What I find hysterical is that the actors who played Buffalo Bill and Catherine Martin were the best of buds, cuz they were left alone on their set for extended periods.
That's actually kinda awesome if they really dated. I read that they played lots of board games and Super Mario Bros to keep a bit more of a lighthearted atmosphere in between all the movie's darkness..
In the novel, Clarice's dad died because, when he confronted the robbers, his shotgun malfunctioned, and he had no other weapon to defend himself. When Hannibal pressed and asked why he didn't have a pistol, Clarice had to admit that her dad was a night watchman who was given only a shotgun, but she called him a town marshall because the want ad he answered to get the job said "night marshall" which sounded more dignified than "night watchman." It showed how conscious, and even insecure, Clarice was about social class and status, and it gave extra meaning to how Hannibal's impromptu profile of her so easily recognizing her low socio-economic background got under her skin. It also helped make the way her character changed in the sequel make a little more sense.
I much prefered the film to the novel because of the ridiculous, cloying affair that the author inserted for his porn-novel candidacy. And having Clarice always under threat of expulsion or failure from the FBI academy, too. How stinkin' ridiculous. Thomas Harris said, many years later, that he was told to "always insert segment that could be excised in films so film-makers could claim their ownership." Ugh... but I really did enjoy the film because it jettisoned those two subplots.
@@BuffaloC305 It's funny because I read the novel after seeing the movie, and if I hadn't gone into it with a pre-existing attachment to the characters and story from the move, I'm not sure if I would have particularly liked it. The way Anthony Hopkins and Jody Foster's performances brought their characters to life are what made the movie for me, and I'm going to say that Harris' writing was not as compelling as their acting.
@@waterbeauty85 I'm inclined to agree. I also read the book after watching the movie. The book was more like an aside to the movie playing in my head while I was reading.
I mean it's sad that only white people suffer from such prejudice and toxic ego..... I feel like white suburban privileged entitled people still apply that mindset in real life... they think ghetto people lack the knowledge to be more consciously aware than them and they get mad when they see certain people from a lower class out best them in even common sense situation....or situations of survival.. lmao gotta love it.... Clarice is an awesome character but she definitely exhibited subtle signs of a Karen in the making... she's definitely a status chaser.. but she doesn't seem like a clueless bimbo getting married into status.... she seems self made even with her aspiring to be a women like that which idk why she could be better than those entitled house wives and their mindset... She's F.B.I even if Hannibal is trying to offend her for having that hunger to make it big in life through her career path.... better than someone who was born with a silver spoon and because of that they think they automatically are more "educated" and have that sense like they are 🤣😂🤣😂😪😴🤦🏽
Only decades later, I realize Clarice finds Hannibal's writing on her maps in her case files. The only way he wrote that is with the pen he stole from Chilton.
The maps create the one flaw in the movie. The maps show that all of the bodies and all of the murders take place far east of the Mississippi River. At the start Clarice tells Lectar that the Kansas City Homicide Department gave Buffalo Bill his name. The maps show there is no reason for the Kansas City Homicide Department to have anything to do with the case.
@@88wildcat If you abduct and kill someone in one city then dump them in the other city, the city where the crime happened would definitely be involved. You are going off where they were found, not where the crime happened. Could be right. Could be wrong. They don't give enough info.
Part of what makes you gravitate more towards Dr. Lecter than Dr. Chilton is honesty. Lecter is a monster, but he knows and freely acknowledges that he's a monster, never obfuscating or denying his murders or cannibalism. Chilton tries to pass himself off as a sophistocated intellectual gentleman, three things that he's clearly not. He's not nearly as sharp as he thinks he is, he's crass and underhanded, and he's bald-facedly sleazy and lewd. Even if Hannibal Lecter is a monster, he's still got that bottomless charisma and confidence that makes him wildly more appealing than Frederick Chilton could ever possibly be.
I'd have dinner and conversation with Lecter, anytime. As long as I knew exactly what the menu was. Chilton? I wouldn't suffer him for the time it took to devour a bologna sandwich.
Just like when Lecter comments on how he didn't keep trophies, Clarice flatly says, "No, you ate yours." That's when he first probably thinks, "This one is interesting."
"Never help the guy faking an injury, ted bundy style ?" You dont talk over scenes, you show all the good parts, you have great commentary.... you clearly know your crime background .... DEFINITELY my new favorite channel.
Foster said in an interview that she didn´t had any exchange with Hopkins out of their scenes because she really was afraid of him. She avoided any contact. And Hopkins later said it was mutual :D
While Sir Hopkins did The Bunker (1981) and played Hitler - his personality changed, even he couldn't do the outburst and the erratic tantrums and then shut it off once the workday was done. His wife didn't enjoy that.
With Lecter, it's all about manners. If you notice, he didn't like bullies of any kind, from crass and creepy Miggs to arrogant egomaniac Chilton. He seemed to have an idea of how the world should work, with everyone being polite----and those who aren't polite murdered and consumed. He was taken by Starling, but possibly less sexually and more as one of the few people around him who didn't treat him like a freak and was polite. Yeah, he's a psycho, but even with psychos, you can lure more with sugar than vinegar-----like a moth to a flame.
