Academy Awards, USA 1995
| Nominated Oscar | Best Art Direction-Set Decoration Dante Ferretti Francesca Lo Schiavo |
| Best Music, Original Score Elliot Goldenthal |
Geffen Pictures
Directed by Neil Jordan
My rating: 2 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Blu-ray, Warner Bros.)
Reluctant vampire Brad Pitt recounts his life to modern day writer Christian Slater. It's a sordid tale of a "family" headed by Tom Cruise, who creates Pitt for a companion, who then creates Kirsten Dunst as their little daughter to complete the household. They wander around New Orleans slaughtering innocent victims, until Dunst realizes she will never grow up and takes revenge on Cruise by burning down the city. She and Pitt then go to Paris for more of the same, eventually meeting more vampires led by Antonio Banderas. The tone veers erratically from horror to comedy to romance, never quite able to decide what it wants to be. A lot of little things bothered me: despite their unhappy existence the vampires are easily killed by fire or sunlight, why not just commit suicide?, all of the vampires have long hair and contact lenses, Kirsten Dunst's little girl rampages, the wire work which results in unnatural motion, Guns N Roses covering the Rolling Stones for the final song...
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