Todd Halling SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY MOVIE REVIEW

 Forgiveness is divine, but never pay full price for late pizza ON FORGIVENESS

 Odd Movie  My wife commented “wow, they even made Brad Pitt look ugly”  Tom Cruise with blond hair was a little strange  Oddly violent, comical, sensual, and dramatic INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE

 Louis being interviewed by a remarkably handsome Christian Slater, telling his story  Louis had lost his wife and child, and wished to die  Tom Cruise, Lestat, turned him into a vampire  Louis, initially torn about killing, eats only animals  He eventually succumbs to his cravings, ultimately killing a little girl, who Lestat turns into a vampire, Claudia  Lestat and Louis raise Claudia for 30 years  Claudia cannot age, gets upset, tries to kill Lestat  Louis and Claudia flee to Paris, meet other vampires  Louis likes Armand, Armand kills Claudia, Louis leaves Armand  Louis goes back to the states, finds Lestat  Christian Slater wants to be turned, this upsets Louis, who leaves  Lestat shows up, bites Christian Slater, end movie SUMMARY

 Friendship and Attraction  Louis thought Lestat was crazy  Still cried when talking about how he thought he killed him  “He was the one who made me”  They had spent so much time together.  Matching Phenomenon  Lestat and Louis were the two most alike in Louisiana  Seek out others who are similar  Evolution  Health, youth, fertility  Passionate Love  Arousal from painful sources can be steered into passion  Pitt and Cruise won a Razzie for best On-screen couple SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY CONCEPTS

 Obedience  Demands of authority vs. demands of conscience  Foot-in-the-door  Lestat getting Louis to kill the old woman who had her husband killed  Hoping that would escalate him  Louis’ cognitive dissonance- didn’t want to kill, but he had to  Enjoyed it  Tore him apart  When he turned the woman for Claudia “I’ve lost the last of what was human in me” SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY CONCEPTS

 The movie was weird  Cognitive Dissonance  Torn between what you have been taught and what you believe and what you are doing  Happens often from generation to generation  Religion, culture, race, politics, etc…  Change  The old vampires needed someone new to help them transition  Change is always happening PERSONAL REACTION