@@AM-qj9wr In the book, he was more "human" with flaws, he was catched by his arrogance. Barney always treated with courtesy, never forget how dangerous he is.
My take on Lecter's quid pro quo exchange with Starling is that Lecter initiated it to gain a psychological advantage and control of the interviews. Instead, Lecter began to empathize with Starling as she revealed her childhood trauma - something Buffalo Bill was unable to do with his victim, Catherine Martin.
What makes Lecter so terrifying to me is that he has a strong hypnotic quality to him. The way he speaks, from his tone to his cadences, even his accent, get under your skin so effectively that he can bring you to his mindset if he really wanted.
also the fact he only blinks 1 time on screen and when he does its very exaggerated. considering what we know about him, its like he's staring into your soul.
4:05 one of the reasons why I think Anthony Hopkins is one of the greatest actors ever…….Also it’s worth noting that Dr. Chilton said Lector’s pulse never rose above 85 when he attacked and ate nurses tongue., and at 32:29 the EMT said the “victims” pulse was at 84
It's interesting that even the harmless men in this movie make you feel uneasy around Clarisse. The movie does a good job of making you feel protective of her by always making her the smallest person in the room, and constantly having men's eyes on her. It never lets up on the creepiness.
My theory is that Lecter's questions for Starling were not so much to profile her, but so that he could share that genuine human experience. Something difficult for him to connect with on his own. The world is full of Dr. Chiltons. In many ways Chilton is the more objectionable person, and I think the world would be a better place with fewer Chiltons.
Yeah Chiltons are the sort I see as sleaze that would take advantage of a woman, where Hannibal is more likely to eat such a person out of a sick moral superiority. I prefer the latter
It's a bit of a whacky world when a bit of obnoxious chauvinism is seen as more objectionable than murdering and skinning people and/or feasting on their remains.
If you read the books there is an entirely different reason Lector gets into Starling's head. The movie Hannibal's ending is vastly different from the movie.
@@aaronwechsler5820 I said "in many ways". It's not that Lecter isn't a monster. Chilton's sin is not primarily his advances toward Starling, but his slimy, self-serving, treachery. It's poetic that he is the victim of his own desire for personal advancement. So eager to capitalize on his plans that he forgets his pen.
He needed to profile her to understand how she would approach catching Buffalo Bill. What clues would stand out to her. We're talking about a literal genius and not just a criminal mastermind but also a brilliant psychological intellectual. Hands down the best villain in all of cinema
This film does such a brilliant job of making us feel just pure disgusted CONTEMPT for Dr. Chilton and his rude, prideful, selfish ways - so by the time the final scene rolls around, we find ourselves kinda rooting for a cannibal psychopath to terrorize and eat a man. :)
Direct address (where the actors talk to the camera) was Jonathan Demme's signature trope, which he used different ways depending on the story. In this film, as I'm sure you've noticed, he uses is to set the audience firmly in the place of a young woman dealing with the world - and all the nasty, grabby, entitled behavior of the men around her. It's not the _main_ thrust of the story, but it is a huge supporting aspect of it, writing in small details the huge subject of how women are treated. Clarice is constantly exposed to it - they stare, peer, leer, grin, giggle. The film makes very clear that the distance between Chilton's smarminess and Bill's enraged torture and bloodletting is only a matter of degree - it all comes from the same dark place, one of entitlement and assumed ownership. Deep stuff to get across just by picking the right way to point the camera!
I love this movie so much and Hannibal Lector’s character! Notice during his 1st meeting with Clarice he is the one who is locked up and under control but one of the first things he says to her is “Please sit down.” And she quickly sits down, as if he invited her into his home. This showed that no matter where Hannibal is physically, he is still in control mentally.
And an absolutely brilliant one. It's one of the most unnerving things about that character. When I first saw the movie that was one of the things it was the very first thing to freak me out about Lecter. Later it was his polite and calm demeanor when you knew a monster was lurking underneath.
His cell having a sliding glass door instead of bars gives the impression that he's not as much a prisoner as much as he is a museum specimen that's being scrutinized and studied.
It’s also because the director didn’t want his face obstructed so they opted for plexiglass. They had to actually disassemble and reassemble when they did scenes in there. If you look…there’s no door!
An interesting film to watch is a film called Shadow of the Vampire starring John Malkovich and Willem Defoe in his second Oscar nominated performance. It’s a fictionalized account about when F.W. Murnau made his 1922 Dracula film called Nosferatu but in which Murnau casted a real vampire to play the vampire role. It’s quite a fascinating film.
I've had two double-feature parties showing "Nosferatu", breaking for dinner and finishing with "Shadow of the Vampire". One went over great, the other so-so. The "so-so audience" couldn't/didn't appreciate the silent original.
Anthony Heald (Dr. Chilton) is a truly lovely guy and an amazing actor. I saw him perform Shylock in "Merchant of Venice" a number of years ago and he was absolutely transcendent.
