films in recent years, this one is particularly unique, full of tension and touching emotional power. The 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. Their acting skills are naturally demonstrated to the fullest in the film, and they do not give in to each other. For a moment the stars twinkled, almost blindingly. Even the guest star of Malloy is the well-known and capable young actor Christian Slater. Its cast is unprecedentedly powerful, and the contrasting acting skills among several actors also make the film shine, making movie fans a feast for the eyes. Tom Cruise changed his past image of a good young man in the film and played the cruel vampire Lestat. Although Antonio Banderas played a supporting role, his charm was not inferior to that of the protagonist, and he really stole the movie. There are many scenes; Brad Pitt, whose career is on a rapid rise, naturally did not show any weakness, allowing fans to see his superb acting skills again, and showing the audience that he is worthy of the leading role. The efforts of several movie stars made the film a huge success. For the actors, this film is also a great opportunity for them to consolidate and develop their position in the film industry.

Since 1819, 750 novels about vampires have been published in English. Moreover, since the advent of "The Secret of House No. 5," a detective film about ghosts and vampires in 1912, there have been 611 films about vampires in the world. Melton, the author of "The Vampire's Book: Encyclopedia of the Living," speculates that the emergence of vampires represents the dark side of human nature. He said: "This dark side embodies all our impulses and thrill-seeking desires. ... Therefore, the 'myth' of the vampire originated from this dark side."

In the 17th and 18th centuries, natural disasters While harassing and destroying agricultural production in Eastern European countries, farmers in Romania and Hungary speculated that they were being attacked by carriers or vectors of natural disasters—including ghosts of suicide and illegitimate children of illegitimate parents. These sinners rise from their graves after death and exist by sucking the blood of their relatives. "Evil here is a vampire, and every Romanian peasant believes in it as firmly as he believes in heaven and hell," said the record in eastern Romania. "Every person who becomes a vampire after death will continue to suck other pure living things." Human blood, until people discover the dead person suspected of being a vampire, dig up his grave, drive a stake into her heart, or shoot him."

Although stories of vampires in folklore first circulated east of the Danube for a long time, it was not until 1813 that the "myth" of the vampire entered the treasury of European literature. At that time, the famous British poet Byron wrote a poem and warned that "zombies suck human blood."

The legend of vampires

Blood is the source of life for advanced creatures, so the corpses of cavemen in the East and Cro-Magnons in Europe are often sprinkled with red hematite particles. Or ocher soil, the blood is bright red, which is to hope that the dead will regain life. The Bible says repeatedly: "The life of the body is blood." According to historical records, when the ancient Roman Colosseum was completed and opened, the dark gladiatorial performance lasted for 100 days, and 3,000 gladiators died on the battlefield. Spectators at that time would often rush to the arena to suck the blood of dead and wounded gladiators. In the eyes of these people, the blood of gladiatorial soil is the best tonic for vitality, youth and health.

Vampires are an ancient and mysterious race. Theoretically speaking, the so-called vampire can be understood as a corpse to a certain extent. They have no heartbeat or pulse, no breathing, no body temperature, and are immortal. At the same time, they have minds of their own, they can think, they can talk, they can move around, and they can even get hurt and die. Their power is much greater than that of ordinary people, and they have powers that ordinary people cannot obtain. In order to maintain their existence, they must drink blood. Generally speaking, most vampires usually feed on human blood, but some vampires survive by sucking the blood of animals and even other vampires. If a vampire intends to assimilate a human, he must give his own blood to the other person, and the victim must accept the blood of the vampire. Only when the two bloods merge can he become a vampire. According to the commandments, vampires cannot develop their own descendants at will and must be responsible for the actions of their descendants.

Interpreting human nature

Just like the view of the soul, I have always been willing to believe in the existence of vampires. Its history is as long as any of the heavenly beings in traditional Chinese mythology, and it seems to be similar to the existence of vampires. Reality is closer and more reasonable. There are many novels and movies with vampires as the background, which makes people more and more doubt whether there are really such bloodthirsty elves in the surrounding corners. According to rumors, there are at least 1,000 vampires in the world. However, vampires are almost "imported" and are vividly depicted in Westerners' writings, but in the East they have lost so much of their aura that people regard them as imitations.

