Anyway, Rice doesn't bother to explain much of what we see here. And it never gets better. The action in the whole second half of the film remains a mystery to me. Louis ends up in Paris with a troupe of vampire actors who wrong him for no discernable reason. Then, back in America, the film ends by coming full circle in a finale that is stupid and contrived as well as being totally unbelievable.
Nothing rings true here.
No one's motivation is ever disclosed. We glean nothing from the events displayed to us. Jordan tries desperately to hide all of this nothingness behind huge sets and glittering props but it doesn't work. Boredom eventually sets in with no plot to help us here. The film also has an underlying theme of pedophilia that is as disturbing as it is utterly boring.