I do love your reactions. I've spent a lot of time in Clay County WV. My wife is from there. Fun fact. Anthony Hopkins was only on screen for 24 minutes but still won the Academy Award for best actor.
This truly is remarkable. I remember walking out of the theater thinking this should be best picture but no way they give the Oscar to a horror movie. Then I thought Sir Anthony gets an Oscar but for what? Not on screen enough for lead actor but way too good for supporting. Genre breaking movie, one of the most important films of my lifetime.
@@bigdream_dreambig thought the last sentence pushed across the idea it won everything. 43 films have been nominated for the Big 5, THREE have swept them: It Happened One Night, (long before my time), One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (young but still saw it in a theater) and Silence of the Lambs (after movie pie and we knew it would be nominated but we disagreed on IF it could win).
You should watch Mindhunter. It is about the beginning of behavioural science. A new FBI unit interview serial killers. The guy playing Ed Kemper is amazingly good.
@@misterprickly Mindhunter is the excellent Netflix series. I did like the film Manhunter though, and Brian Cox was definitely creepy as Lecter. The film version Red Dragon is much more faithful to the book, but I did enjoy Manhunter a lot at the time. The home movies on film being transferred to VHS became outdated quickly.
A couple of small points. During the conversations between Lecter and Clarice, the camera is always pointing up and Lecter and down at Clarice. During the night vision climax, the technology didn't allow for it to be shot in darkness so they had to work out a way to shoot the sequence in the light but without any shadows.
when discussing the attack on the nurse he said Lecter's pulse never got above 85. In the ambulance, before he kills the attendant, the guy reports Lecter's pulse at 84.
Really enjoyed your reaction alot. This is one of my favorite movies of all time. Jodie foster and Sir Anthony Hopkins definitely deserved there oscar wins for best actress and actor.
Michael Mann’s adaptation of the novel Red Dragon, 1986’s Manhunter, is my favorite adaptation of a Harris book. Brett Ratner’s adaptation may be more technically faithful to the book, other than its focus on Lecter, who was a minor character in the novel, but Manhunter just feels more right to me. Meh, it could just be nostalgia talking, for all I know.
the leering is on purpose... plays into the "who's in control here....really?" aspect of that particular scene. an added element to the scene.... not just a sexist scene. there are no unneccessary scenes placed in this film... they all have a place and meaning..
And the actor playing the Buffalo Bill expy is Brian Thompson , a very talented character actor that used to pop up as a villain or villainous henchman in a wide range of shows and films. He's really great.
One tip, at the beginning I think it's a good idea to just mention what you know about the film going into to it, even if it's nothing at all. I think most people watching are curious to know what you know before you watch it.
People always talk about how effective Hopkins was with what little time he had on screen, it's kind of a shame that he overshadows the excellent performances of the other cast. For instance we ought to give due credit to Anthony Heald who played Dr. Chilton. The character never did anything illegal or violent, but he was so believably slimy that at the end of the movie everyone's gut reaction was to hope for his death at the hands of Lecter.
Honestly I think Jodie Fosters performance was the stand out one, but Anthony Hopkins character and his portrayal of Lecter is simply so shocking as to make it more memorable.
Your visceral reaction to Chilton mirrored my own when I first saw this. Out of all the characters he was the most revolting. Glad you enjoyed it. It's one of my favorites.
Clarice knew how to speak to those deputies who surrounded her. Her West Virginia accent became stronger and her manner went from "Y'all officers and gentlemen" to "Go on, now." When she told them to leave, she sounded as if she could have been their mother and they responded to that. When Crawford is on the plane to Chicago, the picture he has, which we see very briefly, is not of Buffalo Bill. Also, the guys who identified the moth said it was from Asia. Crawford said the moths grabbed by Customs were from Suriname -- formerly known as Dutch Guiana -- in South America. All they had right was Buffalo Bill's name, Jame Gumb. John Grant was not his alias. Crawford apparently jumped to conclusions.
I love this movie and how it shows that she is a woman in a man's world and yet he outsmarted them all and figured out the killer's motives and where to find him as well. I also like the complexity of Hannibal and her connection and how he was in fact teaching her how to be a better agent but also how to get passed her fears and just focous on the task at hand. Anthony plays this part so very well and he scared everyone on set when they called action. He actually said that Jody Foster scared him when they did the scenes together and she said the same thing about him haha. I must admit though Jody does intense scenes very well in all her movies.
Ahhh...Pandora`s Box has been opened...Now "Red Dragon" and "Hannibal" just have to be watched...then "Manhunter" and "Hannibal Rising"...and then, maybe, the series "Hannibal"... The best screen villain of all time!
The book describes how Hannibal made a key out of the pen's ink cartridge, so I tried it. It did eventually work, but even using a jeweler's saw, nippers, and pliers instead of a burr on a prison bed frame, a paperclip and bare hands to cut and shape it, it took several attempts because it would usually turn out wrong or break.
