Anne Rice, 'Interview with the Vampire' Writer, Dies at 80
Source: Variety
Anne Rice, influential author of Interview with the Vampire, died on Saturday due to complications resulting from a stroke. She was 80.
The authors son Christopher revealed the news on Facebook and said that she would be interred in the family mausoleum at Metairie Cemetery in New Orleans in a private ceremony.
Born in New Orleans in 1941, Rice became renowned the world over as a writer of gothic fiction, with her books selling more than 150 million copies globally. In the early 1970s, while grieving the death of her daughter Michelle, she began converting one of her stories into what became her first novel, the gothic horror Interview with the Vampire, which was published by Knopf in 1976. The novel turns on vampire Louis de Pointe du Lac, who tells the story of his life to a reporter. Michelle served as an inspiration for the child vampire Claudia.
The book was the first of ten in what is collectively known as The Vampire Chronicles. It was adapted by Neil Jordan as a 1994 film starring Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, Antonio Banderas and Christian Slater, with Kirsten Dunst playing Claudia. Rice adapted the screenplay from her novel and the film gathered two Oscar nominations and a brace of BAFTA wins.
Read more: https://variety.com/2021/film/global/anne-rice-interview-with-the-vampire-writer-dead-1235131503/
Wow. R.I.P.
I know she had written that during a period when the vampire genre that had been popular in the early '70s, was waning, and was an attempt at something different. But years later, it eventually provided a starting point to reintroduce the genre through the film.
hlthe2b
(102,297 posts)RIP
localroger
(3,629 posts)It was quite a gothic spectacle.
sinkingfeeling
(51,460 posts)MissMillie
(38,562 posts)especially The Vampire Lestat
RIP
LetMyPeopleVote
(145,326 posts)Link to tweet
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jaxexpat
(6,837 posts)Though she seemed to dwell on some issues I found unnecessary, she did so honestly if not boldly. Nearly every one of her books demand a screenplay and quality film.
Joinfortmill
(14,434 posts)PirateRo
(933 posts)They had a big influence in BDSM culture. As I recall, she was suspected as a writer because of her distinctive style of writing and not direct credit. She did, eventually confess to it.
She will be missed.
Ferrets are Cool
(21,107 posts)FakeNoose
(32,645 posts)CrispyQ
(36,478 posts)RIP, dear author.
yellowdogintexas
(22,264 posts)Those are my favorites.
fizzix137
(21 posts)AMC bought the rights to the Mayfairs and a lot of others.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/anne-rice-lives-of-mayfair-witches-amc-1234998318/
OriginalGeek
(12,132 posts)thanks for this heads up!
And welcome to DU!
WhiskeyGrinder
(22,358 posts)padah513
(2,503 posts)I wish I could write like that, but some people are just blessed with that talent. May she rest in well-deserved peace.
Baltimike
(4,146 posts)He was a very good professor and was very proud to be related to her.
RIP Anne Rice
Aristus
(66,389 posts)OriginalGeek
(12,132 posts)I'm not sure I've read everything she wrote (yet) but I am sure I have loved everything I've read.
tonekat
(1,816 posts)Of "Interview" read by F. Murray Abraham before the movie was made.
I have an autographed copy of "Lestat" when she was signing them outside a bookstore in Dupont Circle in D.C.. She was so friendly, and striking in her Piratey white blouse and dark hair. The guy behind me who I conversed with while waiting in line had a cape and fangs his dentist made for him.
Those books were a joy to read. I have not explored beyond the vampire genre.
R.I.P.