INTERVIEW WITH A VAMPIRE (1st half) --Table Read Tuesdays

What this episode is about

The discussion focuses on a table reading of the second draft of the film script for "Interview with the Vampire," highlighting differences from the final version. It also addresses the use of a historically derogatory term in the script, emphasizing the importance of awareness and sensitivity in language.

Key takeaways

• Even in the 90s, addressing outdated racial terms was crucial; language evolves, but history clings on.
• Anne Rice's 1820s vampire world emphasizes moral ambiguity—where's the line between monster and misunderstood?
• The initial script of 'Interview with the Vampire' highlights character depth; what’s scripted often unveils more than dialogues.
• The faded glam of punk bars in ’90s adaptations contrasts sharply with classic gothic horror—imagine the vibes!
• As we analyze adaptations, remember: every draft tells a different story—sometimes, the scars of history remain.

Who speaks in this episode?

• Aubrey McCoy (Guest) · 37 min speaking
• Vicky Dykes (Host) · 37 min speaking
• Jackson Gray (Guest) · 28 min speaking
• Cat Wilson (Host) · 28 min speaking
• Unknown Host (Host) · 55 min speaking

What is discussed, and when

1. 0:00 – 15:00: David Malloy, Interview with the Vampire, Anne Rice
2. 15:00 – 30:00: David Malloy
3. 2:15:00 – 2:30:00: David Malloy
4. 2:45:00 – 3:00:00: The Vampire Chronicles

Notable quotes from "INTERVIEW WITH A VAMPIRE (1st half) --Table Read Tuesdays"

• Surreal to close the window too slow closing it so okay now we should be good all right Interview with the Vampire by Ann rice we're going to be reading the second draft of the…

  about Interview with the Vampire · at 0:43

• And then I am cat Wilson I am in gek Washington my pronouns are she her and tonight I'll be playing Malloy Yeet and Armand as well as a few smaller characters and then picking…

  about David Malloy · at 5:00

• And back up here and Vicki when you're ready Interview with the Vampire by an rice based on the novel by Anne Rice April 1992 this is the second draft this is for educational…

  about Anne Rice · at 5:57

• Through the fields of indigo waving here and there to the African slaves at work he passes slave quarters and the distant Colonial raised Cottage Mansion of Point Dak continued…

  about Point de Lac · at 13:56

• Pointedly bisexual oh and I'm just spoilers every vampire in the vampire or in the vampire Chronicles is basically bisexual all of them uhuh that makes sense pretty much I think that fits perfectly bisexual or gay like there's.

  about The Vampire Chronicles · at 2:56:50

Who and what is mentioned in this episode?

People

• David Malloy — Person · Referenced character (framing interviewer); also a cast role · 12 mentions · first at 5:05
  Malloy is the human interviewer in the modern framing scenes (San Francisco) who records Louis's story; the episode begins with his interview setup and establishes the narrative frame.
• Anne Rice — Person · Referenced author (source material and credited screenwriter) · 1 mention · first at 6:03
  The episode is a live table-read of the 1992 second-draft film script credited to Anne Rice and based on her novel; she anchors the discussion as the creator of the story world.

Books & papers

• Interview with the Vampire — Book · Primary recommendation · 3 mentions · first at 0:17
  The main subject of the podcast, being read and discussed in detail.
• The Vampire Chronicles — Book · Referenced work · 1 mention · first at 2:56:55
  The series to which 'Interview with the Vampire' belongs, providing context for the discussion.

Places & events

• Point de Lac — Place · Setting · 2 mentions
  A plantation in the story, significant for the protagonist's backstory.

Full transcript with timestamps

0:06 let me know when we're live we are Live on YouTube all right I see welcome now so I don't get messes to our reading of Interview with the Vampire let me go ahead and get our um recording going on here too and know when we're live we are Live on YouTube did I not close it some double vision here one oh boy I'm hearing it very surreal to close the window too slow closing it so okay now we should be good all right uh Interview with the Vampire by Ann rice we're going to be reading the second draft of the film script so don't be fooled by my background there which I guess is from the television episodes um and so there's some key differences out here from the script uh this draft of the script from the final production of the movie so it should be interesting to see um we'll get some introductions going here in just a sec um before I forget um I do want to mention that this script was written in

1:20 1992 and you will see across a word that is currently considered to be a racial um slur or derogatory um and that word is a quadron which um you'll see it's reference it's a reference for someone who is one quarter Black by descent um we don't use that word very much anymore but and I don't think we'll have to say it during the film but we will see it across the screen so I wanted to you know call your attention to it so that uh we know that we we can't change the way the script is written but we can change what we say and do about it so right I didn't even know that that was a that was a slur um yeah I've hadn't heard it for actually hadn't heard it ever and had I had to look it up it meant but yeah it's from what I read online it said that it's not used anymore because it's ter it's just not not probably was a term back in the and much yeah and it probably was in the in the in the 1700s 1800s

2:27 yeah so we'll see takes place 1823 I think sometime in the 1800s yeah before the americ yeah it's like 18 want to say 1823 1824 I could go check yeah and of course it goes back further in time too and then ahead in time as well so we'll see several different time periods in this film um in the script reading but before without any further Ado we're going to do introduction so if you can let our audience know your name your pronouns where you're at who you're playing um and where they can find you online if they were so interested interested um I'll go and start with Aubrey hi everyone I am Aubrey McCoy uh my pronouns are don't care um and I'm from California and I am playing the titular list so uh yeah that's generally what I'm playing I think I may have some extra descriptions I don't know I didn't get a chance to check the the guest because you know I'm L that what what do we care you can find me at Lucian the

3:28 fair and um on Instagram and on AUB Facebook M around on YouTube you can just look up my name you'll find me all right and you are just a not today except for one of those few couple few lines as the congregation which we'll show up later oh fantastic yes um so we'll see you in church all right um Vicki I won't explode I swear hello I'm Vicky Dykes my pronouns are she her I am in central Alberta and tonight I am going to be Claudia and I will be doing actions and descriptions in the first second and third part and I have a small character Teresa she only has four lines all right um oh and where you can find me I am on um Facebook I Vicky dkes and I'm on Instagram I'm yoga grma 10 cool um on to Jackson hello I am Jackson gray you can find me on most social medias with that name I'm playing Louie today and a ton of little roles um yeah I think oh and I'm in central Alberta and just yeah I think that's

4:52 everything okay and you've also got Gabrielle which is yes gabri when she shows up um and then I am cat Wilson I am in gek Washington my pronouns are she her and tonight I'll be playing Malloy um Yeet and Armand as well as a few smaller characters and then picking up actions and descriptions um when Vicki drops out with then to to do her role as cladia um yep I think that's it so we're going to get our script on on the screen here and start our read we're going to just read the first half of it this evening so we'll stop around page 98 um because it's a really long script and there are lots and lots of actions and descriptions so more than actual dialogue I believe but it' be fun and we get to hear a lot of Vicky tonight so is that a good enough size on the screen for you all looks good that's fantastic that's okay there yeah okay very good SC then and back up here and Vicki when when you're ready Interview with the Vampire

6:03 by an rice based on the novel by Anne Rice April 1992 this is the second draft this is for educational purposes only we fade in to the exterior of debote Street in the hill Skyline San Francisco night interior Bar San Francisco night under continuous roaring rock music we see but do not hear young men and women talking in groups or couples some are dancing as lights flash Punk hairos heavy makeup chatter David Malloy age 25 well-dressed leans close to a uniform police officer holding a mic to the officer's lips as the officer talks the wire from the mic leads to a small recorder on the bar Malloy also wears one earphone plug connected to this quarter which he holds to his left ear we cut to another part of the bar it's a booth Malloy interviews two beautifully dressed women who obviously furt with him as they answer his questions and they Lean Forward talk into the mic Malloy finishes his drink

7:19 puts a recorder in his pocket takes out a cigarette and looks for a door exterior Alleyway Malloy cigarette on lip stumbles in Darkness amid garbage cans and debris fumbling for lighter and then finally lighter flashes Louise is revealed for one instant only an inch from Malloy his hand on malloy's shoulder faces almost touching Malloy stumbles away in shock Louie recedes more slowly into Shadow I'm sorry I I didn't know you were there he struggles to make out the figure but can't smokes nervously I know really I didn't mean to run into you go on pass by Malloy stamps out the cigarette holds up the handmic you don't want to tell me the story of your life do you he flicks on the recorder in his pocket eagerly that's what I do I interview people I collect life stories sometimes I interview four or five people a night he backs away further Louise is perfectly still The Story of My Life yes I've been

8:35 collecting lives for years FM radio kfrc and there I just interviewed a genuine hero a cop who you have to lot I you have to have a lot of tapes for my story I have a very unusual life so much the better I've got pockets full of tapes interior room San Francisco city skyline from duosi Street Hill Louie in shadow moves to the window as behind him Malloy sets a tape recorder on the table and sits in one of the two straight chairs dim light burns on chest of drawers Beyond as they talk Louie keeps his back to the room and Malloy this is where you live it's just a room so how Shall We Begin what do you do I'm a vampire ah and you mean this literally I take it yes I was waiting for you in the alleyway you or whoever comes out of that doorway and then you begin to speak Malloy laughs good naturedly well what a lucky break for me perhaps lucky for both of us still in Shadow he turns from the window and

10:11 approaches the table I want to tell you my story all of it I'd like I'd like to know that very much very much I'm glad we met Malloy is uneasy as he studies the shadowy figure fascinated but afraid you were going to kill me drink my blood yes but you needed uh you need not want worry about that now I told you in the alley to go on I was letting you pass by I'll let a lot I let a lot of Mortals pass by Louise stands opposite hand on the chair Malloy is riveted oh this is one I have to hear you believe this don't you that you're a vampire you really think we can't begin this way I'm going to turn on the light but I thought vampires didn't like light we love it I only wanted to be prepar uh to prepare you Louie pulls the cord of the overhead naked light bulb Louise face appears inhumanly white eyes glittering inhuman or not alive the effect is subtle beautiful and ghastly good God he struggles to suppress fear

11:49 and understand don't be frightened I want this or up opportunity I want this opportunity the light appears to go out by itself and suddenly Lou is in the chair dimly lighted by the nearby lamp and the tape recorder has been turned on the cassette is turning H how did you do that the same way you you do it a series of simple gestures only I move too fast for you to see I'm Flesh and Blood only not human I haven't been I haven't been for 200 years Malloy is speechless frightened yet enthralled Spellbound what can I do to put your e you at ease Shall We Begin like David Crawford I am born I grow up or Shall We Begin when I was born to Darkness as we call it that's really where we should start don't you think you're not lying to me are you no 1791 that was the year when it happened I was 24 younger than you are now yes but times were different then I was a man at that age the monst the master

13:38 of large plantations just south of New Orleans we disolve to exterior Louisiana day 1791 a disbled Louie hair and pigtail in deep pocket frock coat rides his horse through the fields of indigo waving here and there to the African slaves at work he passes slave quarters and the distant Colonial raised Cottage Mansion of Point Dak continued voice over as he speaks he approaches a small Parish church and Grave he Dismounts approaches a rectangular Greek style above ground tomb the stone is like a doorway I had only just lost my wife in child birth she and the infant had been buried less than half a year inscriptions on the high rectangular tomb shows the names Dian dep Point Dak 1763 to 1791 infant Jean Marie 1791 Louie in mix of anger and sadness pushes away the vines already covering the headstone and stares bitterly at the inscription which he touches with his fingers takes a flask from his pocket

15:07 takes a heavy drink he sits exhausted against the grave as if close to his wife and child face tender and sad interior dining room Point Tock night table set with calabra Gorgeous China Louie in soiled shirt and Boots sits at the head of the table staring at a plate full of steaming food Yeet pretty malat pretty mixed slave pours his glass full of wine I had everything a man could ask for yet a Darkness had come that would not left would not left please Mishi eat your s please we pray for you every day Louie doesn't move the vet takes his linen napkin from the ring and tries to put it on his lap he takes her wrist firmly rises from the table I Know M man Madame M I need time exterior Riverfront Street New Orleans of gunwi sidewalks and Loud crowded Riverfront Tavern full of Ruffians Louie in ragged lace and dirty brocade coat walks drunkenly along the sidewalk as he enters the crowded Smoky