Imagining what it would be like telling a psychologist my problems when he looks like that. Like " tell me how it felt when nobody clicked like on your artwork"
It wasn't a big deal, so the movie leaves it out but the book covers that in the FBI school, they hold a contest to see who has the fastest trigger finger ( who can get off the most shots fastest). Clarice won this for her class. this played a role in that final shootout with Buffalo Bill.
First time I watch this film it gave me chills down my spine. The most brilliant thing of the film is the many front close-ups on the actors' faces, so they talk and share their emotions, which can be seen through their eyes, with us. One sequence to remember forever: the finger caress between Hannibal and Clarice before split, looks like they share everything in that moment
To answer some of your questions about Buffalo Bill - Mrs. Lippman was the corpse in the tub and was Bill's mother. He was the son she never wanted, having wanted a daughter. She dressed him as a girl, made him act like a girl, etc. But no matter what he did or said, it wasn't good enough for her and, frankly, never would be. Of course he met Frederica Bemmil as she and the other girl would come over to help Mrs. Lippman sew. In Bill's eyes Frederica was everything he wasn't, a girl who Mrs. Lippman liked and doted on, a girl Mrs. Lippman could put in pretty dresses, a real girl, something Bill could never achieve. Mrs. Lippman hated her son and for decades she poisoned his mind till the day he snapped. But why not bury her, burn her body or dump it in the river? Even though she was dead Bill wished to punish her further. Did you notice the contents of the tub looked like raw sewage? Bill put her body there so he could p!ss, sh!t and spit on her for the rest of his life, further payback. She tortured him for years so he decided to punish her for years. Bill though still has it in his mind that until he can be what his mother wanted his life would be incomplete and a failure, Now, it ingrained in his head that mom was right he will do anything to prove her wrong, that he can be the perfect girl she wanted. Mrs. Lippman created a monster that turned on her and the rest of the world.
Anthony Hopkins is fantastic in the series "Westworld." There is a scene from a specific episode that has an amazing analysis on youtube. Also on TH-cam you can find tutorials to make a head in a jar using your own face (a photo). :)
My favorite movie of ALL time! I first saw it when I was sixteen in the movie theater, and my mine was blown. Silence is a tense, tight, thriller. Hannibal Lechter is the highest evolution of a monster. A doctor of the mind with a taste for human flesh. Hopkins and Foster are FIRE in this.
Fun fact!! At 18:03 the guy in the suit was my college adviser. He told use that when he was an FBI agent he was the one that requested the ok to let them film at the academy. It always makes me smile when this scene come on
A brilliant twist(?) at the end of the movie portrays Bill transforming into a moth with the night vision goggles and when he dies curls his hands and wrists in like when bugs die. He coveted what he saw and cared for most. 🐛 🦋
@Ro 川 Rodríguez you're welcome, yea that blew my mind when i first heard that and somehow changed how i viewed Bill after that but i cant put my finger on it, a deep psycho thriller!
Three interesting facts: This slurping was invented by Anthony Hopkins himself and improvised, it terrified the director and that's how it got into the movie. The film was released on Valentine's Day - even though the biggest films are released at the end of the year. However, it was not believed that he would achieve success hence this date. And lastly - Anthony also improvised a West Virginia accent and said it in a way that offended Jodie Foster, making her disgusted face look real and at first she was angry with him for it, but later she thanked him for the scene.
"You tell me things, I tell you things." The reason Hannibal kept asking personal questions of her was because she reminded him of his sister that was cannibalized. She reminded him also of himself, the way he was before his trauma. He found in Clarice intelligence, honesty, integrity and a genuine kindness unlike other F.B.I agents. Clarice was unspoiled by the system and society and a genuine person. It was symbiosis of him needing some kind of normality and her needing not only information about the murders, but also having him helping her with understanding "The Silence of the lambs". Patricia Kirby is one of the female FBI agents that the film got information from. ( Kirby stated that her own research showed that "male serial killers love visitors, they love if you're with the FBI, and they love if you're a woman". The way in which Clarice is able to get Lecter to assist in her hunt for Buffalo Bill stems from what Kirby taught Harris, the writer of the novel. While there are differences between Kirby and Clarice (Kirby's from the big city of Baltimore, not a small town in West Virginia, for one), the methodology she shared is a big part of Clarice's character.") Candice De Long was another F.B.I agent that was an inspiration for the film and is the one that is mentioned the most. Another fact was that Jodie Foster was terrified of Hopkins and they NEVER spoke to one another on the set...his scenes were solo all face to face with the camera...like he was having a one on one conversation directly with the audience. Here she explains her fear. of him. The second video is BOTH of them years later. th-cam.com/video/fXUsRIcwtSo/w-d-xo.html and present time th-cam.com/video/u2QjdRaLfa8/w-d-xo.html
I really enjoyed this aspect of the film. But Hannibal is also clearly in love with her in his own twisted way and I know the books are even more explicit in terms of their strong feelings and bond with one another.
