There’s a secret or two to this movie, and it slowly unravels as the main character Eleanor writes it in her journal. Eleanor and her ‘sister,’ later revealed to be her mother, are vampires who have been trying to survive for the past 200 years. They don’t shine and sparkle in the sunlight, but they are vampires who blend as best they can into the mortal world.
This dark and wandering film has a floating-in-a-dream soundtrack that emphasizes the listless nature of the movie, putting a viewer on the edge. It is a tale of isolation and a story of love on many levels. The moment I saw that “Interview with the Vampire” Director Neil Jordan had anything to do with it, I knew it had to be interesting. Byzantium is a fresh take on the supernatural and the modern vampire story.
