Interview with the Vampire Page #4

LOUIS:

My poor Yvette. What will become

of you -- all of you -- if I die?

YVETTE:

You won't die, Michie. We need

you. You won't leave us here.

10.

SAME SCENE - LATER

Louis alone.

Candlelight flickers on face of bisque virgin.

Louis tosses and turns, dreaming, murmuring incoherently.

Then he opens his eyes.

Lestat, exquisitely dressed in French clothing, standsbeside the bed smiling. In the light of the candle, wesee that he is not human; skin too white; eyes toobright. It is more subtle than earlier electric lightshot of Louis. Lestat looks amiable, even mischievous,

but impossible -- an angel or a monster.

Louis rises, grabs for his pistol from the table andcocks it.

LOUIS:

Who the hell are you? What are

you doing in my house?

LESTAT:

(looking around the

lavish bedroom)

And such a beautiful house. Yours

is a beautiful life.

Louis takes aim and FIRES.

The BULLET passes through Lestat's slightly raised hand.

It leaves a bloody wound. Lestat winces, studies the

wound. It begins to heal as we watch.

Louis reaches for his sword, hanging over the end of thebed. He struggles to get up.

LESTAT:

You're not afraid of anything, areyou?

LOUIS:

Why the hell should I be? I warn

you again. Get out!

LESTAT:

Are you going to put that swordthrough me, too? Ruin my beautifulclothes?

Louis rises up, jabs the rapier at Lestat who effortlessly

knocks it from his hand. It "appears" across theroom on the floor.

(CONTINUED)

11.

CONTINUED:

Louis slumps against the headboard, staring keenly atLestat. He is in a rage.

LOUIS:

(quietly and coldly)

If some voodoo priest sent youhere, say so. If you're thedevil, I'm all yours.

LESTAT:

I don't believe in voodoo priestsor the devil. Neither do you.

Lestat sits on the side of the bed, facing Louis.

LESTAT:

But I do believe in eternal life.

Lestat holds up his bullet-wounded palm, and we see thevery last healing as it smooths out and is whole again.

LOUIS:

(coldly)

How was this done?

LESTAT:

I love your courage. I even love

your grief. You're no simplesoul, are you, my friend?

Louis is bewildered. Feels pain. Is becoming spellbound.

Sound of SEA RISING.

LESTAT:

What if I told you I could giveyou back your old passion forliving, and that for those withcourage, living can be for alltime?

Sound of HEARTBEAT, DRUM IN TIME WITH IT...

DISSOLVE TO:

DARK SEA:

An 18th century ship sailing with black ragged sails.

Only two figures on the top deck, Lestat at the wheel andLouis, in his soiled night shirt watching him. In this

sea are the ruins of buildings, temples, churches, seendimly in the midst.

(CONTINUED)

12.

CONTINUED:

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