Oh hell yeah! Did you give Arianna a nice Chianti while watching? 21:51 He presents Lecter like the Freak Show owner in The Elephant Man (Another great movie Arianna would probably love but bawl her eyes out at)
Lecter truly admires Clarice, and given different circumstances I think he pictures Clarice as someone he would consider as a partner and intellectual equal. His inquisition of Clarice's past is to get a human connection with her because he desires her, but also because he is deprived of real human connections in prison that he longs for. When he strokes her hand is where you understand that he also desired that physical connection with her, that given different circumstances he would have attempted to court Clarice because he desired her but also knew that a relationship with Clarice was out of reach so that small touch is all he would ever get (until the sequels). You need to check out Red Dragon next.
🎯 Lector gave Starling what she wanted most: "advancement, of course." So instead of feeding her the solution, he guided her along. Mentoring her in how to reason through evidence, so that she would advance in her career going forward. Lector took a liking to her because of the mutual trust/respect during the initial encounter. Lector later called her a "clever girl" stating to Starling "you don't know how close you are to catching" Buffalo Bill. Later, Lector quipped, "People will say we're in love" and "the world is more interesting with you in it." For all those reasons, Lector gave Starling what she wanted most: "advancement, of course." (NOTE: Lector's wince and grimace when Starling tells him how her father died. Showed Lector has a degree of compassion for young Starling's loss and pain. He's evil, but there were signs indicating motive for helping Starling. Also, Lector intentionally sent the other officers on a red-herring by giving false information, thereby, giving Starling more time and opportunity to find Buffalo Bill before anyone else.)
@@cjames4478 My dad enjoyed its on Sky in the UK. I know it has a harder task because they can't mention Hannibal. Will let my dad know its renewed though.
Best film reviewer I've seen yet, you actually watch the film through instead of skipping loads plus you have good and intelligent comments to make well done ,keep it up.
One of the small, irrelevant details from the book that they didn't put into the movie was that Starling actually accepted a date from Dr. Pilcher, the entomologist who asked her about hamburgers and beer, and the two started a relationship that lasted for a couple of years.
Not sure if this is already here but Silence of the Lambs is passed of 3 different killers. Psycho the movie and this one got its material from a killer named Ed Gains from Plainfield, WI. He actually was making a skin suit and had a lamp shade made of human skin and had issues with his mother. Which he kept the room everything in place after she died.
Two things, Lecter did the drawing, "that is the Duomo seen from the Belvedere". Clue one for the town, Belvedere, that Gordon is in. Notice also when Clarice is at Gordon's door and he asks her in he is in his bare feet, so he can walk without being heard coming up behind her later as it turns out. Incredible movie, the story is great, the screenplay is great, the acting is ridiculously good. Anthony Hopkins as Lecter is only on screen about 18 minutes the whole movie and won the Academy Award for best actor.
True Creepy Story....when I lived in Chicago, I had a friend named Mickey Levine who owned a clothing store called 99th floor. His brother is Ted Levine, the actor who played Buffalo Bill. I had a roommate who worked for the coffee shop next door which was called Cafe Pergolesi. The owner of that coffee house was a man named Aaron Weinberger & he had a son that worked there named Jeremiah. Jeremiah was Dahmers 15th victim.
"Tha-That's a head in a jar." Her face, expression and tone cracked me up, my dudes. She sounded exactly like Bubba in Forrest Gump when he finished listing all the shrimp dishes... "Tha-That's about it." LOL!!
Winner of best picture best actor and best actress well deserved inthe opening of the academy awards billy crystal came out on a hand truck with the mask and straight jacket. Btw you're smart you could tell what was being said by hannibal
In the book Hannibal it is written for Clarice to become a sick monster cannibalist and fall if love with Hannibal Lecter...some weird stuff. which is why Jodie Foster turned town the role for the movie Hannibal.. they ended up writing the script different because of it.
Before Anthony Hopkins was cast as Leckter, Ed Harris, William Friedkin, Robert DeNiro, Al Pacino, Mandy Patinkin, Louis Gossett Jr, Brian Cox (Whom portrayed Leckter in MANHUNTER), Sean Connery, Dustin Hoffman, Marlon Brando, John Lithgow, Christopher Lloyd, Robert Duvall, Jeremy Irons, and Daniel Day Lewis were considered.
No, Crawford did use her as a tool. And while people may object to that sort of treatment, sometimes you have to in order to do your job, such as catching a killer.
What I find hysterical is that the actors who played Buffalo Bill and Catherine Martin were the best of buds, cuz they were left alone on their set for extended periods.
I read that whenever a scene was complete and the director yelled "cut", Ted Levine and Brooke Smith would look at each other and go, "Eww!"
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They dated
That's wonderful. Never heard that before.
That's actually kinda awesome if they really dated. I read that they played lots of board games and Super Mario Bros to keep a bit more of a lighthearted atmosphere in between all the movie's darkness..
In the novel, Clarice's dad died because, when he confronted the robbers, his shotgun malfunctioned, and he had no other weapon to defend himself. When Hannibal pressed and asked why he didn't have a pistol, Clarice had to admit that her dad was a night watchman who was given only a shotgun, but she called him a town marshall because the want ad he answered to get the job said "night marshall" which sounded more dignified than "night watchman." It showed how conscious, and even insecure, Clarice was about social class and status, and it gave extra meaning to how Hannibal's impromptu profile of her so easily recognizing her low socio-economic background got under her skin. It also helped make the way her character changed in the sequel make a little more sense.