16:39 Little Tavern and blunders into a card table a card game flat boat men and one fancy dressed Gambler IE him as a mark he lays his money down on the table and they deal him in perhaps if I had time I would have come to my senses who can say I might have been married again as it was I count I counted death talking uh taking every risk I that I could as the men play cards two Tavern waitresses approach Teresa and Suzanne Suzanne throws her arms around Louie and exchanging glances with the fancy dress gambler puts a powder into a drink of whiskey which she pushes towards Louie eyeing him stealthily Teresa watches all and looks down at Louise hand of cards Handover Tavern scene Indians men of color black African fredman Sailors and wenches lat a hooded figure in the corner smiles from beneath the shadow of his hood gleaming blue eyes close close on theat he approaches the table as Louie lifts a glass of

18:04 drugged whiskey the hooded and cloaked figure of lat knocks it out of his hand bumping into Suzanne and knocking Teresa roughly to one side Louie Rises drunk outraged how D you miss Louie pulls out a pearl handled pistol Teresa clings to him others gasp and give way though eager to see what will happen lat face half covered by the hood but eyes gleaming backs away through the crowd eyes riveted on Louie smiling the crowd closes indifferently Louie is slightly dazed by lat's eyes and then shutters loses interest sits down and picks up his guards exterior Newan Street Cottage night Louie and The Prostitute emerged from the Cottage kissing F fervently don't leave me Miss L fancy dress Gambler appears From Shadows first you call me a cheat then you try to steal my woman The Gambler spins Louie around and goes to hit him Louie locks his punch knocks Gambler into the dirt The Prostitute shouts warning to

19:22 Louise The Gambler draws his pistol go ahead do it I'm already dead finish the task so they can sing the recum Louise shrugs Gambler Rises slowly and wearily holding the gun on Louie The Oaks tomorrow morning at 6 Louie laughs and shakes his head no he turns his back close on Louie's face thoughtful distant and behind him coward Louis stagger down the wood sidewalk The Prostitute comes after him embracing him and he kisses her firmly and gently pushes her away she pleads with him in French my invitation was open to anyone but it was a vampire that accepted I had never considered of such a thing Louie moves on into the darkness among small Colonial friends buildings rain falls he looks up in it and lets it drench him over his shoulder we see lat approach Hood still shadowing his face angle on lat's Blue Eyes lat's hand clamp on Louise shoulder and then Louise stiffens cries out and freezes as

20:50 lat's teeth go into his neck Louise slips from the stats grasp unconscious in the mud and Rain interior room San Francisco Malloy and Louie face each other that's how it happened no that is how vampires drink blood The Dark Gift of trans transformation requires a good deal more as you see besides this vampire wanted something from me he came back back for the it's came back it the following night interior lavish French furnish bedroom at Point laak in New Orleans Louie is Delirious in four poster bed shrouded with misquito nitting female slave levette she W bathes his face with a rag she is crying other slave women hover in Shadows overseer a male stands weeping in the door IET puts out all the candles save by the bed one by the bed my boy my poor y let what will become of you all of you if I die if you won't die Mishi we need you she won't leave us here same scene later Louie alone Candlelight flickers on face of bisque

22:30 virgin and Louie tosses and turns dreaming murmuring incoherently and then he opens his eyes lat exquisitly dressed in French clothing stands beside the bed smiling in the light of the candle we see that he is not human skin too white eyes too bright it is more subtle than earlier electric light shot of Louie the stat looks amiable even mischievous but impossible an angel or a monster Louie Rises grabs for his pistol from the table and clocks it who the hell are you what the hell are you doing in my house and such a beautiful house yours is a beautiful life Lou takes aim and fires the bullet passes through lat's slight raised hand it leaves a bloody wound theat wines studies the wound it begins to heal as we watch Louie reaches for a sword hanging over the end of the bed he struggles to get up you're not afraid of anything are you why the hell should I be I warned you again get out are you going to put the Sal through

23:56 me too ruin my for close Louie Rises up Jabs the Rapier at lat who effortlessly knocks it from his hand it appears across a room on the floor Louise slumps against the headboard staring keenly at lat he is in a rage if some voodoo priest sent you here say so if you if you're the devil I I'm all yours I don't believe in nuto priests or the devil nether do you lat sits on the side of the bed facing Louie but I do believe in eternal life lad holds up his bullet wounded palm and we see the very last healing as it Smooths out and is whole again how was that how is this done I love your courage I even love your grief you're no simple Soul are you my friend Lou is bewildered it feels pain it's becoming Spellbound sound of sea Rising what if I told you I could give you back your old Bion for living and not for those with courage living can be for all time sound of heartbeat drum in time with it

25:33 dark sea an 18th century ship sailing with black rigged sails only two figures on the top deck lat at the wheel and Louie at in his soiled night shirt watching him in this sea are the ruins of buildings temples churches seen dimly in the midst vampires that's what we are creatures of Darkness only we see more clearly in that Darkness than any M has ever seen dead men and women float in the water Louie is amazed dead women and dead infant Float by a giant dead Oak floats by lat holds the wheel steady lat points to the Horizon of white clouds stacked High under the moon the two speak together as we do not hear their words exterior Parish graveyard Louis Louisiana night Lou and lat stand before the tall Crypt of Louise's wife and baby sounds of wind lat leads Louise from the graveyard into a dreamlike swamp land dream sequence thickens as we see hazy fragments suggesting possibility a Louie beautifully dressed

26:57 daning with a woman B Louie and lat together riding horses fast through the night laughter music heartbeat intermingle pan over an audience of Beed and wigged Spectators all clapping and cheering and return to Interior Louise bedroom Louise sits against the bedstead staring intently at lat silence focus on stat Seated on the bed and then you have to ask me for this you have to give your full consent do you hear give it to me vampires we slay our brothers and sisters I want it and thrive on their blood give it to me the startat bends close as if to drink Louise blood Lou does not shrink back but stares into his eyes lat draws back stands up leaves through the French doors and then says tomorrow night I want you to prove yourself I shall give you the choice I never had the sun is coming wash it carefully if you join me tomorrow you'll never see the sun again Louise sets days staring at the empty French

28:30 Windows the sun rises over the swamp lands and the plantation Sun fills the room striking water piture glass mirror interior Riverfront Tavern New Orleans crowds of gamblers and reelers carry on at tables and makeshift bar Suzanne is slipping a poison into a man's drink and then helps him stagger into to the exterior Alleyway and there she robs the man and lets him fall down dead in the mud interior Tavern Louie and lat at a corner table are watching Suzanne as she reenters you mean now with this knife he reveals the dagger inside his coat she has my friend I even meant to dis for you don't you see the she's up to if you can kill her The Dark Gift is yours Louie Rises uncertain crazed pushes through the crowded Tavern approaches Suzanne and seduces her out into the same alley exterior Alleyway Louise stares in horror at the bloody knife in his hand as Suzanne falls back dead onto the ground lad appears over his shoulder

29:57 looking coldly at the dead woman he puts his hand on Louise shoulder what have I done it won't be this way when you are one of us Louie drops a dagger on the ground and moves away fast exterior P Louie on a horse Dismounts and walks towards the steps leading up to the gallery he is crazed with guilt suddenly as he comes into the light from Lantern at foot of steps he sees lat sitting collected at the head of the steps Louie backs up as lat Rises and descends the steps so fluidly he hardly appears to move life from the lantern lenat Louie as you are you are the devil aren't you that's who you are I wish that I were but if I were what would I want with you I can't go through with this you're perfect for it you're bitter and you're strong but why do you want me because you're as strong as I uh you're strong as I was and when I was alive be I like you I like your conscience you remind me of myself Louie takes out his flask and

31:38 drinks fearlessly drunkenly he turns and heads slowly for the nearby swamp exterior Parish Cemetery Graves of Louise wife and baby Louise stops in front of the crypt leans his forehead against the stone and the sad appears beside him radiant beautiful you really want to be with them yes I killed that Tavern girl I deserve to die lat in quiet rage raises his right Fist and shatters into large fragments the rectangular marble face Stone revealing two Coffins on the upper and lower shelf insects swarm from the opening the upper cin slides open cracks open revealing half half rotted body of a woman holding an infant no longer recognizable as individuals a tangle of gruesome rotted flesh hair eaten away lace insects and worms crawling over over it Lou gasps and bends closer taking in the full horror it's not your way and child we is death just as simple think and choose it happens to everyone except us theat

33:17 stares at him smiling becoming a hazy dreamlike vision and then hyper clear he draws closer and closer we hear the flask fall and break on paving stones Louise is again Spellbound sound of heartbeat the stat appears Angelic in his Radiance we shall be this way always young as we are now I'm am so lonely for companion but you must ask do you want it oh no Louise senses are confused he is in TR yes yes lad Embraces Louie obscuring his face heartbeat grows louder drum beat comes out of sync but almost together Louise point of view the moon the clouds the sky and fragments of earlier Visions blurred figures are glimpsed with earlier dream images laughter and music rise and fall under the the unsynchronized slowing beat of the heart and the drum back to scene lat lets Louie fall down beside the broken Crypt lat stands over him once again radiant lat speaks gently the stat lifts his hand to his

34:48 lips and blows Louie a kiss no no give it to me theat lifts his own right wrist to his teeth bang slash his own Flesh Blood FL Falls Louie Rises to receive the first drops into his open mouth theat gathers him up as Louie clamps his hand on lat's arm and sucks from the wrist heartbeat and drum beat are synchronized and grow stronger and pick up speed Louie is released staggers vampire Vision the world around him and the look of the film is transformed the swamp The Cry of the nightbirds the moon the clouds all reflect his heightened Vision he looks down in pity on the rotted woman and infant who appear to glitter to be beautiful rather than repulsive he closes the lid of the coffin astonished at the ease of it and then lifts the entire coffin and returns it to its slot in the Crypt he turns and stares at lat whom he sees now with a vampire's Vision lat's eyes are brighter his buttons are glimmering in the

36:08 light everything is clearer brighter containing more facets of light and color stop staring at my buttons didn't I tell you it was going to be fun but we've work to do lat leads him into the swamp tiny creatures move or sing everywhere leaves move as if growing before Louise's eyes the water makes Myriad overlapping sounds and he can see deep into it to the creatures swimming in the depths Louis stops hand going around his waist if as if he feels a cramp of pain your body is dying pay no attention it will take 20 minutes at most Lou is horrified but the beauty of Moonflowers and banana trees continues to distract him the sky is violet flooded with Luminosity again he feels pain come you're going to feed now I want a woman lat laughs and the laughter Echoes like bells in Louis's ears doesn't matter anymore Lou you see come Louis's dazzled point of view swamp small High Ground Camp of runaway slaves

37:41 several share a bottle of rum around the fire male slaves rise a gorgeous hunk of Flesh in the Fire Light Simply Beautiful razor ruic and he goes into swamp to relieve his bladder they are all beautiful now men the old the young simply because they are alive and back to the scene Louise sees the slave comes nearer Louie pushes past lat theat is surprised but amused and proud and folds his arms to watch Louise sees the tiny crucifix on her chain around the slave's neck stops lat snatches the crucifix crucifix off the man and throws it away urging Louie towards him the slaves point of view two gleaming white beings stand before him with Devil's eyes back to scene as a slave tries to bolt louv Embraces him easily and then his teeth into the powerful neck they are new fangs he has to really bite into the victim but he is ravenous to do it holds tight to the man as he drinks Louise point of view trance

39:06 as he drinks the blood echo of lat's laughter as the Swoon thickens Distant Fire Light gets brighter and brighter interior point to lack night main FL floor parlor and dining room with floorlength Windows dep porches on all sides es building for all its high ceilings is crude Furnishing is lavish Parisian Louie the 16th and lat plays the harps Accord rapidly and exuberantly an improvisation on Bach as Louie skin whiter eyes brighter wanders from room to room dazzled by the candles the light on the furniture the petite Point tapestry of the chairs the drapery and before a mirror he stops amazed to see his reflection in the distance over the music theat laughs that's you my handsome friend and you look that way and the stars fall from Heaven Louie draws closer to the mirror and sees his small now fully developed fangs he runs his tongue over them those will make it easy next time to neatly puncture the

