The film was an ok translation of the book.I actually thought Cruise made a rather good Lestat although Lestat's portrayal in Interview is dramatically different to that of the rest of the chronicles due to it being through the eyes of the ever-whining Louis.It was probably about as faithful an interpretation as you could have brought to the screen I suppose.My favourite book remains Lestat the Vampire and it is a shame that no-one has yet had the vision and ambition to bring a truly faithful adaptation of this to the screen.The scale and ambition of the story and character development are superb and just makes you want to dive straight into Queen of the Damned!QOTD was also very good but the rock star stuff was a little hard to swallow but the introduction of a real human element in David and the further depth of the vampires she established helped create an even deeper tapestry to the sense of history she was trying to achieve I think.
Oh I haven't talked about Anne Rice in YEARS!This is a lot of fun actually.I never get to discuss the vampire chronicles any more as my wife is not a fan and neither are any of my friends.I wil always have an abiding love for the character of Lestat.A genuinely tragic figure.Hero and anti-hero rolled into one.