I much prefered the film to the novel because of the ridiculous, cloying affair that the author inserted for his porn-novel candidacy. And having Clarice always under threat of expulsion or failure from the FBI academy, too. How stinkin' ridiculous. Thomas Harris said, many years later, that he was told to "always insert segment that could be excised in films so film-makers could claim their ownership." Ugh... but I really did enjoy the film because it jettisoned those two subplots.
@@BuffaloC305 It's funny because I read the novel after seeing the movie, and if I hadn't gone into it with a pre-existing attachment to the characters and story from the move, I'm not sure if I would have particularly liked it. The way Anthony Hopkins and Jody Foster's performances brought their characters to life are what made the movie for me, and I'm going to say that Harris' writing was not as compelling as their acting.
Love Mr Harris and his books. Could argue that with the depth you go into, you could circumvent the premise altogether if you aren't careful
@@waterbeauty85 I'm inclined to agree. I also read the book after watching the movie. The book was more like an aside to the movie playing in my head while I was reading.
I mean it's sad that only white people suffer from such prejudice and toxic ego..... I feel like white suburban privileged entitled people still apply that mindset in real life... they think ghetto people lack the knowledge to be more consciously aware than them and they get mad when they see certain people from a lower class out best them in even common sense situation....or situations of survival.. lmao gotta love it....
Clarice is an awesome character but she definitely exhibited subtle signs of a Karen in the making... she's definitely a status chaser.. but she doesn't seem like a clueless bimbo getting married into status.... she seems self made even with her aspiring to be a women like that which idk why she could be better than those entitled house wives and their mindset... She's F.B.I even if Hannibal is trying to offend her for having that hunger to make it big in life through her career path.... better than someone who was born with a silver spoon and because of that they think they automatically are more "educated" and have that sense like they are 🤣😂🤣😂😪😴🤦🏽
Only decades later, I realize Clarice finds Hannibal's writing on her maps in her case files. The only way he wrote that is with the pen he stole from Chilton.
The maps create the one flaw in the movie. The maps show that all of the bodies and all of the murders take place far east of the Mississippi River. At the start Clarice tells Lectar that the Kansas City Homicide Department gave Buffalo Bill his name. The maps show there is no reason for the Kansas City Homicide Department to have anything to do with the case.
@@88wildcat If you abduct and kill someone in one city then dump them in the other city, the city where the crime happened would definitely be involved. You are going off where they were found, not where the crime happened. Could be right. Could be wrong. They don't give enough info.
and now I just found that out lol
Part of what makes you gravitate more towards Dr. Lecter than Dr. Chilton is honesty. Lecter is a monster, but he knows and freely acknowledges that he's a monster, never obfuscating or denying his murders or cannibalism. Chilton tries to pass himself off as a sophistocated intellectual gentleman, three things that he's clearly not. He's not nearly as sharp as he thinks he is, he's crass and underhanded, and he's bald-facedly sleazy and lewd. Even if Hannibal Lecter is a monster, he's still got that bottomless charisma and confidence that makes him wildly more appealing than Frederick Chilton could ever possibly be.
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All those characteristics are also what make Hannibal as dangerous as he is. Even we, the audience, KNOWING what he's done, are pulled towards him.
I'd have dinner and conversation with Lecter, anytime. As long as I knew exactly what the menu was. Chilton? I wouldn't suffer him for the time it took to devour a bologna sandwich.
I have never seen this viewpoint worded so well. Thank you.
Just like when Lecter comments on how he didn't keep trophies, Clarice flatly says, "No, you ate yours." That's when he first probably thinks, "This one is interesting."
"Never help the guy faking an injury, ted bundy style ?" You dont talk over scenes, you show all the good parts, you have great commentary.... you clearly know your crime background .... DEFINITELY my new favorite channel.
Foster said in an interview that she didn´t had any exchange with Hopkins out of their scenes because she really was afraid of him. She avoided any contact.
And Hopkins later said it was mutual :D
While Sir Hopkins did The Bunker (1981) and played Hitler - his personality changed, even he couldn't do the outburst and the erratic tantrums and then shut it off once the workday was done. His wife didn't enjoy that.
With Lecter, it's all about manners. If you notice, he didn't like bullies of any kind, from crass and creepy Miggs to arrogant egomaniac Chilton. He seemed to have an idea of how the world should work, with everyone being polite----and those who aren't polite murdered and consumed. He was taken by Starling, but possibly less sexually and more as one of the few people around him who didn't treat him like a freak and was polite. Yeah, he's a psycho, but even with psychos, you can lure more with sugar than vinegar-----like a moth to a flame.
Yes. And if memory is not mistaken he send a gift to Barney because always treated him with respect.
“ free range rude “ is what I believe he calls his meals
@@jorgemartinpellegrino6940 was it in the book or the movie?
