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Very credible vampire movie

posted 18 years ago by MerovingianGoddess
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I think "The Addiction" is the most credible "real vampire" movie because it explores how the awakening process changes one's views on life - this is an actual aspect of the real human vampirism - not kids in capes playing Anne Rice games. This movie focuses on the vampire's personality changes and how all you once loved and enjoyed becomes annoying and repulsive. It points out the severity to the whole big picture aspect of life that most unawakend individuals miss or blinding stumble through life dismissing, over looking, or not even knowing what is right in front of them. This is true of all unawakened humans - not merely vampires. The philosophy might be tough for some of you the first time, so try watching it with the closed caption on and then google what you don't understand.

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[–] bigmuzz 18 years ago

we just watched this film today in a class at uni on film genre...i enjoyed it. it was certainly a lot better than what i thought it was gonna be. well filmed, great soundtrack, it makes you think......i liked it!

[–] sub_mish 17 years ago

I like the way the vampires are constantly blaming their victims, also notice how Kathy's refusal to submit maps to the way people with a personality disorder refuse to "submit" to reality, other people's needs, etc.

This is a BRILLIANT movie.

GIRL IN CHOCK FULL O' NUTS: "You're a cop."
SNAKE: "I'm an @$$#013."

[–] r3volut1on 17 years ago

real human vampirism? no such thing.

Tiocfaidh ar la.

[–] NewYorkRipper 16 years ago

Really interesting movie...

*SPOILER QUESTION*
Just wondering at the very end, was that kind of a big "vampire orgy" where all the vampires they actually ended up killing someone (or a few people) rather than just actually biting them and leaving them to turn into vampires?

And throughout the whole movie, what was the purpose of "Ask me to go away", "Ask me to leave" in a forceful fashion?

Was it to show that a vampire has a certain 'lure', or was it that the people about to be bitten were in complete fear and this was how the vampire obtained more 'energy' from their victim? So if the victim wasn't afraid, biting them would have been pointless? Was this what it was getting at?

I wonder was Abel Ferrara really a vampire or did he just obtain his information from very good sources?

PS - Are there any more movies similar to this? I do remember a documentary several years ago broadcast on TV (also in black and white because they said they couldn't broadcast it in colour due to the amounts of blood shown) and I think it was maybe called "Real Life Vampire" - following several people who only seemed to be able to live on a diet of blood. Wish I could find this again.

On another note, I wonder is there a color version of The Addiction available anywhere? Obviously the studio decolorised the movie, but I'm sure they still have a copy of the coloured version.

[–] rdoyle29 16 years ago

I think it's important to remember that the author of the screenplay is Nicholas St. John, not Abel Ferrara. St. John is quite a devout Catholic and this helps to explain quite a lot of what is going on in this film.

Vampirism is used as an analogy for appetite, which is the foundation of all sin. The point of the "Ask me to go away" is that one is not able to resist sin unless one is able to deny one's appetites.

Note: I'm not personally religious. Just pointing out what St. John had in mind.

Also ... the studio did not alter the film. It was shot in black and white.

[–] NewYorkRipper 16 years ago

Also ... the studio did not alter the film. It was shot in black and white.

That's a real shame as it means the true colours were then lost forever.

We'll never get to see it then in full glorified colour as it so easily could have been.

[–] rdoyle29 16 years ago

What "true colours"? The film was shot in black & white.

[–] AssetsonFire 16 years ago

Errrm... how can I put this? Human vampires don't exist. As for the philosophy: pah! It wasn't tough; it was obscurantist, contradictory nonsense.

How do you like them apples?

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[–] teejay6682 15 years ago

i thought it was really cool. i thought lili taylor and walken were great and i loved the cinematography.

[–] sub_mish 16 years ago

"Human vampires don't exist"? You have led a sheltered life.

OK, not in the Count Dracula, I Vill Dreenk Your Blad, way, but certainly there are a lot of emotional vampires out there who will drain your will to live and even turn you into one of them, if you hang out with them long enough. It's called "metaphor".

Sits in corner counting inconsistencies and Spoiling It For Everyone

[–] AssetsonFire 16 years ago

Oh, right. How silly of me. Of course the world is also full of creatures with six legs, bad breath and George Foreman's Lean Mean Grillin' Machines for heads... metaphorically speaking, of course.

I know you are, you said you are, but what am I?

[–] MartyAckermansDawg 15 years ago

"Human vampires don't exist"? You have led a sheltered life.

OK, not in the Count Dracula, I Vill Dreenk Your Blad, way, but certainly there are a lot of emotional vampires out there who will drain your will to live and even turn you into one of them, if you hang out with them long enough. It's called "metaphor".

Well you know there's an easier terminology to use regarding such people nowadays, we call them "asshöles".

Makes you seem like less of a smug douche. Or so I've heard.

[–] sub_mish 14 years ago

lols! Well indeed, and quite.

Sits in corner counting inconsistencies and Spoiling It For Everyone

[–] MerovingianGoddess 10 years ago

Thank you sub_mish - Glad to see the community support!

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[–] AssetsonFire 15 years ago

Please read my message in context, then you mightn't act like such a prat... or maybe you will.

I know you are, you said you are, but what am I?