40:29 flesh we are well mannered imort always remember wild music Yeet the slave stands still in alarm on the porch gazing at Louie as he St stares into the mirror slowly Louie turns to her and is stupified by her natural beauty the music gets louder and more frenzied Louie moves out past the dazzled larette along the exterior gallery and stares to ground he moves out onto the grass and looks up at the stars he begins to turn around and suddenly he raises his hands to his lips and Roars it's a long horrified grief stricken Roar it drowns out the music interior basement of point toac a brick walled storage room two coffins stand on the floor lat holding a lantern closes and bolts the door and then turns to see Louie a full-fledged vampire of high gloss sitting on a bench staring at the coffin Lou is stunned lad is apprehensive and protective of Louie he approaches the nearest of the coffins and opens it it is fitted with satin

41:51 inside Louise stares at it in shock then looks away sharply staring ing at the lantern you must get into it the sun can burn you wases but it but is it magical or nearly a shelter is the best shelter that you can have Louie Rises approaches the coffin hands trembling as he peers into it don't be afraid in moments you'll sleep as suddenly as if you've ever slept when you are leaving you dream and when you awake I'll be waiting for you and so will all the we Louie looks for Assurance at lat's beaming face we can see the fear behind lat smile the uncertainty you told me something earlier you said that you didn't have a choice is that true lat Smiles bitterly and nods he points to the coffin clothes on his hand pointing into the coffin some night I'll tell you that story if you like we have a lot of time not to talk to each other Louie gracefully crawls into the coffin fearful yet fascinated

43:23 and is suddenly lying on his back as the lid comes down with a bang total darkness sounds of his own breathing of his gasp of a whispered prayer dear God exterior New Orleans a big lavish drinking place with a raised stage Italian actors and buffoonish costumes act crude Comedia deart on the stage plantation owners in soil brocade lace crooked wigs some pretentious some drunk and some merely young and happy watch the show as Tavern wenches move about close on Teresa entering looking about Teresa's point of view Louie and lat at a small table watched The Comedy lat laughs abous at the antics of the actors who trip or hit each other Punch and Judy style Lou is quietly amused and amazed as much by the wine in his untouched hand glass or the light on his boot but he too watches the stage back to scene Teresa comes offers the men two more drinks even though their wine is untouched sits in lat's

44:45 lap lat Winks at Louie who's enthralled Teresa lifts the fresh glass to lat's lips as he flirts with her come on the share the best is the colony and once you taste this you never go to any other Tavern again oh you think so sh but what if that's not what I want to drink the stat sinks his teeth into her neck as he looks playfully behind her at Louie who is amazed and amused in spite of himself Antics on stage laughter rocks the tavern lat slides the dying G Teresa onto Louise's lap Louise studies her but does not drink gently he puts her in the chair beside him and folds her hands on the table she appears drunk he wants to laugh but is ashamed no one notices lat lays gold coins on the table and touches Louise's knee let's get out of here delighting in their own mischievousness they rush out Exterior Street Lou is suddenly distracted by the moon moving behind the clouds and distant music from a ballroom the

46:09 breeze come let me show you a lovely guy exterior Ballroom it's the house of ill frame beautiful dark skinned people and dance are they're dancing with white men as others or are Orchestra plays men and women dance minuet but even more men and women merely cluster everywhere talking and laughing and flirting and drinking wine the stats by a pretty dark girl neglected have you ever got being caught of course not not he so simple you almost feel sorry for them now watch me this is called the little drink you could take it whenever you wish music Rises and becomes faster as lad Embraces the dark girl startling her with sudden kisses on the neck his eyes closing for one minute and then leaving her days before she even knows she's been bitten well D Embraces a red-haired yellow skined girl turning her in a wild Embrace and giving her the same little bite and then goes to an elderly woman and flirting with her takes the little

47:41 drink from her lat backs up next to Louie lat is dazed there is a faint Sheen of blood on his lips or skill and Str but it's worth it is fun Lou is suddenly drawn to a victim twanette a beautiful girl with cold eyes who has been staring at him all this while very pale very calculating and very luscious Louie is dazed with Hunger moves towards her Embraces Embraces her and leads her into the AL Cove lighted by candles Louie kisses her lips and then sinks his teeth in her throat the Swoon takes him into the realm of light and music only suddenly lat pulls him away twet lies against a chair dead you need a little practice Louise stares at the body but never mind she was a messous little schema the town is thck with the stat leads Louie out into the night but how do you know all the all I tasted was innocence from could you Louise shakes his head you can't hear anything I thinking no I can hear no thoughts from anyone

49:25 let stat considers and then shrugs he throws his arm around Lou shoulder and they walk away together The Dark Gift is different for each of us but one thing is true for everyone we become more powerful as we go along you learn to pick the evil ones yes I see things in the face of men and women oh I'm not zat hand of God mind you not local con or jge it's just easier it's just that evil doers are easier and they this better exterior giant oak tree beside Colonial Mansion the stat leads Louie with preural ease up high into the tree then onto the gallery of the Mansion they peer through glass doors into huge Library you'd hope I'd be better at all this didn't you lat interested in the library inside I didn't know to tell the truth and you're doing very well lat easily PR open the door and enters a man dozes by the fire in a chair theat moves all around him soundlessly and smiles as he takes books Tristram Shady Robinson

50:55 cruso m Landers he tosses a volume of Byron to Louie who catches it easily worrying of the sleeping man who never stirs they leave the man still doses interior Point Louise parlor theat sits paging through his new books wonderful new novels from England remember you can move easily around them without making a sound as they can hear look he never even read any of these books he never cut the bedes the we follows lat out onto the gallery of P Tac they look out over the river but what are the rules what is it we cannot do what are we really theat looks at the river what in so well makes you think does the any ruse for anyone we we're vampires I told you you must find your own way when this Devils wrot as I did Exterior Street Louie and the stat argue as they hurry past Riverfront taverns and lighted Colonial houses but surely you know you must know something about the meaning of all it all you must know where we come from

52:27 why we lat is in Rage comes to a halt what where should ad know these things look he points into the tavern did anybody in there know the answers go to the priest ask him but the vampire who made you what happened what did he tell you there must be a purpose poers Li what buers is that to your life last week or last month or last year let start rushes along impatient hating this discussion I curse God that and then that he took my wife and child from me but I never doubted loses conviction Louie questions himself silently shall I make up story for you no but you must have learned something from one who made you I learned less than you've learned from me I wasn't giving a choice remember he comes to a halt before a little theater sounds of laughter cat calls clapping from inside posters announc a sh Shakespearean play by English actors the stat caught by the the sound moves inside interior small

53:59 wooden building Smoky foot lamps reveal crude McBeth and Lady McBeth arguing with each other crowd tables eats drinks yells for more action actors ignore them close on theat with Louie beside him how did it happen where exterior wooden building the stat angrily shoves Louie back into the night Louie is vulnerable listen my beloved fleshling I said this once and once only I have no secrets to tell you I've never laid as in God or in the devil I pity the devil if I ever to you have received from me all that I have given Lou is wounded but quiet lat goes on more patiently the one who met me was mad that's what often happens to the old ones he lasted a few more hundred years most the most of them and he wanted an air before he B himself in an he left me there to witness it new B there was no one that to guide me as I've guided you Louie tries to accept this bowing to lat's anger lat walks on

55:21 and Louie follows lat talks as we see an English stage McBeth and Lady McBeth engaged in conversation you want to know how happened I was an Octor oh nothing so very great just the BL and but if you'd come from the provinces that I had they seem splinted enough interior Boulevard theater Paris let stat as a human far less lustrous plays Leo in the Comedia he bows and introduces himself to the audience we cannot make out his words only that he is making them laugh he pretends to be joking on the smoke from the foot lamps and then goes back into character more laughter you might say he picked me for my yellow hair or perhaps my country guy my country youth I had been a good h and we must be good Hunters we vampires we must be like we must like the hunt we could survive close on lat transfixed on the stage his point of view Magnus an old male vampire heavily cloaked with a face almost like a skull peering from

56:47 the audience at theat so it's passed on one to another Century after century and he left you no secrets except that fire can destroy you and so can the sun yes that's what he gave me the coffin such as you'll never see in this D Wilderness and the to yes un close you left me such fine clo we are the secret L maybe this is all a secret maybe G himself has forgotten all that we are here interior Pak dining room another night Louis the 16th chairs table sideboard crystal glasses gleam on sideboard Louis sits at the table watching lat as lat Paces what if we are wounded a steak driven through the heart a bullet thear is vaguely amused will you saw this PO yourself and you that pistol at me may take time but we only the destruction of our bodies brings us to the Finish C is G that rubbish has no power of us naturally we cannot to miss the impastor Kos we are not magical creatures not really really lucky little devil so

58:32 to speak preal good word come with me it's been weeks since we've hunted together let's go how long can I go without feeding one night two night you'll have to find that out for yourself never let yourself become so weak that you can't feed that's an endless living death in itself the way ponderers are you trying to tell me you don't like it are you trying to say that every time the blood touches your tongue you don't feel that pleasure you know I don't but I didn't see things clearly before I didn't see them for what they are and now you know that life is and you have eternity to enjoy it I have eternity to destroy it l there's nothing beyond your reach now sub gving for yourself and for your victims Lou does not respond look you need a little refreshment here let me show you another little trick your trouble is you don't experim enough on your own he picks up one of the crystal glasses

1:00:00 holds it to the light of the calabra and then sets it before Louie he turns one eyebrow raised listening and then he darts too fast for us to see through the French door curtains closing behind him Louie gasps as lad appears before the table holding a longtailed gray rat the rat appears paralyzed as theat tears open its throat with his own teeth and lets the rat's blood gush into the crystal glass theat begins a low helpless laugh absently he lays the rat to the side of the lace tablecloth Louie is impressed in spite of himself Smiles shakes his head St hands the glass to Louie Louie drinks the blood and stares at it in surprise I know it gets cold so fast we can live from this the blood of animals let's start shrugs I wouldn't call it living I may call it surviving and you may have to do now and then you'd better know this trick if you ever find yourself from unless you mean to slay all the

1:01:21 passengers and the cre Louie down all the blood in the glass his eyes are suddenly bloodshot he wipes his mouth he stares at the body of the rat rat is soft and beautiful to behold very delicate little hands and feet lovely eyes it doesn't disgust you does it dis he Strokes the belly of the dead rat studying it smiling there's nothing in the world now that doesn't hold sound fation we and Restless I don't want to spend another evening here there an opera new tonight a true friend but we can live on animals we can live without taking human lives we I suppose we can but how long you think you can resist Mortals give it a try I can't take blood from Mortals without killing you know that suck but don't you see it's a death you want surely as the blood it's a life that flows with it when you drink my God I know I do see I know I know I won't St here engaging in this s Mark ble you have all of them out

1:02:53 waiting for you take the evil doers if you must m there are not enough hundreds in this IMM miserable little place and what a par they make for Lou dancing and drinking the wasn't it that way in Paris why did you come here the stat laughs beguilingly as he rises ire a vampire St for many yeah oh and KN is a bad FS he becomes frustrated at Louie snatches his cloak and tricorn hat from the chair and turns to go Louise says nothing lat stubborn and conflicted leaves sound of lat singing an ARA in Italian as he leaves and then the sound of the horse riding away Yeet the slave woman enters and she Lou you don't want any supper Louise stares at the glass with its thin residue of blood he laughs soundlessly no M I need something new uh I need some nothing now it's all is all well at Point Del lack tonight Yeet draws closer light reveals her beauty we worry about you master when do you ride the fields how long has

1:04:28 it been since you've been to the slave quarters have you seen the new baby born to Charlotte why do you let the overseer whip so many so often always before you looked after us Lou listens but in spite of himself he is getting hungry Yeet looks more and more succulent throat long and slender skin gorgeous leave me alone now he let go out I will not go until you listen to me send away this new friend of yours this these slaves are frightened of him they are frightened of you Louise's point of view she approaches the table skin gleaming but her voice is no longer audible only her Beating Heart as she places her hands on the table to lean forward she sees the dead rat lying on the table cloth back to scene Louise hunger Crest IET staring at the rat and then at Louie starts to scream he upsets the wine glass as he rises and clamps his hand over her mouth the glass rolls to the floor and breaks

