This is true in the book but only briefly when he teaches her to hunt, but very quickly she becomes Louis pupil as he teaches much more about humanity, life, and art, things that Lestat has no interest in. Claudia demands that Louis turn a human woman, Madeleine, to be her new protector and companion, and he reluctantly complies. It's so...sensual? As he can’t be convinced Santiago locks Louis in a coffin and traps him in the walls, leaving Madeleine all alone with the other vampires. They are very romantic. The only feature that proves he is not human is his glazed fingernails which give the impression that they are made of glass. They then spend several days planning their trip to Europe when a vampire follows Claudia home, this vampire is a young musician friend of Lestat’s. Despite the fact that they refer to one another as father and daughter, they are clearly lovers, as Banderas' Armand points out. Many speculate that Henrietta’s nature enraged and emboldened Philippe to blatantly flaunt his male lovers. ( Log Out /  Armand warns Louis to send Claudia away for her own safety, and Louis is intrigued to stay with Armand and learn more about the meaning of being a vampire. Guy-Armand de Gramont, mostly just called by his second name Armand, was born on November 25 in 1637. In 1794, Louis finds a little girl whom he estimates to be barely five-years-old, grieving over her dead mother's plague-stricken body. Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. She writes most of her vampires as lonely that long for human-like connections. Armand does warn Louis to get Claudia out of Paris, but this happens after Madeleine has been changed. Armand leaves with Louis, finally feeling that he has had his revenge on Lestat for ruining his coven. Lestat asks Louis to rejoin him, but Louis rejects him and leaves. I agree, with one addition. I think that in the Vampire Chronicles the people/vampires fall in love with the characteristics, traits, personality that make up a person. In the movie adaptation of Interview with the Vampire, Armand tells Louis that it's illegal to make an immortal child, slight difference from the book where he's made it illegal in his own coven.Armand clearly loves Louis and wants to do everything in his power to stay with him. They hate and love each other,but Louis seems to dont wanna this more deep relationship with him,BUT with Armand things are different. She decided to leave her husband, which in the 17th century meant that she would lose her children. The vampires had confined Louis in a coffin, but Armand released him. Because of this, Santiago and the others are looking for any reason to pin suspicion on the pair, especially since they don’t talk about the origins or their creator. The ruffled lovers awkwardly re-arranged themselves to a … Posted on January 20, 2020 by novellover97. "He's the one, that's the vampire." Yep, for those who don’t know, the guys were put into the band (alongside Liam Payne, Niall Horan and Zayn Malik) after auditioning as solo artists on The X Factor.And right away, Styles and Tomlinson instantly hit it off. Especially after their beloved Claudia was ‘born’. Throughout the series the protagonist, Lestat, seeks the origin of the vampire species and tries to fit his need for blood into a workable moral system. Louis is outraged that Molloy has not understood the tale of suffering he has related and scares him into abandoning his idea. Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette got married on May 16th 1770. He is described as having white skin, the color of bleached bone, chin-length black hair, and brilliant green eyes. They do discuss the fire and Louis says he knows that he could have prevented the deaths of everyone in the theatre but choose not to as it wasn’t what Louis wanted. I believe that Lestat and Louis were only friends btw with mixed feelings:anger,selfish,love,attraction. Louis agreed they could both take lovers within their marriage and soon fell for French Yola Letellier. However, here he tells Claudia that they are even as she has made him kill the last thing in him that was human, and he was the one that allowed Lestat to take everything human from her. Louis and Lestat’s relationship is strained for most of the books, with the pair having frequent arguments and often not speaking to each other for long periods of time. Fucking fun wrecking Armand. I haven't read The Vampire Armand yet but I am reading the Vampire Lestat right now, so hopefully they are almost as good as Interview With The Vampire! It just felt like a romantic relationship. Louis is the character who overall remains the same, apart from the difference in his origin story that I previously mentioned apart from this Louis’ personality and mannerisms remain the same that is until he meets Armand. While Dunce looks older than 5 in the movie her physical appearance is very similar to that of Claudia in the book, and the way she portrays Claudia’s temper and violent tendencies are sublime. Lestat attacks them, but Louis sets him on fire, and, in the ensuing blaze, they are able to escape to their ship and depart. In the book this scene plays out quite differently as he and his new creation attack the pair forcing Louis to burn the townhouse down believing he has truly killed Lestat, an event that causes a drastic change in Louis after meeting Armand. I also agree that vampires in this story do not have sexual desires, and do not care for gender, age or relations. Or perhaps it is left for our interpretation! The lovers were terrified to death. At that time, Ella – then 29 – was a rising star of the contemporary jazz scene, having broken out with drummer Chick Webb's group six years earlier. by Lori-Anne Cohen. He has grey eyes that can absorb the colors blue or violet from surfaces around them. Lestat and Claudia’s relationship is the most complex in the book next to the relationship between Louis and Armand. Irons had the classic ability to portray dark and deviant characters with a wild animation that completely sucks you into the performance as he did with Humbert. So - I think 'platonic' because there was no sex but 