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ruindunburnit · 10 days ago

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I am finally, FINALLY watching Interview with the Vampire (AMC).

Oh my God. Oh my God. It completely captures the spirit of the book, and even with the details of the book it changes, the ones it keeps are on POINTE. I am two episodes in and completely enamoured with this luxuriatingly horny vampire show.

#Interview with the Vampire #Vampire Chronicles #Anne Rice #AMC IWTV #Jacob Anderson #Sam Reid #i do love Sam Reid's take on Lestat #he is charming yes but he is at the core of himself an unfavoured son of a brute and ex-seminary servant to the muse of music #and above all a vindictive bitch #and they got some excellent details right too #he did try to keep his sister well after becoming a vampire #and he was first driven to suicide after the death of his brother (the wife and child thing was in the film)#and in the original book the family did own a sugar plantation #i do love how they've changed it to put a black man in a role of narrative control and agency instead of keeping them to the backdrop #for a story set in NOLA it feels right #also yes louis as the closeted gay man is a strong and correct choice! bravo #the whole 'the earth is a savage garden' line feels like a shot for the old school fans who devoured The Vampire Lestat (bk 2)#BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE PHRASE COMES FROM AND WHERE THE BAND GOT THEIR NAME #also don't think i didn't catch the line about the beautiful violinist because i still remember him!#in short this feels very true to the source #*he - as in Louis

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