One of the stranger big studio pictures to emerge from any era, Neil Jordan no doubt slathers INTERVIEW in lavish gothicism, while injecting ample homoeroticism into each scene (the fact that the movie's gayness was toned down via Rice's own adaptation is mind-blowing).The problem is our two movie star leads don't seem to know what to do with the material. Pitt is just lost and clearly miserable, while Cruise is battling against his character's bisexuality with every molecule of his being. Thank God for Antonio Banderas, who knows just what tone to strike in order to keep the second half of the film engrossing almost all by himself. Kind of a disaster, but a mesmerizing one.