Charles Hinkel House, 280 Divisadero
Street. More Historic Landmarks |
The title reference
in Interview with the Vampire, a conversation
between reporter Daniel Malloy (Christian Slater) and vampire Louis de
Pointe du Lac (Brad Pitt), takes place at the northwest corner where Golden
Gate Avenue, Taylor Street, and 6th Street intersect at Market.
Ferry
Plaza is seen in the dramatic opening shot; it's about 5:40 p.m. by
the tower clock. Both the Golden Gate
Bride and Bay Bridge are also
featured. Based on the extremely popular novel by Anne Rice, Interview
with the Vampire starts in the late 1970s as Louis tell his story of conversion
to the dark side by the vampire Lestat (Tom Cruise) more than 200 years
earlier. Kirsten Dunst's little girl vampire, Claudia, round out an undead
trio. Directed by Neil Jordan and released in 1994, the film failed to
match the success of Rice's novel. According to those who closely follow
Rice's work, it was the house at
503 Divisadero
Street that inspired her to write the novel when she lived in
San Francisco in the 1960s and '70s. The house at 280 Divisadero
is sometimes named as the Lestat house as well. Mister SF spent a night
at #280 back in 1985 and reports no aversion to sunlight since then though
he respectfully declines to say whether his neck was bitten at the house.
More
about Interview with the Vampire |