@@AM-qj9wr In the book, he was more "human" with flaws, he was catched by his arrogance. Barney always treated with courtesy, never forget how dangerous he is.
My take on Lecter's quid pro quo exchange with Starling is that Lecter initiated it to gain a psychological advantage and control of the interviews. Instead, Lecter began to empathize with Starling as she revealed her childhood trauma - something Buffalo Bill was unable to do with his victim, Catherine Martin.
What makes Lecter so terrifying to me is that he has a strong hypnotic quality to him. The way he speaks, from his tone to his cadences, even his accent, get under your skin so effectively that he can bring you to his mindset if he really wanted.
also the fact he only blinks 1 time on screen and when he does its very exaggerated. considering what we know about him, its like he's staring into your soul.
He literally studied the behavior of crocodiles to get into this role. I always thought that was an awesomely weird thing to do.
@@markmac2206 I think he blinks when Clarice admits her father didn't die easily. That's why he makes that admiring comment about her next.
4:05 one of the reasons why I think Anthony Hopkins is one of the greatest actors ever…….Also it’s worth noting that Dr. Chilton said Lector’s pulse never rose above 85 when he attacked and ate nurses tongue., and at 32:29 the EMT said the “victims” pulse was at 84
Holy shit, dude. I've seen this movie a dozen times and I never picked up on that.
That's writing not acting. You said that like you think they had him hooked up at the time.
@@didamnesia3575 They were two separate points, that's why they said "Also".
“He looks like a broke pimp.”.
Possibly the best comment I’ve ever heard about Chilton. 😆
It's interesting that even the harmless men in this movie make you feel uneasy around Clarisse. The movie does a good job of making you feel protective of her by always making her the smallest person in the room, and constantly having men's eyes on her. It never lets up on the creepiness.
She is small @ 5'3". I'm 5' though. 😁
@@IChooseJesus9091 Sure, but nearly all the men are above average height to play that up.
only thing missing was James Brown singing this is a mans world.
Nah I didn't felt protective over her.
@@_Vittor Neato
An absolutely BRILLIANT film! Sir Anthony Hopkins gave one of the BEST performances in cinematic history.
Despite only being in this film for only 25 minutes, Anthony Hopking won a well deserved best actor Academy Award.
My theory is that Lecter's questions for Starling were not so much to profile her, but so that he could share that genuine human experience. Something difficult for him to connect with on his own. The world is full of Dr. Chiltons. In many ways Chilton is the more objectionable person, and I think the world would be a better place with fewer Chiltons.
Yeah Chiltons are the sort I see as sleaze that would take advantage of a woman, where Hannibal is more likely to eat such a person out of a sick moral superiority. I prefer the latter
It's a bit of a whacky world when a bit of obnoxious chauvinism is seen as more objectionable than murdering and skinning people and/or feasting on their remains.
If you read the books there is an entirely different reason Lector gets into Starling's head.
The movie Hannibal's ending is vastly different from the movie.
@@aaronwechsler5820 I said "in many ways". It's not that Lecter isn't a monster. Chilton's sin is not primarily his advances toward Starling, but his slimy, self-serving, treachery. It's poetic that he is the victim of his own desire for personal advancement. So eager to capitalize on his plans that he forgets his pen.
He needed to profile her to understand how she would approach catching Buffalo Bill. What clues would stand out to her. We're talking about a literal genius and not just a criminal mastermind but also a brilliant psychological intellectual. Hands down the best villain in all of cinema
Such a perfect movie. One of the best of all time in my book.
i love Hopkins interview where he describes adlibbing the snake hiss" I thought go on give it to her old boy"
lol, thats perfect
This film does such a brilliant job of making us feel just pure disgusted CONTEMPT for Dr. Chilton and his rude, prideful, selfish ways - so by the time the final scene rolls around, we find ourselves kinda rooting for a cannibal psychopath to terrorize and eat a man. :)
Precisely.
Only if you're a petty psycho.
@@mattwilkes2321 Shut up, dude.
It never made a difference to me.
I was ok with it.
Direct address (where the actors talk to the camera) was Jonathan Demme's signature trope, which he used different ways depending on the story. In this film, as I'm sure you've noticed, he uses is to set the audience firmly in the place of a young woman dealing with the world - and all the nasty, grabby, entitled behavior of the men around her. It's not the _main_ thrust of the story, but it is a huge supporting aspect of it, writing in small details the huge subject of how women are treated. Clarice is constantly exposed to it - they stare, peer, leer, grin, giggle. The film makes very clear that the distance between Chilton's smarminess and Bill's enraged torture and bloodletting is only a matter of degree - it all comes from the same dark place, one of entitlement and assumed ownership. Deep stuff to get across just by picking the right way to point the camera!
He’s used it in Philadelphia as well, and even in Married to the Mob, IIRC.
@@AutoPilate He uses it in every film. I think the only tine he hasn't was _Stop Making Sense,_ the concert film, probably because of logistics.
@@Serai3 I love Stop Making Sense. The day I found out about Demme’s passing, I watched it that night in his honor.
