Highly interesting film from the vampire's point of view, I rate it "7" of 10.

Rating: Null/10 (26 February 2001)

This film is based on the novel by my good friend Anne Rice. And the book was actually based on a short story she wrote back in her college days. Anne, if you are reading this, I only give it "7" because it is not the kind of movie I want to see twice, however I admire the script you wrote. You did it in an overall "comedy" style and it works well that way. Although I suppose we need to call it a "dark comedy" because of the subject matter and all the people who die such horrible deaths.
Big stars Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, Antonio Banderas are vampires. Pitt is a "sensitive" vampire and feels badly that he has to live his life killing people by draining their blood so that he can stay alive. Or rats and chickens when humans aren't convenient. Cruise is just the opposite, and eventually they clash. One of the victims is the mother of Kirsten Dunst's character, and the 12-yr-old is "injected" and she becomes a vampire also. The film covers approx. 200 years of Pitt's vampire life, as it is being told to Christian Slater, thus the "interview" in the film's title. Most of the "flashback" is in Rice's hometown, NewOrleans, from about 1790 to the 1990s. But some of it also is set in Paris as Pitt's character travels the world to find others like himself.
I'm glad I saw this film, and it held my interest. Still, it is not my favorite kind of film. Kirsten Dunst was wonderful as the mini-vampire, a role much better suited to her talents then the current "Bring It On" where she plays a teenage cheerleader.