Television: BBC’s adaptation of Anne Rice novel does well to put daylight between itself and Neil Jordan’s 1994 caper by slowing the pulse of the story
Have the makers of Interview with the Vampire bitten off more than is wise? The problem confronting this small-screen adaptation of the cult Anne Rice novel is that it is up against the champagne tower of camp that was Neil Jordan’s 1994 take on the tale – a movie that reached all-time peak ludicrousness by casting
Up against that singular combination of gonzo acting and self-serious directing, the new Interview seemed doomed to disappoint. Smartly, it puts daylight between itself and the Jordan caper by slowing the pulse of the story. Doing so allows it to linger over plot points Jordan hurtled through such as Cruise running across a skyscraper roof in Mission Impossible.
Baby Reindeer’s Richard Gadd: ‘The series is based on my life and real-life events but is a fictionalised retelling’Back in present-day Dubai, Louis relays the tale to grouchy journalist Daniel . He does so in the company of his vampire lover Armand . They want to present a unified front to the reporter – their way of signalling that vampires, too, can live happily ever after .
There is nothing as ludicrous as Stephen Rae, vampire kingpin, in the TV version. Instead, the horrors of central Europe during the downfall of the Third Reich and the arrival of the Soviets are brought brutally to life.
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