Fails the Bechdel test
Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles
1994. Directed by Neil Jordan, written by Anne Rice.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
2 / 3
Fails
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Yes
1. At least two women
15 women characters. 8 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
Women do talk to each other. -
No
3. About something besides a man
Every conversation between women that our parser found mentions a man.
Second opinion
Agree bechdeltest.com readers give it 1 out of 3.
The film
Against the backdrop of a gloomy San Francisco, the nearly two-century-old vampire, Louis de Pointe du Lac, recounts the unbelievable story of his eternal transformation and a life worse than death to the sceptic reporter, Daniel Molloy. Spanning two hundred years of cruel betrayals, extreme solitude, and unquenched thirst, Louis' grimly fascinating tale pivots around his perpetually regrettable decision to embrace the dictatorship of blood, and, above all, his maker: the seductive blonde aristocrat of death, Lestat de Lioncourt. Is Louis' mystical epic of bloodshed genuine? Is this, indeed, an interview with a vampire?
- Released
- 11 Nov 1994
- Genres
- Drama, Fantasy, Horror
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 7.5 / 10
- Metascore
- 62 / 100
- Awards
- Nominated for 2 Oscars. 24 wins & 34 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Louis 329 lines, man
- Lestat 177 lines, man
- Claudia 128 lines, woman
- Armand 59 lines, man
- Malloy 39 lines, man
- Santiago 23 lines, man
- Madeleine 7 lines, woman
- Mortal Woman 7 lines, woman
- Estelle 4 lines, woman
- Priest 4 lines, man
Full cast, 36 people
- Tom Cruise as Lestat
- Brad Pitt as Louis
- Antonio Banderas as Armand
- Christian Slater as Malloy
- Stephen Rea as Santiago
- Kirsten Dunst as Claudia
- Domiziana Giordano as Madeleine
- Thandiwe Newton as Yvette
- Laure Marsac as Mortal Woman on Stage
- John McConnell as Gambler
- Mike Seelig as Pimp
- Bellina Logan as Tavern Girl
- Lyla Hay Owen as Widow St. Clair
- Lee E. Scharfstein as Widow's Lover
- Monte Montague as Plague Victim Bearer
- Nathalie Bloch as Maid
- Jeanette Kontomitras as Woman in Square
- Roger Lloyd Pack as Piano Teacher
- George Kelly as Dollmaker
- Nicole DuBois Favre as Creole Woman
- Virginia McCollam as Whore on Waterfront
- Helen McCrory as 2nd Whore
- Indra Ové as New Orleans Whore
- Micha Bergese as Paris Vampire
- Rory Edwards as Paris Vampire
- Marcel Iureș as Paris Vampire
- Susan Lynch as Paris Vampire
- Louise Salter as Paris Vampire
- Matthew Sim as Paris Vampire
- François Testory as Paris Vampire
- Andrew Tiernan as Paris Vampire
- Simon Tyrrell as Paris Vampire
- George Antoni as Paris Vampire
- Sara Stockbridge as Estelle
- Katia Caballero as Woman in Audience
- Louis Lewis-Smith as Mortal Boy
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 3 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 1% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 138
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 3 | 0 | 31 |
| 4 to 6 | 0 | 14 |
| 7 to 9 | 0 | 12 |
| 10 to 12 | 0 | 22 |
| 13 to 15 | 0 | 36 |
| 16 to 18 | 0 | 12 |
| 19 to 21 | 1 | 27 |
| 22 to 24 | 0 | 14 |
| 25 to 27 | 4 | 7 |
| 28 to 30 | 1 | 1 |
| 31 to 33 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 to 36 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 to 39 | 3 | 17 |
| 40 to 42 | 0 | 6 |
| 43 to 45 | 0 | 10 |
| 46 to 48 | 7 | 36 |
| 49 to 51 | 0 | 1 |
| 52 to 54 | 7 | 37 |
| 55 to 57 | 1 | 3 |
| 58 to 60 | 5 | 3 |
| 61 to 63 | 0 | 2 |
| 64 to 66 | 0 | 1 |
| 67 to 69 | 7 | 10 |
| 70 to 72 | 22 | 20 |
| 73 to 75 | 0 | 13 |
| 76 to 78 | 7 | 9 |
| 79 to 81 | 27 | 27 |
| 82 to 84 | 5 | 8 |
| 85 to 87 | 0 | 4 |
| 88 to 90 | 1 | 8 |
| 91 to 93 | 0 | 1 |
| 94 to 96 | 0 | 0 |
| 97 to 99 | 12 | 7 |
| 100 to 102 | 4 | 16 |
| 103 to 105 | 17 | 56 |
| 106 to 108 | 12 | 16 |
| 109 to 111 | 0 | 34 |
| 112 to 114 | 20 | 14 |
| 115 to 117 | 1 | 17 |
| 118 to 120 | 0 | 1 |
| 121 to 123 | 0 | 17 |
| 124 to 126 | 0 | 0 |
| 127 to 129 | 1 | 0 |
| 130 to 132 | 0 | 14 |
| 133 to 135 | 0 | 48 |
| 136 to 138 | 0 | 4 |
The evidence
- Straight from the script
- Counted from the script and the credits
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Exhibit A: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 21 are women's.
165 lines from women, 636 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit B: who's in it
15 women and 16 men in the cast. 8 women and 9 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 141 of 808.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 140 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 16% of the words (1,509), men 84% (8,117). Women have 21% of the lines, so their lines run shorter than men's.
Exhibit D: the test the other way
Two named men talk to each other about something besides a woman. It passes the reverse test.
Conversations between two named characters
Two women
3
Two men
55
Exhibit E: behind the camera
5 of the 13 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 30% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Neil Jordan (man)
- Written by
- Anne Rice (woman)
- From the novel by
- Anne Rice (woman)
- Produced by
- David Geffen (man), Stephen Woolley (man)
- Shot by
- Philippe Rousselot (man)
- Edited by
- Mick Audsley (man), Joke van Wijk (gender not listed)
- Music by
- Elliot Goldenthal (man)
- Production design by
- Dante Ferretti (man)
- Costumes by
- Sandy Powell (woman)
- Cast by
- Susie Figgis (woman), Juliet Taylor (woman)
The crew, department by department
-
Costume & Make-Up
10 women, 8 men, 4 not listed
-
Sound
1 women, 11 men, 4 not listed
-
Art
2 women, 7 men, 5 not listed
-
Other crew
2 women, 10 men, 2 not listed
-
Directing
3 women, 7 men, 4 not listed
-
Production
4 women, 4 men, 3 not listed
-
Visual Effects
0 women, 3 men, 2 not listed
-
Camera
0 women, 3 men
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit F: how old the stars were
Women: 23 on average. Men: 34 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Kirsten Dunst 12, Thandiwe Newton 22, Laure Marsac 24, Domiziana Giordano 35
Men
Christian Slater 25, Brad Pitt 30, Tom Cruise 32, Antonio Banderas 34, John McConnell 35, Stephen Rea 48
Exhibit G: the money
It made 3.7 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $60 million
- Box office
- $224 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 138 scenes and 808 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