'lovers' because they definitely loved each other. ( Log Out /  Louis was in love with the red-haired Armand, not Lestat. Shop for Vinyl, CDs and more from Louie And The Lovers at the Discogs Marketplace. Louis sighed "He went with Armand to the theatre ... Armand and Marius were engaged in some affections of their own. It’s also immediately obvious that Armand is attracted to Louis and wants him for himself. He was brilliant, tempestuous - and gay. Gay. but also removes the restrictions of human morality. He determinately settled into the cushioned armchair by the bed. Armand falls in love with Louis, and Claudia hears Armand telling her telepathically to leave Louis as a companion. Days later Lestat tracks the alive Claudia to a hospital for orphans and claims her as his daughter. Directed by Ryan Balas. The Mancini family were one of Italy’s oldest noble families. By Richard Marshall. You know how little girls are. Therefore, he conveniently waits until Claudia is dead before rescuing Louis. After the fire in Paris, Louis and Armand travel the world together as Louis becomes more cold and distant withdrawing into himself. In modern-day San Francisco, reporter Daniel Molloy interviews Louis de Pointe du Lac, who claims to be a vampire. Irons would have portrayed the cold, calloused and cruel Lestat whereas Cruise portrays an animated, vibrant, almost child-like version of Lestat. Armand isn’t in the theatre at the time but returns to free Louis, but Louis goes back for Claudia only to find the burning remains of Claudia and Madeleine. A subplot underpinning the narrative is Armand’s desperate need to win the love of his son Daniel, who reveals a childhood trauma and unhealed wounds that have destroyed their relationship. Let me turn on the light. Armand does nothing to prevent this, but the next day he frees Louis. I don’t think the feelings are ever mutual, as they feel different toward each other. For instance, Eliza de Feuillide, cousin to Jane Austen, loved them so much she probably would have purchased many pug collectibles and trinkets had she not owned the adorable dogs.She noted her attachment to these sweet animals when she wrote to her cousin Phylly in December 1796: I have already pointed out inaccuracies with the opening of the movie and Lestat does sense Louis’ grief but in the book Lestat doesn’t turn him straight away, he drains Louis to the point of death and leaves him there to return several nights later to turn him. At the turn of the 20th century, Louis once again discovers Lestat living in New Orleans in a weakened state. They had 14 children among whom were. They filed into the theater and sat high up and close to a corner, waiting to see what sort of show they were in for. We all know that they are beyond the physical. Also in the book there isn’t any of the supernatural floating/flying that Lestat does in the movie. Seeking revenge, Louis returns to the Theater at dawn and sets it on fire, killing all the vampires including Santiago. This is VERY late but I just wanted to comment on this. Louis spent years with Armand before the realization behind Claudia’s passing. His nose is fairly short and narrow, while his mouth is well shaped 'though slightly too large for his face', his skin deathly white. Louis carried on with his life until he meet “the boy” who in the movie is named Daniel played by Christian Slater. He meets Armand on the banks of the river, where Armand confesses he asks Louis to return to New Orleans and find Lestat in the hopes that it would spark something back to life in Louis. The way Louis looks at Lestat, notes his features with great care and speculation.. Also, the way Louis and Armand say they are in love with each other, do you think that these are romantic relationships are just extremely close bonds? Half starved from feeding only on the blood of rats for the past four years, he drinks from her in a frenzy. Louis Antoine de Gontout (1700–1788), Marshal of France. When I read. They could not be actual lovers, not in physical terms. Maybe before Lestat became a vampire. Either way I love her books. Louis, Lestat and Armand, Romantic Relationships? Lestat and Armand even said that they (romantically) loved Louis. Merely a strategic union between France and Austria against England and Prussia. I think the movie has its advantages and it is very beautiful to watch, however, it is very inaccurate to the source material and I’d advise that people go and read the book before watching the movie otherwise you are going to miss out on a lot of vital information and relationship that aren’t featured in the movie at all. Jean-Jacques Cattier was born and raised in Chingy-les-Roses where the family is based since the 17th century. Explore releases from Louie And The Lovers at Discogs. The part of the movie where Daniel asks to be turned is true and Louis does refuse but he does drink from the boy and leaves him to possibly die. Rice didnt add sex scenes btw them,but they spend so much time together that its cleary that they were in love. The other issue I had with Armand in the movie is he plays such a small role and only appears on screen for a very small period of time, whereas in the book from the moment Louis and Claudia find them in Paris, Armand is a constant in Louis’ life and for many years after where the movie ends. I think it was said in the Tale of the Body Thief. Louis counters this by saying that Claudia’s death killed that in him and now Armand sees only a mirror of himself, something he can’t love. I myself do think that Louis-Lestat / Louis-Armand relationship is really romantic. Like it's explained in the book over and over again: for the vampire, the kill is the bodily part of the romance. However, after reading the book for the first time I noticed some glaring differences between them. If you love yourself, you must live a better life. Claudia dies from sun exposure while Louis is held captive by Armand and his followers. Armand wants Louis for himself, and Claudia is the only thing that would prevent Louis from being devoted to Armand. Armand in the movie is played by Antonio Banderas and he is my ideal Armand, the