vampires and capitalism
11/11/2013 the past couple days, i've had a scene from the movie interview with the vampire , the movie adaptation of anne rice's vampire series (yes, before stephanie meyers, a different author provided her version of sexy vampires). it's the scene after lestat rescues the young girl from the plague to be a companion to Louis. upon her transformation from pauper to immortal, she sits up, looking straight into the camera, and says, "i want some more." the role catapulted kirsten dunst into the limelight at such a young age! admittedly, this is not the first time a random scene from a movie/song/commercial/book has popped into my head, but it's funny how, out of context, the phrase can be taken. it isn't the "please sir, may i have another?" plea from a starving british child, it's the statement of a child who, for the first time perhaps, knows what it means to have a thirst quenched, and feels alive and alert in a way she has never had acc...