1:05:44 in horror he realizes he has accidentally broken her neck he stares at her dead eyes and is grief stricken for one moment he is tempted to drink her blood and then horrified by the incestuous and monstrous idea he cradles her as he would a precious friend overcome with grief you let my poor faithful you let exterior swamp night Louie watches the body of Yvette sink deep into the muck he is utterly dejected he hears sounds turns sees slaves at a distance spying on him he WS walks back to exterior slave quarters a row of brightly lighted little pitch roof Bungalows not turning his head he walks past the slaves in the darkness of the porches as all greet Him Softly with a bons Mishi he makes no answer he stands looking at Mansion of point deak the rich house with all calabra and chandeliers lighted all the windows open he stands wrapped by the vision behind him slaves gather uneasy Whispering suddenly galvanized Louie

1:07:05 rushes up the stairs snatches up the calabra and sets fire to the drapes he goes from window to window doing it slave's point of view Master setting fire to the house back to scene they Rush up the stairs with shouts of stop him he's mad interior bedroom Louise stands surrounded by Flames ready to be consumed the night is full of shouts and screams and the plantation Bell clinging glass breaks L turns to see lat stepping through the broken window Louise Squints as he looks behind at the paling Sky you fool what have you done it's almost Sunrise you promised me that the Sun or the fire could kill me now leave me save yourself lat pulls Louie left arm around his shoulder as if hefting a drunken companion carrying Louie he rushes out on the porch and leaps over the railing to the ground he climbs on his horse lifting Louie before him Louie covers his eyes as the beis light of morning fills the sky slumps forward over the

1:08:26 horse's neck slaves Rush towards them but lat drives them back effortly with several swipes of his riding crop and rides out the on the road and out the gates the sky is violet with the coming Dawn exterior large graveyard with many large CPS louine now unable to uncover his face being carried o carried over lat's shoulder Louise's point of view passing Crips light coming in Orange flashes sound of rusted hinges and then Darkness interior Crypt Lou is flung down on the floor of a large crypt the stat fits the iron door back into place and secures it the gleaming burning light is gone where are we what do you think Lou we're in a nice Fe with some th does it make you happy is this and Lou laughs softly we belong in hell and what if there is no hell what if they don't want to there ever think about that the lies down in the shadows beside him never mind don't answer sometimes this is close enough to

1:09:49 well as it is interior in New Orleans lavish little supper chamber with Cofer bed fancy French furniture open window to rooftops of colonial City Louie is in fresh clothes and sits calmly in a chair the stop before the mirror fusses with his lace collar why did you bother to save me you could make another someone better than me you're too strong that's your trouble you feel too deeply you see too much you spoke of old ones you said in time they went mad is that what will happen to you and to me the Alle of those who live for Millennia why can't we live for an eternity we have a chance the stat pauses perplexed plunged in to thought I'm leaving you I'm disappointed you with that and there's no reason for me to remain you have no reason you have no need of me you never did and where are you going you think you'll find others in the new world or you attempt to the voage to eat Europe suppose the ship sink L and you

1:11:40 and your cofan are PL the bottom of the sea you die you know your life are struggling forever and you'll have forever to realize all your questions were in vain Lou r es moves to the door I'm sorry I failed you I told you I wanted it and I was wrong I'm going where how I don't know the answers I'll live from the blood of animals and I swear it I shall never take another life human life again and I'll search for what I can't say lat shakes his head trying to suppress his dismissal of this he is losing Louie and afraid there's nothing more you can teach me you said it yourself and you think that others so could did you these things that you Fain them you don't understand about the others the Predators jealous of the territory there you coming you'll be a mark and all of us lost lone wolves now that is the truth and all we have is a companionship we can give each other that's all anyone has Louis go out walk the city streets

1:13:21 PE through the windows at the couples in the beds theat takes Louie by the shoulders and tries to get him to listen he hovers like an angel whispering in Louise's ear he part of nature to medit to seek to see through to understand Louie tries to remain Resolute does not reply your cre of the earth my friend and yes a thousand other species we kill so we may live this world is aish goon we're not different from other beasts or of prey Lou looks at theat sincerely ad do theat I'm sorry in the old world z z gift L and I gave it to you I know forgive me it was all an error a traffic a tragic error from the start Exterior Street New Orleans night deserted narrow muddy streets of small pitched roof Bungalow Cottages Louie walks alone seeing things in a days he sees a white X marked on an empty house a man with a lantern lifts it as he passes don't go that way M it's the plague mure go back the way you came Lou Smiles at

1:15:02 those words repeating Them Softly the way I came he walks on more houses marked with xes moans and crying come from the houses sometimes only the sound of someone gasping for breath a black cat darts past Louie crazed with Hunger he stares at it watch es it speed away he trembles he walks on a child's crying becomes louder and louder gradually he realizes it's a child of perhaps six crying in exhaustion and fear it is coming from a dark house Louie pauses before the house the child is sobbing mama please wake up mama I'm frightened please Louisa's point of view Claudia in a ragged little gown tugs at the dead body of her mother crying softly and wearily close on the dead mother her eyes are being eaten Away by ants back to scene Louie gasps in horror Claudia turns she is a radiant doll or Angel as she she stretches out her hands to Louie oh miss please help me help us we have to get to to the ship my papa's

1:16:26 waiting for us oh please missure help me awake mama please Louise stares past her at the dead mother instinctively he gathers the child to him protectively looking back at the spectacle of the mother's face swarming with ants Claudia chokes and sobs against his shoulder he turns her face upward looking at her stricken with with pity and then the hunger glazes his eyes her crying becomes louder yet ever more distant and we see only her beauty her cheek her throat Louie closes his eyes hand touching her throat and slowly he bends to kiss it and then we see his Fangs for one instant as he eases them into the flesh the crying dies away as Louie goes into the swo gradually another sound replaces it lat's laughter growing louder and louder and more dist suddenly Louie breaks away caught red-handed the child in his arms he sees the startat laughing in the doorway pointing at him slapping his knee and

1:17:51 laughing again ah never take a human life again well really you must admited to that a b fun Lou stares down at the unconscious Claudia in horror and then lets her slip gently into a chair shamefully he wipes at his mouth he sees a streak of Blood on the back of his hand and the tiny wounds on her throat lat rushes past him he snatches up the dead mother from the bed and begins to dance with her in great circles huming and talking her head falls back black water flows from her mouth well let's make a party of it shall we the child still Al look at you've left some life in us some blood too Louie flees into the street lat runs behind him a man with carts of corpses pass by peering into each house come back come back only a vampire na Louie runs theat follows taunting him Lou do you want me to go back for her Louise scales the wall and runs from rooftop to Rooftop lat following him easily dancing alongside of him oh come

1:19:21 on it's not very shameful she'd have died with the BL if you taken her merciful death how do you love your precious guilt Louie turns on theat and attacks him with all his strength they fight Louie again and again assaulting bravely lat easily blocking the blows finally lat's hand Rises Blackness interior Inn window open to the Setting Sun Night comes over the C City a maid enters puts a lighted Candle on the table full Darkness outside we cut to lat and Louie seated by the candle lad is talking what can I tell you how can I make you understand talk to me where did you come from how did it happen with you exterior lat's Castle in overin France 18 Century snowstorm we were country laws proud B the old who never went to B to and fo among upon the king if I didn't hunt we stabbed in our ancestral CLE interior Great Hall three Tradesmen from the village stand with platters of hot food before

1:20:55 theud a crudely dressed Robin Hood style Lord dappled with snow walks in with two slain wild rabbits over his shoulder stops sees the laden table and acknowledges the Tradesman with a bow unless feel it f Bringers Gifts of rust Peak and wine as if they were tribut to not dity to Keep Us Alive close on Gabriel at nearly hearth in much mended and Faded finery pale obviously ill lad approaches her lays down the game and then kisses are on the mouth lat and Gabrielle gesture for the Tradesmen to place the food on the table and we see lat's father blind dignified seated at the table making a grandiose gesture of acceptance as the villagers back away two brothers also watched stiffly and uncomfortably giving the villagers nods of thanks lat leaves with the villagers talking together escorting them to the doors and they talk and when a ofs began terrifying the villagers it was I who had to hunt and

1:22:12 kill them I was the only one left who could sit a horse the only Lord ancestral close on blind father grow opening for a cup of wine the two brothers begin to dine as well exterior snow covered Valley lat in crude garments with crude weapons flail all broadsword musket in its belt flint lock rifle rides his mare through the deep snow behind him plot two giant mastiffs with spiked cers come out Brother Wolf I'm waiting I'm waiting for you all whistles as he rides on enjoying wind and blue sky two wolves appear rushing from the dark woods towards him the stat is Galvanized takes aim with flint lock rifle and brings one down as the other charges and kills one dog the stat has no time to reload he aims a musket wounds a wolf but the dog is dead and then to his horror three more wolves suddenly come running from far ahead it was an ambush they are such clever animals and I should have known I'd hunted them before lat fights at the

1:23:40 wolves with his sword killing a third as the other one attacks and kills his other dog the wounded wolf and the last of the five come back charging him striking his horse wounding the horses hind quarters so that it falls lat slips out of the saddle he grabs the flail from his belt he strikes the wounded wolf and kills it and the last wolf very canny merely watches him the stat looks at the nearby Forest it's too far the ranches are too high nevertheless he backs towards it staring down the wolf who begins to Pace theat turns and starts to run the wolf chases lat pivots and Rams a sword right through the wolf's throat in exhaustion he collapses arm over the warm body of the wolf staring back at his horse emitting terrible winnies as it tries to stand up but cannot how did I slain an entire park another man might have lost his life son it seems the greatest Victory but afterward it came to mean so much more the stat

1:24:58 reloads his musket and executes his horse bitter heartbroken interior Great Hall with table and fire lat and Gabrielle greet three villagers villagers present leat with beautiful red velvet cloak lined with wolf fur from the Wolves my Lord lo you slew with your own hand m one thank you all lat turns sees four villagers filling the table with meat and drink as villagers leave the stat slumps into a huge medieval style Chair by the fire Gabrielle comes to him he rises but she bids him to stay seated and she sits on the broad arm of the chair he is alarmed at her pale appearance he goes to kiss her she pushes him away oh listen to me you my youngest and dearest listen well I know why you don't leave here I do never leave you mother don't talk of such a thing she takes gold from her pockets theat is shocked at the sight of so many real gold coins this is all I have left of my family's money you you're to take it do you hear

1:26:35 me you to go to Palace and make your fortune he tries to protest let start I'm dying I can't live through another winter now you must must do this for me go to Palace so that I know you're happy and away from here as my eyes close can this is

1:27:16 no again let start tries to protest and Gabriel looks almost cruel give me that this gift my son for my sake leave tonight I could barely hear her to leave me to leave her I could be I could hardly bear to leave her but I couldn't deny her either Gabrielle kisses him slightly in Intimate for mother and son but very full of love return to in lat talking to Louie who is wrapped it was the boulevard theaters I went to I love them no desant Lord would ever acted would have ever acted upon a stage but what did that matter to me thanks to my mother I was free interior reena's theater the start in the Red Cloak with its wolf lining corts before the audience as the younger lover in the play he Winks as he chases the beautiful heroine a buffoonish old man with a fake nose suddenly blusters between them grabbing the heroin who takes one look at him and fleases into lat's arms Roars of laughter from the audience close on

1:28:38 lat's face as he sees in the audience third row Magnus a skull-like Visage with dark gleaming eyes watching him from beneath a dark hood of black velvet the star in a trance senses danger sounds of audience grow faint close on Magnus wolf killer sounds of theater grow fainter Magnus Smiles lot breaks into a sweat he couldn't read mine you could as you could oh we oh yes he could interior atct room Paris night lat and two actresses and actors sleep on pallets on the floor snow falls outside lat wakes shivering hearing wolf killer the window shatters lad is dragged by a hooded figure out of the bed out of the window and up into the swirling snow he fights like mad even biting at the white hand that holds him we hear magnus's laughter the howling storm interior Tower room funeral P lat newly made a vampire with blood on his lips watches in Terror as Magnus leaping about like a spider monkey sets fire to

