英语presentation——吸血鬼.pptVIP

A doom-laden (conveying a sense of disaster and tragedy) meditation（忧虑）on life and death and the nature of grief, based on Anne Rices bestselling novel. Time: USA - 1994 Place:San Francisco Characters: Louis and the journalist Content: A young journalist follows a man through the streets and they end up in an anonymous room. When the journalist starts to interview the man, the stranger tells him that he is a vampire, being over 200 years old. The journalist doesnt believe him, but after the man proves its true, he tells his story. His name is Louis and in 18th century New Orleans he was 24, by this time owner of an estate and a widower already. One night, when he once again was destroying himself by drinking and other things, he was found by Lestat, a vampire, who bit him. But even after becoming a vampire, life wasnt fun for Louis until one night he met a little girl, Claudia, who should change his existance forever.  Cruise plays a seasoned killer who revels in bloodthirsty excess, while Pitt is a conscientious objector who balks at （犹豫不决地） the prospect of drinking human blood, until Cruise creates a companion for Pitt in the shape of a little girl (Dunst) who refuses to grow old gracefully, with tragic consequences.  The relationship between an ancient vampire (Tom Cruise) and his bloodsucking （吸血动物的）protegé（门徒） (Brad Pitt) is tested to destruction by a young girl (Kirsten Dunst) who challenges their established dynamic, leading to betrayal（背叛） and murder.  Movie characters Edward Cullen Edward Cullen is frozen in his 17-year-old body. While dying of the Spanish influenza, he was changed into a vampire by Dr. Carlisle Cullen after Edwards mother, Elizabeth, begged him to save Edward as her dying wish.