I watched "Interview with the Vampire" for the first time when I was ignorant. At that time, I had no idea about the net worth of the three handsome vampire guys in Hollywood. I only remembered that the news one day said what award the film had won. , so I rented the video tape. I read it twice in one go and was deeply touched. But at that time I couldn’t feel what it was exactly, I just thought it was beautiful. It wasn’t until now that I decided to write something about this movie that I really started thinking about it.

I have never wanted to admit that this is a horror film in a pure sense, because I feel that horror is just a cover and human nature is the true meaning. Vampires are half-human, half-monster creatures that are transformed from humans and naturally contain residual humanity. Louis lost his belief in survival due to the misfortune of his wife and children. He wanted to die and was assimilated by Lester before his death. The last glorious dawn of the sun was what he missed most after being reborn as a vampire, and he was experiencing the change. After a brief period of wonder, he soon fell into the anguish of human nature. Because he has to take the lives of others in order to eliminate his own hunger and deprivation, and he is a rare predator with remaining humanity among vampires, so he must endure double torture: hunger and hunger that cannot be compensated for by animal blood. Tempting and unbearable hesitation. However, once the long-held belief is loosened, it will fall short. Claudia's blood is exchanged for a lifetime of pain and loneliness. In order to relieve Louis' loneliness, Lester gave him Claudia, and also gave him a life in prison. The helplessness and the inability to dispel the guilt.

Although they can live forever, they have to avoid sunlight and temperature and hibernate in coffins. Ordinary people would feel depressed after not seeing sunlight for several days, let alone these dead people who relied on darkness. Then loneliness will spread around them like an omnipresent air, making them more violent, more bloodthirsty, and more in need of companions. Lester uses Louis to get rid of his loneliness. Louis has lost his blood to Claudia, and Lester wants to use the assimilated Claudia to help Louis accept reality and change his mind. The grudges between the three are complicated and quickly turn into hatred. Claudia looks forward to becoming a woman, with mature lines and hairstyle, and she hates these two men who have changed her. Claudia's resentment towards Louis gradually turned into love, but her rebellion against Lester quickly turned into madness. She wants to get rid of Lester, break free from the shackles, and fly away with her lover Louis. At this time, Louis was still tortured by an inner conflict: Lester gave him life, but wanted to push him to death.

Love, yes, the rare love in human nature still exists. Claudia's childish face has a pair of eyes full of age. When she saw Louis encounter Almon, her intuition told her that Louis would probably accept Almon's call and leave her. She was afraid of loss and even more afraid of loneliness. However, love cannot stop the conspiracy, Claudia turned to ashes, and Louis fell into the abyss of loneliness.

Almon said that the principles of a vampire are beauty and no regrets, but Louis, with a broken heart, 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 transcend.

There is no good or evil in people. Indeed, in my opinion, there are only three types of people: the first type is those who do not have the courage to do bad things, are born cowardly and only indulge in their thoughts; the second type are accidental people. Having done something bad, but still brooding over it, self-blame and guilt have caused a serious ideological burden, making life extremely tiring; the third type is often doing bad things without taking it seriously, and never questioning oneself about the consequences. Louis has always been confused about the good and evil of vampires and couldn't figure it out, but he forgot that in terms of human nature, vampires are exactly the same as ordinary people. Humans can also squeeze the blood of their own kind, but in different ways.

About the novel "Interview with the Vampire"