1:30:12 the p and then ascends he told you nothing only where I'm at fan and how I must find it and that he let me in the tower and all of his wealth he thought you were strong theat wanders through the dungeon of the tower comes to a cell where he sees something which horrifies him and they were strong they had fought him with every step of it and that must have been why he let me leave because there had been others lots of others whom we have chosen and then allowed to Die the stat grabs the bars of the cell staring at what's inside clo on great heaps of bodies of young blond-haired men some long dead some recently Dead all resemble theat all have his height coloring even similar garments and the most recent corpse swarming with flies has blue eyes lat backs up doubled over with nausea and vomits a stream of blood onto the stones stunned he stares at the blood and instinctively arches his back

1:31:28 and reaches down and Laps it back with his tongue realizing what he is doing he rises slamming back into the bars against the corpses and then he lets out a roar it is like the roar we have already heard from the in the swamp it echoes throughout the dungeon and the tower exterior Boulevard's Paris lat a vampire beautifully dressed in brocade and Lace walks through the crowds of jugglers vendors ladies of the street city strollers and stops at renault's theater he watches from a distance as the crowds go in of course I learned that to want instinctively that was nothing that's forist I was as confused as you ever were I didn't dare to to my Mot compb onions to Gabriel my mother I sent like letters describing my da potion and all the money she could possibly desire I thought I'd never let Eyes Upon her again the stat turns away from the theater and goes through the crowd around me I could hear the

1:32:44 thoughts of M voice I've always been able to heal on it's like a quest of The Whispers in the midst of that course I was alone until one night I heard the voice of a different soul a monster like myself exterior plast to grave the start stops listening wary a shadowy shape rushes away from the facade of nraam soon them often they were following me I could feel their hatred and when I to them s ragged be little goblins where they up the D of the Grave exterior doors of nraam Paris the rushes towards them as a little band of raged vampires in rags hurries silently after him he sees them up on the roofs he rushes into the church and he peers back out at them with curiosity and contempt three little vampires hang out in the shadow trying to keep an eye on him a man passes before the cathedral with a lantern and the three vampires run cowering from the light it was very easy to allude them all I had to do is seek shelter a church

1:34:11 they were afraid to go into them they ran from crosses they ran from the light return to the Inn in New Orleans Louie listens wrapped as lat talks walking back and forth I soon realized that they lived in the CER of it is longone that place but in those days it was the heart of B exterior innocence Cemetery gigantic Place full of many Crypts three vampires Dart through the darkness and disappear through a cryp doori they believe the GR them would bur them they believed it do you understand yes I I can understand it return to the in in New Orleans lat talking to Lou was that and I the often was breaking all their rules because I didn't know there were any rules at all interior Ballroom T Paris the startat in dim light aners with a mortal woman what was it say let accuse me of he walking in the places of l h didn't St the devil po as they saw it I d a f drag me down the head for my SCS and of course there was another

1:35:46 thinging I met the companion soon after and broken more of their rules when I done exterior ale St Louie lat on horseback rides over Bridge behind nraam and stops before a mansion anxious looking up at a lighted window a companion where is this being now return to Inn lat smiling sadly at Louie Louie studies him curious yet patient return to a St Louis theat Dismounts enters interior mansion He rushes past attendance up the stairs as I told you my mother was dying when I left her that journey to P was the hardest thing I'd ever done yet with the weth I showed upon the we Magnus had given me she accomplish the one thing I never expected she made the journey to Barry to see your s for one last time the stat stops before a bedroom door a nurse emerges gesturing for him to be quiet mam is very ill yet she is dressed and waiting to see you all day we've waited for you don't you think death Waits on every spoiled young Lord theat

1:37:27 is anguished slowly he goes into the room he stands in the shadows in the light of a candle we see Gabrielle his mother pale and very sick obviously yet beautifully dressed and seated in a gilded armchair by the big heavily draped bed she is almost too weak to rise l oh my dear come into the light where I can see you lat remains in the shadows I was a me I might tle you now so were we all my darling before your good fortune it is your fine it it is you I can come to see not your fine clothes without the put the candle mother she pinches out the candle only light comes through the high window please come to me let me take your you into my arms the startat draws nearer trans like how could I tell her how could I explain I wasn't a son anymore what is this this is what I'd become you know what you see with your Vampire eyes imagine the sight of her to me with my new vision she was dying she

1:39:06 could not have lived another week perhaps not another night and I thought I could hear them she was afraid of ding that's why she come to me she thought it would be easier with me there lad in anguish draws nearer Gabrielle struggles to her feet eyes full of tears and reaches out as she touches him she realizes he's not human anymore she falls back losing her balance grabbing for the bad post the stat stares at her sadly countless Mor I've deceived in the buls and the Cs and the boulevards and the cafes but I could not deceive her she knew the moment she touched my skin what could I do but explain to her silently making her season in the images that I hav't doen it that it had been done to me against my will Cascade of images Magnus the towers Jewels lat drinking blood from a mortal in an Alleyway back to scene Gabrielle moves translate towards lat though his lips don't move we hear his

1:40:26 whisper I had nothing from you not my ignorance nor my fear not simple D that if I dry I might fall I do not even know if it is mine to give more than once or what is the price of giving it but I'll risk this for you and we will Discover it together take me bring me with you don't Gabrielle opens her arms just as she is about to fall from weakness lat and folds her in his own arms lovingly sinks his teeth into her throat and enters a swoon they Embrace tightly as she weakens he wakes her and slashing his own throat with his fingernails puts her lips to it and she begins to suck his blood again he closes his lips on her wound they make a pyc each drawing blood from the other sound of heartbeat sound of drum Gabrielle steps back wiping the blood from her lips transformed exterior rooftops Gabrielle and lad hurry over the rooftops together they drop down on the top of the passing coach laughing holding tight to each

1:41:44 other exterior Hotel particular Paris night Gabrielle is dressed as a man now now standing over a corpse from which she took the clothes she ties her hair in a long pigtail with the Dead Man's ribbon and taking lat by the arm they walk off together now don't look so hard broken there's no reason for me to wear skirts anym longer theat reaches for her long hair just don't cut your hair m do that for me don't cut your hair Gabriel now L that let go of that word mother Let It Go with the Mortal coil and if the hair means so much to you very well Gabrielle kisses him they walk off together arm and arm back to the in in New Orleans lat he smiles sadly at the amazed Louie me my mother I shut the if you I would you have let her die I don't know but she was the strong companion you needed that's much is playing oh you think so but how's this anger The Raven C the Ragged coven beneath L inance I'd been i' had broken the rule

1:43:35 of all rules being a bastard was one thing making another of one's own mother what you think I TR on the second interior lay in a sun the regular Covenant of 12 vampires surround lat and Gabrielle Gabrielle is in her male Garb with her hair and a braid and the vampires hold torches with which they taunt the pair Gabrielle clings to the stop but she is as grimly angry as he is Armand a boy with an angel's face and Auburn curling hair appears he points a denouncing finger at lat what devil do you serve where is he who says that you cannot go to the C not time if you want to that you must leave him feet among old bones Blaser we are the devil's children your backa suddenly he remembers something he drags a jeweled rosary out of his pockets the vampires gasp and back away look he takes it from one of his victims he stolen 100 of that CR crosses has no power she snatches the rosary from lat and dangles across in the light of the

1:45:03 Torches these are but a Superstition you are a DED as Mortals Mor DED who is who in Paris above you believes in God as you believe close on Armand's stricken face as the argument continues Armand is being mentally and spiritually destroyed don't you see I was the first among them to discover that these orases didn't matter punch of monks and nuns that's what they were Satan's menance and that was no nonsense but had they all believed it everyone no the with the dark what deceptive was that innocent face he had been Ted and he believed in it which was far worse than believing it that that's why he always uttered the destruction of any heral r s theen I'm on steps forward obviously issuing judgment Gabrielle draws close to L do as the Torches ring them lot in desperation looks at elenie a ragged half- naked vampire woman who comes at him with a torch and you what has the done for you what you should serve him so

1:46:50 devoutly ah but you look so pretty if only You' let me fit you on that proper address alenny is startled lowers the torch others cry burn them lat turns to a tall boy of 20 or so L and you how many years have you endured the smell of death in your nostrils when you like to walk with me for an hour along theou perhap sit for a while among morals in a warm Cafe the start turns this way and that the vampires are losing their nerve they turn to Armand W some of you are cold you need never be cold why have you no heart here Arman does nothing he appears brokenhearted sad as we close on him he turns his back slowly on the proceedings elenie throws aside the torch you can't take me into the cathedral me once your bath and properly atred I could take you to F Whispers murmurs from the confused vampires come with me all of you will'll show you the light of the night has no power by day we must sleep in the dark

1:48:18 of course but once the sun sets we we are free to hunt and do as we please the vampires degenerate into loud coring suddenly lat seizes a torch from laurant and Gabrielle snatches up the torch that elenia has let drop to the dirt floor lat and Gabrielle flee brandishing the Torches they rush out interior winding stairs strewn with skulls and bones with bodies in niches along the walls until they reach the cemetery a huge Crypt out of which they run throwing aside the Torches jumping to the top of the wall and dashing away we returned to the interior of the Inn in New Orleans the stat he looks dejected they was destroyed among the Devil with the Angel's face he destroyed most of them because they could not survive without him and he could no longer lead interior Library Paris cloth on Armand dressed now as a French gentleman standing in a lavish library in Paris he is addressing the stat who stands by the

1:49:45 fireplace equally well well dressed you were our ruin you drove us up out of Eden with your burning sword you am b toy what do you want with me all I did was tell you the truth and what was that that there is no truth to be known our beliefs were our strength our survival they were our Citadel Against Time ni lies can't be the strength of anyone we are moners so if we cannot face the truth we are lost stop speaking of the truth as though it were something it is nothing oh no you're wrong the truth is in the flesh and the beauty that we see in the blood we drink it is a mystery of the rainfall and the Cloudy Sky the flat of a lone bird of the sea he pauses entranced for a moment with the beauty of AR himself he reaches out touches Armand's cheek how many SES lie behind this Ran's face he pulls her on to the window and points down into the crowded Paris Street a mob surging by do you hear them

1:51:12 they're screaming for the death of King Louie and his Queen maranet what do I care what they want the old fell has fallen for them is fallen for you as well make a new altar as they must make it ah but you know so little fledgling with your jewels and your velvet and your shining sword you think it will be easy to see everything you love disintegrate and crumble away uh the blood the wand the love that is what will keep me a Gabriel your companion she gives you what you require that is why you say all of these things but will she remain with you always you cannot read her thoughts can you though you can read mine lot looks afraid but before you took her in that lovely bedroom on the aisle the Louie is that not so you could know her soul as I know yours now lat refuses to answer Armon but we hear he was right Gabrielle's mind has been close to me from the moment my blood had Fe her veins as close as your mind is to me

1:52:33 now it's always so with Master fling you can hear other children of Darkness you can commune with Mortals but we master and fleshling are divided we must speak to and reach out for each other and with no vows to binder she will Tire of you your mother she tires of you already she has never needed anyone your mother she is harder than you stop oh you'll make others you'll seek for better more genial companions but it will always be the same they'll turn on you they'll leave you they may even hate you for making them our service do say and has held us together you have nothing and you will go into the fire some night as the old ones of always done never Echo never never never our mom looked sadly after L and then sadly at all the books on the shelves he stands back and with the power of his mind makes the books suddenly fall in heaps all over they Cas Cascade to the floor from all the surrounding walls lad is afraid of this

1:53:56 show of telepathic power but angry that he is afraid Aman smiled sadly impatience all these little skills come if you last long enough get out of here get away from me with your dark prophecies and your maledictions to keep those fools and slavery as you did it was unspeakable our mom gives one last W smile a vision of beauty he seems to vanish lat searches the empty space anxiously Gabrielle becomes visible in fancy male dress hair braided down her back she's merely watching she and lad exchange glances you dream being free of me already you have no need of me since you our enemies are destroyed Gabrielle opens her arms to him to my love to to love and to need all those different things all what it all what does it matter if some night we decide toart for a little while backs up smiling with deliberate reassurance it's too show now to speak of it it's too soon now to speak of it anyways let's get out of here into the