only issue I have with his physical appearance in the movie is that his hair is black when in the book it is auburn. One night Armand tells him that Lestat is still alive and that he should return to New Orleans. Together they raise her as a daughter—Louis has a pure love for Claudia, while Lestat treats her more as a student, training her to become a merciless killer. Claudia doesn’t demand that he turn Madeleine but request he does it because her form is defenseless, and she can’t be alone. Despondent following the death of his wife and unborn child, one night he is attacked by the vampire Lestat de Lioncourt while drunkenly wandering the waterfront of New Orleans. This part of the movie is completely fiction and has nothing to do with the ending of the book. I believe that Lestat and Louis’ relationship is mostly platonic, where as Armand and Louis’ relationship is more so romantic, at least in Armand’s eyes. She does poison two boys with laudanum and absinthe who Lestat drinks from and ends up being poisoned himself. Louis: We love it. Lestat and Louis… for some they are THE lovers of the Vampire Chronicles while for others their magic is long gone. Louis XIV intervened again and ordered Armand-Charles to refrain from stating accusations like this, then granted Hortense an annual pension of 24000 livres. Wandering the streets of New Orleans, amid an outbreak of plague, Louis can resist his hunger no more and feeds on a little girl whose mother has died in the plague. Soz Zayn, but that’s mad. With Louis’s help, she dumps Lestat’s body in a swamp and the two plan a voyage to Europe. Let’s start with the movie synopsis: After the death of his wife and daughter, Spanish lord Louis is turned into a vampire by Lestat de Lioncourt. Launois said, “I know a way, which I will put into practice immediately; hide yourself,” he said to the Comte, “behind the door.” He then ran his head against Monsieur’s nose as he was entering, and struck him so violently that he began to bleed. In 1661, Philippe also received the dukedoms of Valois and Chartres. I've only read up to Queen of the Damned, so I don't know how their relationship progress in next books, but from the way each character speaks and reference each other, it seems romantic to me. Angelique frowned, the sight of him leaving a bad taste in her mouth. While the appearance Cruise wears during the movie is accurate, the personality is not. I definitely thought that they are gay. While both of these sides of Lestat exist in the book by far we see more of his cruel side, in the book, for example, he completely ignores his aging father, forces Louis into positions he has no desire to be in for his own amusement, he is jealous over Louis’ love for Claudia and plays a key role in her death and much more that didn’t come across in Cruise’s portray at all. Both Louis and Claudia can feel it, and Claudia accuses Louis of wanting to leave her for Armand. The Mazarinettes had their pick of European nobility; Marie even became the lover of Louis XIV! In the days of the European monarchies, marriage was less a matter of personal inclination than political expediency. There does seem to be some bisexual feelings expressed from Armand. “They’re so passionate, and once they get their head around an idea, that’s the way it is regardless of anything. Daniel Molloy: I thought vampires didn't like the light. The book Interview with the Vampire written by Anne Rice was published in 1976 and spawned a generation of vampire novels and movies and the 1994 film adaptation was beautifully done. Louis: We can't begin this way. However, the way in which she dies in the movie is very different from the book. The role Armand plays at the end of the novel is critical to the story as he forces Louis to accept what he is and inadvertently destroys everything in Louis he claimed to love. Louis then hears footsteps he knows to be Lestat’s and the four fight which leads to Louis burning down the townhouse and he also believes Lestat and the other vampire to be dead. He then returns with Louis to the hotel they are staying in and gives her to Louis to drain again. An encounter with one of these vampires leads Louis and Claudia to give up their hunt for other vampires and head to Paris to just travel the world. When Armand does say that he knew Lestat, he also tells Louis that he doesn't think he is a person that should be morned, i.e. She writes most of her vampires as lonely that long for human-like connections. Finding another of their species that they. Louis amuses Lestat with his condemns "you are a perfect devil". If it wasn’t for that passionate, like, almost obsession, then we would He is disgusted by Lestat’s pleasure in killing and comes to suffer tremendously as a vampire. he's a horrible person. If you have seen the adaptation of Lolita where Irons starred as Humbert Humbert you understand why this choice was better. Thanks for answering:) I mean I can see what you mean by them being platonic friends. Armand invites Louis and Claudia to his coven, the Théâtre des Vampires, where the vampires stage theatrical horror shows for humans. First off, Louis doesn’t become a vampire after the death of his wife and daughter, it is his brother Paul’s death that sparks Louis’ spiral into depression that ultimately leads to him becoming a vampire, and neither is he a Spanish Lord, Louis is French by birth and was raised mainly in New Orleans. Eventually there comes a time in every girl's life when her father grows up and leaves the nest. To entice Louis to stay with him, Lestat turns the dying girl, Claudia, into a vampire. Anyway, tell me what you think! I definitely read it as if they were lovers. It was not just Freemasons who loved pugs. Armand is quick to point out that Louis and Claudia are actually lovers. Welcome back. Charles-Antoine (1708–1800), Duc de Biron and father of the memoirist Armand Louis de Gontaut, duc de Biron 1747-1783. So basically Louis has left Lestat for Armand and Daniel for reasons unknown to Lestat. A lesbian wanna-be model falls dangerously in love with an up and coming painter. 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