Lestat Rocks!

I can't remember if I posted this before and I'm too lazy to check if I have or not.



QUEEN OF THE DAMNED
Lestat Rocks

By MICHAEL HELMS

The second Anne Rice vampire movie promises harder-core horror than its predecessor.


Even in broad daylight, if you walk down the right Melbourne, Australia alleyways, you can glimpse vampires. Naturally, this occurrence has increased dramatically during QUEEN OF THE DAMNED’s shoot all over the city (followed by pickup shots in LA). The locations for the film (which Warner Bros. releases February 22) range from a disused quarry pit to a giant factory space on the outskirts of suburbia; today, Fango finds itself on a street outside the upscale restaurant Rosati’s, as lunchtime crowds surge back and forth. From within their midst emerges a figure in white. A ghost? An omen? No, just makeup FX expert Bob (DEAD ALIVE) McCarron, strolling around in his standard blindingly pristine (but soon not to be), blazingly white overalls.

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Proof!

And the Quote of Anne Rice supporting Queen of the Damned that I've been looking for, which mysteriously disappeared from her site. Yes it was once there I saw it and read it myself. And this is one of the very few pages it exists on now. Of course she changed her opinion to match VC fans (who hated it without any really good really reason IMO)who loathed it because of a few cosmetic differences (again IMO) at a slightly later date.

An announcement from Jorge Saralegui, the producer:
Michael Rymer flew to New Orleans and showed Anne Rice the movie. This is her official statement:

"QUEEN OF THE DAMNED is an energetic and innovative rendition of the Vampire Chronicles, featuring fine performances, and a magnificent look. Well directed, elegant and intriguing, the film is surely destined to take its place among notable modern interpretations of vampire mythology."




ETA: 1/28/2012


I was just checking the above link and now even that is now lost to time. And so what I have copied up there may be the only record of Anne's initial approval of the QotD movie.

Stadust

I feel that if the promotion for the movie Stardust (one of my favorite romantic movies) had been something like this video that maybe it would've got a lot more attention and done a lot better in the box office (and DVD sales) than it did. I found this and its making me want to watch Stardust (yet again! And I will after I finish the Goonies) This movie doesn't get enough credit, I fear. But those who do love it, love it fiercely.

A few quotes for a taste.

Narrator (Ian McKellan!): A philosopher once asked, "Are we human because we gaze at the stars or do we gaze at the stars because we are human?" Pointless really. Do the stars gaze back? Now that's a question.
*~*~*~*~*~*
[Tristan and Victoria are sipping champagne under the stars]
Victoria: Do you know, Humphrey's going all the way to Ipswich to buy me a ring.
Tristan: Ipswich? Victoria I'm talking about London or Paris or... A ring? Why is he... What kind of a ring?
Victoria: The word is he's planning to propose to me on my birthday.
Tristan: [crestfallen] He's going to... And you're gonna say yes?
Victoria: [laughs] Well I can't exactly say no after he's gone all the way to Ipswich.
Tristan: "All the way to Ipswich"? Victoria, for your hand in marriage, I'd cross oceans or continents.
Victoria: Really?
Tristan: Yes.
[Victoria giggles]
Tristan: Victoria, for your hand in marriage, I would go to the gold fields of San Francisco and bring you back your weight in gold. I'd go to Africa and bring you back a diamond as big as your fist. Or I'd go to the Arctic and I'd slaughter a polar bear and bring you back its head.
[Victoria has been moving closer, about to kiss him, but suddenly she recoils]
Victoria: [disgusted] A polar bear's head? Ugh! You're funny, Tristan.
[they look up into the sky]
Victoria: Oh, Tristan! A shooting star. Beautiful.
Tristan: More beautiful than a fancy ring from Ipswich? Victoria, for your hand in marriage, I'd cross the wall and bring you back that fallen star.
Victoria: You can't cross the wall. Nobody crosses the wall. Now you're just being silly.
Tristan: I'm not being silly. I'd do it. For you, I'd do anything.
Victoria: [thinking] Hmmm. My very own star. It seems we have ourselves an agreement. You have exactly one week or I'm marrying Humphrey.

~*~*~
[Tristan and Yvaine are imprisoned in the pirate ship]
Yvaine: Tell me about Victoria, then.
Tristan: Well, she... she... There's nothing more to tell you.
Yvaine: The little I know about love is that it's unconditional. It's not something you can buy.
Tristan: Hang on! This wasn't about me buying her love. This was a way for me to prove to her how I felt.
Yvaine: Ah... And what's she doing to prove how she feels about you?
Tristan: Well... Look, Yvaine, you'll understand when you meet her, all right? If we don't get murdered by pirates first.
Yvaine: Mmm... Murdered by pirates. Heart torn out and eaten. Meet Victoria. I can't quite decide which sounds more fun...

*~*~*~
[outside the witches' castle]
Septimus: [as he holds a sword to Tristan's throat] Who are you? What business do you have here?
Tristan: [he sees the number 7 mark on Septimus' hand] Septimus... I knew your brother, Primus.
Septimus: Unless you wish to meet him in the afterlife, I suggest you answer my question. What are you doing here?
Tristan: I might ask you the same thing!
[Septimus realises that Tristan is holding a blade to his gut]
Septimus: Ah...
[they both lower their weapons and peer through the window]
Septimus: There are four of them. Do as I say and we may stand a chance.
Tristan: Wait! How do I know you can be trusted?
Septimus: You don't. Why? Do you have a choice?
Tristan: No.
Septimus: Well then, let's go.

*~*~*~
Tristan: I find the fastest way to travel is by candlelight.
[showing the candle]
Yvaine: You've got a Babylon candle.
Tristan: Yeah, I have a bubbling candle.
Yvaine: A *Babylon* candle.
Tristan: That's what I said.
Yvaine: You said "bubbling".


And that's it. Because if I printed anymore of them what would get you to watch the movie? (or read the book that's based on) If you're so inclined