1:55:36 cloud they walked down the corer together let me discover the most recent discoveries let me tell of my most recent discoveries last night I abandoned in the coffin and I slept in the Earth itself but I dug a deep beneath the ground and I and when I when the sun set I Rose as a swimmer a swimmer rising to the surface of the sea the start is fascinated so as the goofin has no magic power it build darkness which weire we should leave P I'm tired of it already tired of all these mortals I long for exotic places which I've never seen they go out into the Paris streets we dissolve to the interior of the Inn in New Orleans the stat sits at the table table staring away from Louie silence then I could have told you's Li that we were children of Darkness that we travel the devil's Road Satan is all master I could have used a pinch of stolen in incense when I made you Mumble jumo instead I made up a

1:57:19 little test for you that you killed that up and made and then I told him I told you what I've seen for myself lat look searchingly at Louie but Gabrielle why is it she where is she certainly she didn't leave you not in hatred and coldness as a mod Louise shakes his head disapproving solve to the exterior snow covered mountains side forest theat and Gabrielle dressed in fur garments walk arm and arm and then they stop and part and Gabrielle moves on alone where she tonight I cannot imagine what what nation she she was always the lone one that was the argument we never hated each other we love each other even now it's only that she s with us the for on mountains and I could scarcely bu it I need the city the light the motors around me the things which men and women have be interior in New Orleans and a companion at least one of the Our Kind lat nods admitting it defiantly yes not to be the only one

1:59:05 among all the others not to know love and when she left you you came to the new world lat reflect decides not to answer directly well a man's power was incalculable there too many other left in by I love them really and you would too why do you what do they do now what do we do one do the saage garden and little families same thing mot do really so well enough to drive motos and if they s think about it you want to know yes on that I will agree with you and besides they said it couldn't be done that no vampire has ever cross the great SE and so I did as soon as I could book bage for myself a great the start laughs Louis Smiles sadly I could hey how could I pass up a challenge such as that exactly and that is when I learn to live off rats and canas never forget the little drink it tortures me but uh but I like being te well for a little while and the ship did not sink of course the St shrugs what the it I can swim better

2:00:56 than a shark would you like to swim so Some Nights the two of us together I've done it I ra it to the F Bank Louis shakes his head no you you made one error in judgment however oh what was that when you found yourself alone again the only one you were a little more desperate than before I pick you carefully and deliberately me and I've always found it boring to be alone yes that I understand as well have BS with your weak wies allarm Bowers and GRE with age when the old ones give up their blood which they can when they choose they give you your greater strength have you ever drank the blood of old ones have you did you did Arman don't let's don't let talk of them now to give it gives me a motal headache to think of a besides reading M it's not such a blessing as you might think I don't like knowing when as a vampires despise me oh M find me ugly or don't even notice me at all as if that ever happened to

2:02:46 you lat fre at the compliment and shrugs suddenly he stands up come not only do I hear the mots about me I breede the scent a hunger for them we hunt together I won't let you hit me so soon I won't let aand be proved right do you hear me I want him to be wrong for your sake but I can't bear this last L's stand lant I and you know it now choose another and let me go theat Smiles seductively you hav exterior dark street with lights and noise of the city in the background lat and Louie walk arm and arm party goers pass him a coach rushes by and is terrible for you you feel it like not a creature because you are a vampire you don't want it to go on no do what it is in your nature to do and you will feel as if you felt with her in your arms you little child wed to her a waitless as if in a dance that animal theat looks about gets his bearing is seized by an idea he takes Louis's hand he leads Louis as if

2:04:30 searching for some specific Place evil is a point of view am knew it you know it Gabrielle my mother my beloved mother never forgot it and what we have before us are rich feasts that conscience can never appreciate and M can never no without regret Louie almost Wines in pain at the accuracy of it the startat quickens the pace as they come to lighted buildings the stat speaks while searching each with his gaze God KS and so shall we for no creatures on the God as we are n so like him as ourselves yes merciless and G greedy and cruel that I do believe Louie looks at the stars he is soed by the breeze ah but we have even more in common with our creator come I am like a Masa tonight I want a child Louise baffled he follows as lat enters long Colonial hospice or shelter with rows of wooden beds children moan and cry beneath the covers one nurse and one doctor attend each with candle in hand lat peers into the

2:06:01 darkness into the Shadows she's there your wounded one what are you saying what is this place there's a foundling Starving Children intrigued and seduced he watches as lat moves fast down the ward and points to Claudia pale and unconscious on the bed Louie recognizes her the doctor approaches lat the doctor wraps the sleeping child up in her little white blanket as lat takes money from his pockets and flings it on the bed many gold coins theat what are you doing the stat is murmuring politely to the Doctor Who was bowing lat turns and hurries silently past Louie with Claudia sleep in his shoulder Louie hurries after him into the night what that exterior dark Street uh we see only dim figures and the white blanket as if it were flying through the dark like magic in interior in supper bedroom as before Candle on the table lat lays Claudia gently on the coverlet of the bed Louie draws near

2:07:34 looking down at her stricken by her beauty and her fragility you haven't fed yet allight and last night you took so little no don't demand this of me don't make me do this come on it's too like your Old Paris coven no no rituals between us but he cannot take his eyes off Claudia who tosses in half sleep see us plump and switch still even just can't take her freshness the will to live in her was so strong death might make a sculpture of her tiny lips and rounded hands but he cannot make her F cloes on Louie becoming desperate with hunger and anguish lat Whispers in his ear compassionately you of I don't want to kill her but he is overcome with the memory of the Ecstasy his point of view close on Claudia Claudia lifted towards him slipped into his arms poor shy not no chance no chance at all back to scene Louie closes his eyes as he caresses her holding her cheek against his own and kissing her forehead

2:09:07 very fraternal and then he opens his eyes and looks at her neck and sees the traces of the wound of last night and he becomes a ravenous vampire and slowly gently sinks his tee once more careful not to hurt

2:09:32 her just a little it's just a little thr Louie moans as he sinks into the Swoon heartbeat drums the echo of claudus crying from the night before his hand cradles her head tenderly he is like a father kissing a child so strong is he the heartbeat and drummer getting slower and slower suddenly Louie opens his eyes in shock as lat snatches snatches the child from him for the love of God let me finish lat shakes her talks to her staring at her enthralled Gia Gia listen to me that's your name isn't it sh Gia you're ill my precious and I'm going to give you what you need to get well lat this is sorcery Louie lunges at him but lat brushes him aside effortlessly so that he falls to the floor from which he rises at once stop this now theat bites his own wrist and presses the bleeding wound to the child's mouth he winces in pain Lou is fascinated dazzled that's it dear more you must drink it to get

2:11:12 well Claudia sucks on the wound Reviving making little noises like a person waking from sleep Lou Rises to his feet as Claudia clutches lat's arm sucking the blood fiercely and lat moans swap is enough no more he pulls her Loose as she growls and she stares at him with big clear astonished eyes I want more what have you done the puts her down on the bed and sits beside her holding his wrist obviously in pain more yes s of course you want more and I'll show you how to get it Le the Bell rope bull it you drink from mot my beauty but from me never again burn in hell impatient and still suffering lart reaches for the Bell rope himself oh come now zip child to hungry close on Claudia being transformed becoming white yet robust bright-eyed yet crazed she shakes her Dusty curls and the dust Falls from them they're shining in the candlelight back to scene Louie cannot help but looking at her cannot stop looking at her he does not

2:12:41 notice as the maid enters ah Cel the maid comes near to the bed kneels in front of Claudia theat lays his hand upon the maid's throat and Claudia watches keenly they are so in they must not be made to suffer Claudia lunges for a throbbing vein in the neck very serious gnawing growling slightly and then locking on the flowing blood the maid is transfixed close on Louie as we see his anguish we hear lat's voice that's enough sh stop before the heart stops he's best in the beginning L you lest the death take you down with it the and Claudia sit on the Louis 16th CTI clot is a vision a doll made out of pearl animated voice crisp where is Mama another angle the words echo in Lou Louise's head as he puts his hand to his ears mama had sh same as a sweet lady there they all go toan and you did very well Sher not to drop speed very good you're going to be a sh the and Louie exchange glances Claudia looks at each of

2:14:13 them this is L and I am the takes out his comb and begins to comb her hair at once it curls resiliently he smiles Del light and kisses her cheek your mama has left you as us she wants you to be happy she knows we can make you happy you are a devil you are an instrumental of instrument of Satan you want to frighten our little daughter what's a matter with you I'm not your daughter oh yes you are deest you are my daughter and Lou's daughter Louie kneels before her as the maid did he is struck with compassion and Fascination it is done and she is irresistible he cannot help but reach for her and hold her gently as if she were a doll that might break Claudia Smiles at him Lou E is conflicted he cannot leave her he touches her cheek her hair hair same as his vampire skin and hair he draws in his breath shocked at her beauty and then he clasps her head again tenderly kisses her forehead his body relaxes as

2:15:34 he Embraces her takes her to himself as a father might a daughter his eyes closed you devil you monster the St is sort of amazed he stares at clot as though fascinated by what's happened and then yes BL de you little daughter now whom should you sleep with darkness and safety are so important but you should sleep after all when I am tired I am not always so kind dissolved to the Room San Francisco present Malloy is looking at Louie he did it to make you stay with him he made a vampire of a child perhaps the answer to why isn't it why isn't so simple list St was always the man of action and the night that night he bared his soul to me he he' showed me his own weaknesses his own failures that Gabriella left him that Armand had been right maybe he didn't know himself why he did it done it exterior new Spanish townhouse the ru Royale New Orleans two husky movers bring Furniture through the back Courtyard past the

2:17:09 fountain and the banana trees and up the back stairs and into the interior of a flat striped wallpaper gives way to flowers in the bedrooms and though huge for poost fill three of these rooms we also see large chests as big as coffins standing against the walls everywhere there are candles and pretty Louis 16's furniture There are oil lamps about as we move into the dimly lit parlor we see Claudia resplendent in white lace standing on a petite Point chair as a dress maker hems her garment with pins life was very different with Madam Melle claa as you can imagine and he loved her oh he loved her as much as I loved her and that was more than the words can express the stands in the French window open to the porch watching as Louise sits at the desk his hand idly on an open book M sure I need more light I shall go blind if you do not bring me a lamp or let me fed this child during the day Claudia laughs languidly beautifully

2:18:29 laughter seems to Echo off every surface the St Smiles at clot and Winks interior St Louis Hotel New Orleans Lobby early evening slave auction going on under the Rotunda Spectators everywhere lad and Claudia mentally 6 years old sit at a small table in the open bar the stop points to a man passing are yours to ju from always speak carefully always Pi one you want to hold in your arms one you want to know for a precious moment Claudia nods that one she points to A well-dressed woman with a baby in her arms who has just come down the stairs a black slave woman follows the St is obviously a little distressed but he doesn't want to question her he follows clot as she slips out after the woman into the exterior dark Street hush my little one the Cradle is only steps away here take her Anette I won't be long the woman gives the baby to the slave woman who rocks it in her arms as a woman enters the cathedral

2:19:44 interior of St Louis Cathedral the woman approaches The Shrine of the Virgin and kneels and quickly makes a sign of the cross she looks up startled to see Claudia radiant still as a statue beside the altar another angle the woman is entranced as Claudia draws nearer others move quietly about the church what is it little one are you lost come here to me darling Claudia winds her arms around the woman's neck looks deep into her eyes then awkwardly quickly less gracefully than lat Louie she sinks her teeth the woman freezes woman's day point of view is she is dying must beside the altar watching amazed at Claudia's determination and fearlessness yet a little put off exterior crowded Street Cafe Jackson Square the and Claudia talk together I like the evil ones I told you I like the death like the ram in the blood gets me Dipsy Claudia laugh scornfully I like the innocent and the young oh come now I dare you take that

2:21:04 Little Orphan there wandering outside look at him focus on a ragged boy selling matches in the street you little F you know it and you love it I wanted something drunk tonight come I show you we'll we'll find someone who's had the least a be of the best one they leave together you really can taste it oh sh I have to carry you home interior flat Furnishings from 1815 Louie and Claudia sit together on the French couch as Louie reads the Claudia from M Flanders he stops tired and sits back here Louie let me read to you for a a little while but I never taught you well I don't think it's so very hard not after watching you Claudia begins to read the page haltingly then faster more fluidly and finally as eloquently as Louie Louie is amazed we hear lat's laughter appears with a handbill he drops it over the book and he gives a little Belch he my precious this the St Charles Theater hereby invites all young actors of the City of

