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...Aaliyah was able to draw on her experiences in videos for her last movie, the film adaptation of the Anne Rice movie, "The Queen of the Damned." In that film, which is due out in February of 2002, Aaliyah plays Akasha, an ancient -but eternally youthful - vampire...
...Aaliyah's last role will shock some of her fans because it's such a contrast to her "sweet but street" image. "The Queen of the Damned" was filmed in and around Melbourne, Australia. The first scene Aaliyah shot was a striking one. Her character goes into a vampire bar, flirts outrageously with some of the patrons, ends up ripping one poor guy's heart out, and then goes on to incinerate the rest of the clientele. Afterwards, Aaliyah's character struts away, happy and satisfied with the mayhem she has just brought about. "It's a very cool scene...
...last scene Aaliyah filmed for "The Queen of the Damned" has, since her passing, taken on an unexpected emotional dimension. In the scene, Aaliyah's character appears in statue form. The makeup artists spent three hours painting her with alabaster to gave her the appearance of something made of stone. The cast and crew gasped when Aaliyah came onto the set, looking like some mythic creature. Even her eyes were covered with alabaster contacts (which, according to Rymer had been extremely painful to wear). Without a word, as silent as the statue she was playing, Aaliyah took her place...
Dido and Aeneas tells the classic story of Dido, queen of Carthage, who loves and is loved by the hero Aeneas. Aeneas is bound for Italy to found Rome, but has stopped in Carthage and finds himself unable to leave Dido. However, an antagonistic sorceress (for reasons the opera never adequately explains), sends a spirit to urge Aeneas to hurry on his journey. Though at the last moment Aeneas decides to defy the gods and stay with Dido, she rejects him for having considered leaving her. She sends him away and prepares to die in despair...
...Sure, NATM has its moments: Many of the film’s parodies are indeed quite sharp, especially its nailing of classic teen movie student stereotypes, such as the gorgeous girl who everyone thinks is ugly because she wears glasses and overalls. And the surprise cameo by former teen-queen/brat-packer Molly Ringwald at the film’s climax is both classy and hilarious...