Rewatching this film has the feeling of a family ethics drama. People's lifespans are too short and too weak, and they can barely survive with each other. However, in the eternal life of vampire, nothing is eternal: can't find the cause of mutual sympathy, so they have to swallow the fruit of each other. This is why Armand said that Claudia's existence itself is unreasonable, how can a young body not survive alone, how can it endure eternal loneliness?
Louis couldn't get rid of his feelings as a human before the transformation, so it was difficult for him to fully accept his bloodthirsty existence; Lestat loved his helpless anger and cruelty, Armand loved his sentimental remnant of humanity, and Claudia was more attached to him, but no one loved him of all. Louis and Lestat presented two very different attitudes to life: struggling with self-denial and suffering into an inescapable abyss, or letting desire grow and embrace one's own shadows and sins
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