2:22:32 New Orleans to audition for the leading role in Shakespeare's tragedy oh not MC Beth again lat we've seen it a hundred times and you've been hunting among the sorts again haven't you Lou laugh softly to himself oh but not in the leing rule you haven't seen it you as mcbe how marvelous jumps off the couch and runs to him the start picks her up and to square it's too risky and you know it you be that close with Mortals night after night a the St dances around the room holding clot as if she were a woman dancing partner I have it all figured out Lou I'll go to see audition with my face pained and we should always have my face painted they can look as closly as they like interior St Charles Theater Louie and Claudia's point of view alone in the back row watching a crowd of actors on the stage dick and seeing theatrical director motioning for quiet the thought dressed as MC Beth with face heavily painted holds the

2:23:59 script and begins to read out out breath candle life's but a walking Shadow a PO Blair that struts and FRS his hour upon the stairs and then his head no more it is a to by an idiot full of Sound and Fury signifying nothing back to the scene Claudia makes a silent delighted gesture of clapping her hands and in her excitement kisses Louie who watches smiling as other actors applaud nod in agreement stage manager goes into raptures of approval jumping to the stage to take lot's hand lot stands transfixed staring at the dark empty theater The Mortals all around him back Lou's point of view who realizes that lot is suffering lot stares into emptiness in tear flat several evenings later the start enters the parlor with Claudia rushing behind him Louie looks up from the evening paper what do you mean you won't be in the play why why did you back out oh tell me sits the harps Accord and starts fussing through the

2:25:15 music I told you I decided not to do it but it won't have been such it would have been such fun they'd have never guessed oh just did it didn't seem fair really it's that time the mot the start and Lou exchang glances fair to Mortals I've never heard such nonsense L what is the matter with you s deeply distressed begins to play a slow Melancholy tune Louie Rises and sweeps cloudy up in his arms what's wrong with both of you great actors have their moods maybe he'll try again sometime he carries Claudia down the hall glancing back he sees lat sitting with his hands over his face Louie carries Claudia down the stairs and through the courtyard and out the gate come on let's walk together we haven't done that in a long time yes I'm hungry from your lessons teach me to see with your Vampire eyes as you always do exterior Royale Street a light rain oriles around the crude oil lamps richly colored walls Mud Street gleaming

2:26:39 Carriage passes Claudia leans close to Lou ear let me see you kill tonight you've never let me see you kill let's start lets me see all the time L is unperturbed that's because he's so much better than than I am they turn onto a side street flowers pour over Garden walls Lou GS a handful of loose blossoms and sprinkles them over Claudia's hair let me sing a song to you or tell you a story I'm better at that sort of thing she smiles not MC Beth no not MC Beth and and no silly child story either they laugh and Whisper together as they walk away from us the exterior Ru Royale the 1830s night changes indicate the passage of time mud has given way to flagstone the lamps are bigger and more stately passing carriages are now big and lumbering the streets are crowd with people in the dress of the 1830s exterior ships of the port crowded markets New Orleans night evening theaters emptying out oh it was a different a very

2:28:04 different life every burden seemed somehow lighter and the new century was simply wandless what had once been a small God's forsaken French colony was growing in a great Port Claudia walked with Louie and lad on either side of her all dressed in 1830s Fashions the hair of Lou and lus trimmed according to the newer fashion bushy but no longer pigtails they enter a crowded Opera housee Lobby Louie picks up Claudia who allows herself to ride in his arms interior op a box up the Lou and Claudia watched the performance applauding enthusiastically time can pass fast for Mortals when they are happy with us it was the same interor Claudia's room 1840s Styles Canary sing in a cage Claudia is writing at a secretary she is writing in her diary with the quill pen she reads aloud as she writes her Cadence is now entirely mature September 21st 1 hour after Sunset the sky is still Violet the way Louie loves

2:29:30 it and as always lat was gone when we Rose lad appears in the doorway he has a big box in his arms another doll I have 10 you realize focus on early 19th century French dolls wood glass wax es all around the bedroom on chairs on the bed well I thought you could use another he hands her the Box she opens it it's a fine Parisian jel doll she likes it and strokes its face why Always on this night what night what do you mean what are you eting there Claudia shuts the diary playfully making an indignant face mustat pretends to sock you always give me the doll on the same night of the year but didn't realize is this my birthday he examines the other dolls some these are so old and you should throw the old ones away I have or there would be twice as many and you as the first by far the stat drops to his knees kisses her hand they do on each other then lat leaves whistling to himself as she watches vaguely

2:30:56 distressed interior parlor 3:00 a.m. by the mtel clock Claudia enters dressed as a vagabond boy the clothes are even soiled her long hair must Louie rises from his chair Claudia goes to the secretary and removes a big scissors what happened to you nothing's happened to me there's no need for me to be dressed just like a doll is there I'm impatient with all this childish fuss as a boy I can go about scarcely noticed she goes into the hall and stands before the mirror and begins cutting off her hair no please don't do that Claudia don't she turns around an Angelic little boy with soft curls around her face her hair is all over the floor now Louie don't give me a long lecture it's almost Dawn I am ready for sleep she disappears into the bedroom glimpses of coffin against the wall as she shuts the door Louis stares the long blonde hair all over the oriental carpet he kneels down and gathers up a handful of it as he brushes

2:32:07 the cut ends across his left hand they leave tiny thin Trails of blood the stall enters noisily letting the door bang come to a halt his stories repeating itself why should a girl child be a girl child when a boy has such Freedom cut off her hair yes he stands up holding the Tresses did you tell her did you explain it to her no Lou you should have interior parlor flat beyond the French Windows the sun sinks over the roofs Darkness Falls a lamp is lighted Louise stands at the window looking out into the night a horrid scream pierces the silence more screams which become Roars interior Claudia's bedroom she stands before the dressing table all her long hair grown back hanging down around her she holds it with both hands screaming and screaming and screaming the stat grabs her by the shoulders St it it's only on nature now stop he's very frightened she falls silent staring at him and if I cut

2:33:21 it off again it will grow back again Claudia backs away from him her hand raised to her lips my God day after day it would grow back until my cut Tresses fill this room the way the dolls fill it she screams again Lou brushes past the Panic stricken lat Scoops her up into his arms and takes her into the Parlor and out onto the porch they look down into the r Royale an old woman with a push cart passes she is selling flowers the man pauses to buy a bouquet with a coin we holds clot and wipes her soiled face with his handkerchief we were Immortal you've always known that we don't age or Decay and that means we don't change either Claudia nods she's in shock you see that old woman that will never happen to you she nods in acceptance gently he puts her down she stands in the doorway looking at LAD in The Parlor who gazes at her fearfully then back to Louie who tries to be calm and it means something else too

2:34:38 doesn't it I shall never never grow up with outstretched hands she looks down at her own small form the St is stunned then hurries away and Panic Louie tries to calm her with firmness Claudia stop this Claudia rushes after lat a series of shots continuous action down the hall down the exterior stairs through the courtyard and onto the carriageway you're muted Vicki yes go out run from me run from my questions you want me to be the DOL for ever don't you that's what you think I am lad in a fury turns he drops on his knees angry gritting his teeth but his anger leaves him as he looks down at her he's suddenly overcome with conflicting emotions and in a broken voice he quotes

2:35:42 Webster she died young and what is that father more lines from a play do you never Tire of them she slaps him with the full force of her right hand stepping back to see a tiny pink imprint of her hand on his white face then it vanishes he's completely unaffected by the blow otherwise he merely looks at her and then slowly he stands up on the edge of Tears looking down at her towering over her from Claudia's point of view staring up at his great height he pivots departs s exterior walled cemetery and church another night on the outskirts of the French Quarter Claudia dresses a boy with hair tied back Louie with her Claudia stares at corpses piled up to be buried in Mass Graves yellow fever yes every year it's the same and you know please come home now come back it's almost morning I see the light coming as well as you you do I don't want to sleep in that coffin I want to sleep in a grave the

2:37:00 that appears CL please come on you get Dom me all night all you like but please don't be such a nuisance to L flutty walks past them toward the Church forces lock on the side door forces a lock on the side door and goes in interior the church candle light and Sanctuary light illuminate The Altar and pews the stat and Louie follow you slept in a grave once Louie told me remember Louie the night he saved you from the fire oh and it was soing why don't we all move to a grard BST she ignores him she walks past the altar Rail and stares at the memorial stones in the floor beneath which the priests are buried reads the names Father Michael of yellow fever then go she falls on her knees rips up the stone revealing a deep wide Crypt what a love of hell claa we can't leave you here the reaches for her she backs away glaring at him Louie tries but she slips out of his arms she peers down into the Crypt

2:38:19 there's plenty of room the old coffin is rotten and Fallen to splinters she lies down in it lat and Lou join her mustan moves a stone back in the place above I love places like these damn it Claudia lies there still peering into the eye sockets of a skull her hand on it she says bitterly and leave me Father nobody said you had to be properly buried you brother Claudia suddenly turns over and in panic snuggling against Louie who holds her patiently his eyes closed Blackness we hear singing a whole chorus singing a Latin

2:39:09 hymn a seam of light falls onto lat's sleeping face he opens his eyes interior Church Altra cryp next night he sits up staring wildly he stares at the sleeping clot and Louie he tries to wake them but it is too early they lies if dead from above come sounds of the priest in toning a lary to a Blessed Sacrament to which the congregation responds blessed be God blessed be God Blessed Be Thy most holy name oh you little monster I could bre your pretty neck we opens his eyes slowly like a corpse coming back to life we where are we what happened the 6:00 no and benediction the Jud is De people the priest is stunning right over our heads Lou laughs in spite of himself the trying not to laugh and still angry clamps a hand over his mouth in verses of litany taken from Roman missell Claudia opens her eyes she sits up she hears a litany coming to a close and the congregation

2:40:37 sings She's frightened she looks around at Lou and lat and she tries to stand up but the roof of the cryp won't allow it Louie and lat sit there Louie still laughing and thought trying to control his temper you see what you have done this service will go for two hours it's is the first time I've been me to go to J out 12 sh you want them to hear us oh and what would they do have they did Claudia is panicking sound suggestion of dim memory of early church services she stares at the skull at the bones the splintered coffin claustrophobia she tries to stand up pulls her down I can't stay here I have to get out of here oh it was good enough for you last night Claudia we have no choice but to wait I know it the Blessed Sacrament is on the altar oh so what uh L can see this is irrational phobic he tries to embrace her she she tries to push up the stone and again he stops her the hymn continues

2:41:46 above I can't stay in here I tell you L is confused all right then we shall go out of here but we are going to do it at prop vampire do you here we will do it in style he picks up handfuls of grav dirt and smears it all over the bewildered Louie and the Petrified Claudia you have money get it out of your bucket Louie and Claudia both find several gold coins they nod Claudia is shaking violently no when I leave this store make the horrible M most horrible faces you can must I will show you and show your things in Ho Claudia Rises heaving the stone back Claudia Louie and lat leap into the lighted sanctuary of the crowded Church the priest drops the mon trance with the Blessed Sacrament and falls down the alter boy screams theat Bears his fangs and and so does Claudia who runs to the front door which is open to the night she drops the coins Louie flings them into the panic-stricken congregation as

2:42:56 he follows the St howling and growling pitches the coins everywhere people scream fall back and Scurry to pick up the gold the devil has and his core crosses throw money catch them exterior Cemetery swamp Beyond night Claudia Louie and lat rush into the darkness up on top of the cemetery walls easily out distancing the few faithful Catholics following and soon they are deep into the swamp the stat slumps down beside a huge Cyprus laughing helplessly Louise beside him also laughing hand on his shoulder Claudia stands there she can't repress a smile and she too laughs quietly well you got to be talking about that till 20th century Lou respond with more laughter the devil throws money indeed climbs to his feet brushing the dirt off his clothes look what you have done to me I had that well that was no one there there was no one there who could recognize us you can be sure that not like this I've

