exsequar | You are dead, you want me to quicken you again

I just rented and watched Interview With a Vampire. I really really do love this movie. It flows so gorgeously, and oh my the pretty! I think it's silly that Tom Cruise is listed first, because this is completely Brad's movie. How beautiful is he with his long hair, fierce eyes, full blood red lips, pale skin? He kept making me make little whimpery noises *g*

Kirsten Dunst blows my mind in this movie. She was, what, ten or something? And she plays this incredibly complex character with grace and force and devastating intelligence. It is a marvel. I wish she would play more juicy character roles now.

The entire movie is just so daring - it is contained by no boundaries, restrained by no taboos. It slinks from horrifyingly macabre to absurdly insane to gutwrenchingly emotional to deeply sexy with ease. The homoeroticisim is off the charts - both Lestat/Louis and Armande/Louis are in the text, and it is a thing of beauty. Have you seen how Louis declines Armande's offer? What a delicious tease! Mmmm.

I love Louis with his bleeding dead heart, his wide eyes at once evil and compassionate. Armande is wonderful as well, his quiet intensity, his aura of unfathomable age, the deadness in his eyes. And Lestat is entrancingly off the wall.

I always come away from this movie wanting to say things about it, to keep experiencing it, to wrap myself up in it and never leave. It's just so powerful and timeless. Mmm.