174. Interview With The Vampire (1994) | How Tom Cruise Brought Anne Rice's Vampire Lestat To Life | Behind The Scenes Of Interview With The Vampire + Film Analysis

Laci and Matt revisit Interview With The Vampire (1994), a movie the podcast covered back in 2018, in the Old Testament days. Much more care and attention is given this time, because there's so much to love… and so much to be confused by. Has a movie ever been dragged down so much by its whiny-baby lead character as this movie is by Louis (Brad Pitt)? Rather than spending eternity partying with his good buddy Lestat (Tom Cruise), he just putters around and around, moaning and complaining like some unholy combination of Charlie Brown and Eeyore. And rest assured, he will tell you, at length, about how conflicted he feels about the whole "vampire" thing. So get ready. Other than that, the movie's a blast. Tom Cruise is wonderful, Kirsten Dunst gives an all-time great kid performance, and the Stan Winston makeup can't be beat. Watch this episode in full: https://youtu.be/Wi0hEiel2lg   Next week: 28 Years Later with Screen Time Kota! Out now on the Patreon: Matt and Austin Proctor from the Frightmares podcast discuss David Lynch's Mulholland Drive https://bit.ly/3VCImop    Time stamps: 00:03:04 — Opening thoughts on Interview with the Vampire 00:16:30 — History segment: The career of Anne Rice; development of a movie adaptation of Interview with the Vampire; Rice's feud with the production over the casting of Tom Cruise; reception and legacy of The Vampire Chronicles on film 01:00:50 — Movie discussion + Interview With The Vampire film analysis 02:31:47 — Final thoughts and star ratings   Sources: "Anne Rice: The Extended 1995 Interview" by Mikal Gilmore | Rolling Stone (1995) - https://bit.ly/3Wf0ODH  "You Asked, Anne Answered — 'How is it that your birth name was Howard Allen?'" - https://bit.ly/4n1ycJj  "Interview with a Vampire director Neil Jordan: I had a great time making this movie, but there's a dark Catholic guilt underneath" by Una Brankin | The Belfast Telegraph (2014) -  https://bit.ly/3IL8BWN  "The Anne Rice Reader" edited by Katherine Ramsland (1997)  - https://amzn.to/4nXlxrB  "A look inside Hollywood and the movies: Interview With the Vampire's Picky Creator" by Elaine Dutka | Los Angeles Times (1993) - https://lat.ms/4q2W4yS  Cruise's Vampire Turns Off Oprah - She Walks Out | The Orlando Sentinel (1994) - https://bit.ly/3W2P4Et    Artwork by Laci Roth.   Matt has two monthly spin-off podcasts: PodJob: A James Bond Podcast | Check it out on Apple Podcast (https://bit.ly/4jRL2K1), Spotify (https://bit.ly/4a8jM6E), and YouTube (https://youtube.com/@podjob007). The Sign Post Up Ahead: A Twilight Zone Recap Podcast | Check it out on Apple Podcast (https://bit.ly/4gXjtiR), Spotify (https://bit.ly/4gTE8Ev), and YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@TheSignPostUpAhead)    Music by Rural Route Nine. Listen to their album The Joy of Averages on Spotify (https://bit.ly/48WBtUa), Apple Music (https://bit.ly/3Q6kOVC), or YouTube (https://bit.ly/3MbU6tC).   Songs by Rural Route Nine in this episode: "Winston-Salem" - https://youtu.be/-acMutUf8IM "Snake Drama" - https://youtu.be/xrzz8_2Mqkg "The Bible Towers of Bluebonnet" - https://youtu.be/k7wlxTGGEIQ    Follow 1-Week Rental, a movie podcast: Twitter: @1weekrental | @MattStokes9 | @LRothConcepts Facebook: @1weekrental Instagram: @1weekrental TikTok: @1weekrental | @mattstokes9 Letterboxd: @loadbearinglaci | @mattstokes9 Bluesky: @1weekrental.bsky.social   1-Week Rental used to be Load Bearing Beams.