2:44:15 never looked like this in my entire endless life Claudia laughs only more freely tries to be angry but he is only pretending let her laugh they all laugh interior flat lat in the style of 1840s oh interior flat lad in the style of the 1840s comes in Claudia's room she's dressed neatly in boy clothes and destroying her bobbed hair onto the coal fire in the great I love that smell oh so do I that's why I do it before I leave so that I can walk away from it well don't well don't walk out if you so fast tonight I have a surprise for you what in God's name could that be um they welcomeing very busy in the last few days you might have noticed if it you are home anymore with us the startat leads her into the Parlor Lou is waiting as a nods he turns up the wall switch of a new Crystal Gaslight chandelier feeling the room with light lat hurries to turn up the sconces and soon the whole flat is full of light Claudia

2:45:25 smiles she loves it the vision of light everywhere so does Louie clot is softened utterly no expense B my child quad room is better light door the sweets in the S Lou Hotel I do believe you Louie watches as lat turns away Claudia watch is lat lovingly forgivingly as if she can't resist him it's beautiful father you're a Prometheus you've brought the fire from heaven that's true my dear St breaks off realizing this might be taken the wrong way the clot is smiling and we a pair of new servants theant found a mother and daughter excellent Maids yes I'm coming and going they think us most particular of course but they will clean by day and take their wages from the hall table and be out of the the way before we rise Claudia left the irony of it she sits at the piano looking around at all the gas light even the gas sconce that lights her music and she begins to play a somber piece by Beethoven becoming

2:46:59 ever more morose and involved thead and Lou exchanged glances amazed at her absorption and her skill she doesn't notice she continues to look dreamily at the light we cut to the interior of the flat parlor another night the paintings have changed and some furniture Louis watches start go through a pile of books on the table and marelas what's the matter with dick or Sak or wi yes and she reads her book faster than I can Lou realized that clot has appeared in the doorway CLA is dressed gorgeously in a violet dress with ribbons and silk flowers her hair is long and shiny she holds a big bouquet of chrysanthemums the is alarmed Claudia steps menacingly into the room which of you made me what I am they're stunned did you do it was it you or was it Louie she points Louie then turns back to lat approaching him um one if you had to do it you didn't find me on All Hallows Eve you were the one weren't

2:48:25 you answer me she hurls the chanthony at lat's feet monstrous parents to give me immortality in this helpless guys this hopeless shape was as da as apprentices only I didn't know what had happened then it was you wasn't it you were the one Louie steps forward Claudia it is it was no simple thing I swear it mustat rushes out as he has done before the door bangs behind him did you do it did you it was theat you know it was you would never have done such a thing Louis is Patiently I want you to come with me and listen exterior old part of the city old pitch roof of French houses Mud Street Lou talks with clot as they walk slowly finally coming to a halt beneath a dim Gas Lamp the echo of Claudia's crying of years before it was an old days it was old days there there's this house of or perhaps it's that one I can tell you I can't tell you the plague was raging in the city I heard you crying

2:49:50 you were there in a room with your mom and she been dead for days you didn't know it you clung to her you begged me to help you I came into your room into the room I felt pity for you pity but something else you fed on me I was your victim yes I did it but you had a heart like no other heart I felt I ever felt I would stop I wouldn't stop then the stunt came he found me out he laughed at me Louie this uh sentimental one with a Holy Innocence in his arms I ran I ran from him from you you meant to kill me you left me for death yes the next night he found you in the hospital where they taken you I never knew what he meant to do but teach me my nature finish it he said Claudia backs away he grabs her wrist oh I knew I knew I've lost you you look at me now and you think you look at IM mortal Mortals from some cold shelf suffer s suffer suffer um I can't understand but the hunger that we all understood I felt it for you then iile

2:52:07 unsupportable hunger of hunger for your hammering heart for this for this Tre cheek this hair Claudia lets him touch her you were pink and soft as a mortal child are moral child children are sweet with the bite of salt and dust Claudia's face softens only a little I heard you again I took you and when I thought your heart would drag me down with it and I didn't care he parted us he cut his wrist he gave you the blood to drink and drank you did and you became one of us that night and drank blood from the first victim from your first victim and you have drank the blood of Mortals every night ever since he waits Claudia looks him unreadable it was it was I will it was I who took your life he gave it back to you and here it is and I hate you both and that is where we are going to pause for this evening we'll have to see what happens next week we get the second half of our show perf so good that was so much fun it was

2:53:52 so much fun I was so happy I got um got to play Lou well Louie was fun but also uh Gabriel Gabrielle gab gab playing her too they were both she was that was interesting that relationship her son and her um yeah especially some of the lines she had but I had so much fun with it um yeah in the vampire list that that it goes through all of that yeah there's it's a very interesting relationship between those two well yeah I was like huh okay I don't need no skirts anymore what is so funny is that so like all of that is actually cut out from the production of the movie itself like you don't get into any of that none of it sad I know actually they lad is so much more monstrous in like he's actually like quite sympathetic I mean he's still fun and like such an ass and such a poop I love him to pieces as you can tell but like he's a lot more sympathetic he's so much more of a sociopath and like a narcissistic

2:55:11 sociopath in the movie oh yeah it's perfect cuz Tom Cruz plays him so well like I mean you see bits of it you do see like under the surface it's all like it's all a show you get kind of the sense that he's putting on a show for Louie cuz Lou can't read his mind and Lou can't read the minds of others yeah but like yeah this makes him so much more like relatable for us it's kind of amazing but I hope you you could tell that I was really enjoying just I loved your accent too it was so thank you oh I had so much fun listening I had so much fun it's so much fun thank you see you can tell I was like I want to be l so muchad yeah it was yeah like how old's this movie now 1992 I believe oh it's like I don't know I see it as a very it seems very Progressive in the fact of it's like a two it's a dad dad relationship with their kid you know and they're really flirty to each other and so I'm like I mean yeah I'm

2:56:21 I'm actually I watch so I watched um I've watched four or five episodes of the new series and it is very blatant like here because of 1992 they had to make it all like implied oh but yeah even in the movie it's like oh it's the case of the not g I swear because in the yeah in the book it it's his brother is it it he he never had a wife and a child he had a brother he was I mean and he was much more pointedly bisexual oh and I'm just just spoilers every vampire in the vampire or in the vampire Chronicles is basically bisexual all of them uhuh that makes sense pretty much I think that fits perfectly bisexual or gay like there's so much queer there's so much queer like Spotlight in these books they're they're great yeah I could feel it while reading this Hollywood yeah and rice is also just a bit ancestros did Arman surprise you by the way of how young he actually is when he came in uh yeah it surprised me I read the

2:57:38 too I just totally missed that point the first time I read it through yeah he's only 15 he's only 15 I did not catch that arm yeah he's only 15 oh my and Lead is 21 yeah 24 maybe 21 no Lou is 24 was that when he was turned was 21 okay was Lise like the slave owner or was he okay I thought he was because but then it said someone else like why you letting this guy whip us the overseers so the plantation owners had overseers who watched after the the sles and the yeah that makes so much more sense I was like and they were often a lot more cruel than the the the slave owner itself not that slaver is okay I'm not saying that at all but that the point was is that all the slaves actually loved Louie because he was kind yeah Louie seems so sweet compared to like he's like I'm just like reading his L I was expecting this man to be more like upset or angry or more malicious no he's just this little guy who's learning to

2:58:45 be a vampire he doesn't want to kill anyone he just wants animals you know he's just I mean lat is kind of lat's like older and the way I always read lat is that he doesn't want to do it either but he makes it okay by killing evildoers that's how he does it and to him he's like yeah we should just kill evil people and they'll be fine yeah it's it's definitely interesting I'm like huh I've never seen vampires be taken this way so I am so glad you got this script this this one it's so different than the product but it's also so good I I wish this was the script we got like this was the movie we got in some ways I'm glad the movie did get but I I really like the way that this is It's always interesting to see how it changes from script to final product yeah yeah it's really fascinating like Gabrielle's not in the movie at all you don't hear any of this that's so sad she's so fun I mean still

2:59:45 a little awkward and I I still that whole learn hearing some of the lines I had to say today I was like oh this is not what a mom should be telling her son even the thing of don't bring the mom thing into this we don't care for those mortal words anymore I was like it's still yeah I was like you know it feels a little predatory even in the book it's a bit more like Gabriel's much more predatory okay she seemed very predatory already yeah so no no I mean like they didn't they didn't shy away from any of that pred predator of it which I actually like like it's a little more subtle but it's not nearly lad doesn't realize it but his mother is definitely more narcissistic and she sees L as an extension of herself and you definitely see that I mean that's what I got from the reading of the script too I could see that a little bit I feel so bad for St oh sucks who who do you feel bad for I'm sorry oh God yeah poor Claudia

3:00:50 she's just like trying to live and then her hair goes back I thought they were just going to say her hair will never grow back and that's why you don't want to cut your hair no it just comes back I'm like that's even worse I find oh imagine that lat and Lou also have to do that because they have to trim their hair so it matches the style of the times every night too but they that's why that's why Lisa's like you didn't tell her yeah wow it's yeah that end scene was so sad I was like I feel so bad and Lou does it's get more sad oh it's gonna get more it's gonna get worse get more sad the st's just like peace he just left he just like didn't want to deal with this situation I was like what this is like terrible apparent well no no Louie took took her out oh I thought he walked out the door no and he just like left he was like I'm not dealing with this right now I'm leaving no Lou no he was starting to

3:01:51 have a temper tum he grabbed her and like took her out oh I thought left L that there that's why I'm like oh sure go and make it better Lou just go that's why I was like yeah in the backg that's why I turned back on my camera just like yeah sure go tell her this whole SB story about how this happened make villain go ahead Lou just do it fine yeah okay I thought he just like thought he just dipped I thought he was like no I can't deal with children no by she's not a child anymore that's part of it she's not a child she's now at this point she's over 30 years old oh that' be mentally mentally she's over 30 CU it was 1796 it was during the French Revolution practically yeah so 1796 so if you think about it's now 1840s so she's well over 30 years old yeah huh it's interesting how Lou went from or not Lou um theant went from French like France to just going to America to a French Colony he was like

3:03:01 Noe I'm not leaving that much French I'm gonna keep my French I'm gonna go to s a French Colony they not gonna not gonna yeah I mean that kind of makes sense when the French come you know then they I mean that would make sense cuz that's where you feel like you're the boat he was probably on a French boat yep it's all piecing together now you would say at a French Colony cuz where yeah going to go but yeah I love it I think it's awesome it's such a great it's such a great script this is this is so much fun I had did you guys have fun you Vicki and Cat did you guys enjoy it absolutely and I love the whole outfit you've got on there Aubrey just really you know I just got to have my little my little uh have to be in style you know so much fun you see why I was like I must play the start oh love it anyways you guys are awesome and great we should probably get going have to get going so you guys have you

3:04:16 available next week it finish the second half oh yeah would not miss the world no course not right what would you do without you L start H cry yes cry very salty tears I'm sure weep for my all right this is what happened all right bye guys have a good night you have a good night everyone on YouTube have a good night see you in week see you in week bye bye how do I get

Questions about this episode

Who speaks in "INTERVIEW WITH A VAMPIRE (1st half) --Table Read Tuesdays"?

Aubrey McCoy (Guest), Vicky Dykes (Host), Jackson Gray (Guest), Cat Wilson (Host), Unknown Host (Host).

What is "INTERVIEW WITH A VAMPIRE (1st half) --Table Read Tuesdays" about?

The discussion focuses on a table reading of the second draft of the film script for "Interview with the Vampire," highlighting differences from the final version. It also addresses the use of a historically derogatory term in the script, emphasizing the importance of awareness and sensitivity in language.

What is mentioned in this Table Read Tuesdays episode?

5 people, works and ideas are mentioned, including Interview with the Vampire, David Malloy, Anne Rice, The Vampire Chronicles, Point de Lac. Each one on this page links to its own page with every episode that mentions it.

How long is "INTERVIEW WITH A VAMPIRE (1st half) --Table Read Tuesdays"?

The episode runs 3 h 5 min; the transcript is about 22,859 words in 130 timestamped sections.

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