"Interview with the Vampire" was written in 1976. It is a magical novel describing the ghost world, through the conversation between a boy and the vampire Louis It shows readers the psychedelic vampire culture - vampires' emotional world, imagination, expression, sexual complex and other things that are in common with humans. It also shows aspects that are different from humans, such as their fear of fire and sunlight, and their physical immortality. Not always waiting. The author uses rich romantic imagination to make the story full of confusing and mysterious colors. The bizarre plot and the lifelike portrayal of the characters put the readers in a confusing and doubtful situation, and they unknowingly enter from the real objective world. The author's fictional subjective world follows the vampire's autobiography to the unrealistic ghost world. The story begins when the protagonist Louis is a human being. When he blames himself for the death of his younger brother, he is transformed into a vampire by a vampire named Lester. From then on, Louis makes a living by sucking blood and goes out to hunt at night. Human, sleeping in a coffin with Lester during the day. Later, they created another vampire, a 5-year-old little girl. After this girl became a vampire, her appearance never changed and she always looked like a little girl, but her thoughts and feelings continued to develop. About 60 years later, the 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 created by him to seek revenge on Louis and Claudia. Louis and Claudia fled from New Orleans to Europe to trace their origins and find other vampires in order to understand the nature of vampires. They first found some "brainless living zombies" in a remote mountain village in the Carpathian Mountains. After arriving in Paris, they discovered a vampire theater. This is a very elegant French-style theater with many male vampires and some female vampires.

Claudia found herself a mother and a female companion for Louis, but Louis was attracted to a vampire named Armand. Later, Lester appeared again and gathered other vampires to kill Claudia and her "mother". Louis was filled with grief and hatred, and burned the vampires to death in a rage, leaving him to face his lonely vampire eternal life alone.

"Interview with the Vampire" is a fantasy novel with rich implications, permeating a profound perspective on the human heart and mind. The author uses the description of the non-real world to express the reality of the real world, and explores the deep mysteries of human nature from the vampire's heart. The novel reveals the loneliness and contradiction of life in the real world through the vampire life of the protagonist Louis. Louis was turned into a vampire when he couldn't bear the pain of life and sought death. However, the vampire's murderous and vampire nature did not completely replace his humanity. He was not like other vampires who were murderous and insensitive, but still retained With the love and hate that humans have, they have strong emotions, and they are full of tenderness and care whether they are towards the same kind or towards humans. Although the characteristics of a vampire determine that he must live on human blood like other vampires, every killing brings a great impact to him. He was thinking in pain, constantly exploring the nature of vampires, and eager to understand the origin of this devilish world, so as to find a way out, be able to associate with humans, return to the human world, and experience the beauty that he had not fully felt when he was a human in the past. However, there is nothing he can do to return to the real world. This is the pain and contradiction of Louis. He has both ghost and human nature, but he is incompatible with other similar people and unable to communicate with humans. This duality puts him in extreme loneliness. Louis' contradictions reflect some people in real society and symbolize those "marginal people" who are outside society and strive to pursue themselves. They cannot integrate into the era and environment in which they live. Just as Louis wants to understand the nature of a vampire and the supernatural spell that is invisible and intangible, but always restricts and controls him, humans are always exploring the black box deep in the human heart, which separates people from each other, The invisible magic of bloody battles. However, personal struggles are often surrounded by boundless emptiness and disappointment, making them feel helpless depression and loneliness. The vampire in the story can live forever, but the immortal life puts Louis into a situation where life is worse than death. The confusion and confusion about life make him feel the destruction of his soul and the total 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 are outside the society, like Louis, are isolated from the world, so they feel lonely. Invisible walls are built between them, the relationship is indifferent, alienated from each other, and there is a lack of common thoughts and connected feelings. The author describes the mentality of vampires to reveal the situation in which people in real society cannot control their own destiny and fall into loneliness and despair.

On the other hand, the novel also highlights the insignificance and helplessness of individuals. After being endowed with supernatural powers, vampires are still threatened by death. Another type of vampire depicted in the story has no emotions, no humanity, and is indifferent to killing. Lester is a typical example. He blindly kills people and sucks blood, and even plays with human emotions, "making them fall in love with him quickly, and then sending them to hell." He behaves indifferently and aloof to everything, so there is no pain or conflict. No struggle. Despite this, they could not avoid a lonely life, and their supernatural power did not make them invincible. Due to the lack of group consciousness and cohesion, they are like walking zombies, which will eventually lead to their demise.

The novel uses fantasy techniques to present readers with a non-realistic world. It reflects the confusion of human nature and the contradiction between man and society from a metaphysical level. It has philosophical implications that transcend concreteness and is a reflection of social life. , the projection of social reality. However, while the author makes rational thinking about the fate of mankind, he also expresses his doubts and fears about the future society, which reflects the author's negative and pessimistic attitude towards life.