Well said.
@@j.f.fisher5318 Thank you. Familiarity with the experience makes me appreciative of anyone who uses their art to point it out.
I love this movie so much and Hannibal Lector’s character! Notice during his 1st meeting with Clarice he is the one who is locked up and under control but one of the first things he says to her is “Please sit down.” And she quickly sits down, as if he invited her into his home. This showed that no matter where Hannibal is physically, he is still in control mentally.
If you notice, Hopkins rarely blinks. He said this was an intentional choice in portraying Lector.
And an absolutely brilliant one. It's one of the most unnerving things about that character. When I first saw the movie that was one of the things it was the very first thing to freak me out about Lecter. Later it was his polite and calm demeanor when you knew a monster was lurking underneath.
because he's staring into your soul.
So amazing to see someone who actually GETS this movie watch it for the first time. Awesome reaction.
“I’m having an old friend for dinner…”
99% of people- “That’s so terrifying!”
Arianna- “That’s so satisfying!”
I remember telling people back then that I liked the book better than the movie, except the best line from the movie wasn't in the book.
Pretty much every reaction I've ever seen to this movie the reactor is happy when they figure out Chilton is the old friend for dinner.
The camera angles… where the actors stare right at you instead off at an angle.. gets me every time
His cell having a sliding glass door instead of bars gives the impression that he's not as much a prisoner as much as he is a museum specimen that's being scrutinized and studied.
it's supposed to be bullet proof and shatter proof
It’s also because the director didn’t want his face obstructed so they opted for plexiglass. They had to actually disassemble and reassemble when they did scenes in there. If you look…there’s no door!
bars, he can reach through.... glass, not so much.
There is no door.
He was sealed in at the beginning of each shooting day.
An interesting film to watch is a film called Shadow of the Vampire starring John Malkovich and Willem Defoe in his second Oscar nominated performance. It’s a fictionalized account about when F.W. Murnau made his 1922 Dracula film called Nosferatu but in which Murnau casted a real vampire to play the vampire role. It’s quite a fascinating film.
Great shout. Brilliant film.
OMG YES. Shadow of the Vampire is just awesome.
I've had two double-feature parties showing "Nosferatu", breaking for dinner and finishing with "Shadow of the Vampire". One went over great, the other so-so. The "so-so audience" couldn't/didn't appreciate the silent original.
Anthony Heald (Dr. Chilton) is a truly lovely guy and an amazing actor. I saw him perform Shylock in "Merchant of Venice" a number of years ago and he was absolutely transcendent.
I do love your reactions. I've spent a lot of time in Clay County WV. My wife is from there. Fun fact. Anthony Hopkins was only on screen for 24 minutes but still won the Academy Award for best actor.
This truly is remarkable. I remember walking out of the theater thinking this should be best picture but no way they give the Oscar to a horror movie. Then I thought Sir Anthony gets an Oscar but for what? Not on screen enough for lead actor but way too good for supporting. Genre breaking movie, one of the most important films of my lifetime.
@@chetstevens4583 Surprisingly, it actually did win for actor, actress, picture, directing, and adapted screenplay.
@@bigdream_dreambig sigh
@@chetstevens4583 ?
@@bigdream_dreambig thought the last sentence pushed across the idea it won everything. 43 films have been nominated for the Big 5, THREE have swept them: It Happened One Night, (long before my time), One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (young but still saw it in a theater) and Silence of the Lambs (after movie pie and we knew it would be nominated but we disagreed on IF it could win).
You should watch Mindhunter.
It is about the beginning of behavioural science.
A new FBI unit interview serial killers. The guy playing Ed Kemper is amazingly good.
Brian Cox was on the list to reprise the role of Lecter but (I guess) Hopkins had more appeal.
@@misterprickly Mindhunter is the excellent Netflix series. I did like the film Manhunter though, and Brian Cox was definitely creepy as Lecter. The film version Red Dragon is much more faithful to the book, but I did enjoy Manhunter a lot at the time. The home movies on film being transferred to VHS became outdated quickly.
Mindhunter is great , Ed Kemper was the highlight for me , that actor did such a great job.
A couple of small points. During the conversations between Lecter and Clarice, the camera is always pointing up and Lecter and down at Clarice. During the night vision climax, the technology didn't allow for it to be shot in darkness so they had to work out a way to shoot the sequence in the light but without any shadows.
when discussing the attack on the nurse he said Lecter's pulse never got above 85.
In the ambulance, before he kills the attendant, the guy reports Lecter's pulse at 84.
Aww sht. I never caught that in a half a dozen viewings.
So preoccupied with that stretcher.
Really enjoyed your reaction alot. This is one of my favorite movies of all time. Jodie foster and Sir Anthony Hopkins definitely deserved there oscar wins for best actress and actor.
I definitely recommend the movie "Red Dragon" sort of a prequel to how Hannibal got locked up, I think it is a underrated film
Michael Mann’s adaptation of the novel Red Dragon, 1986’s Manhunter, is my favorite adaptation of a Harris book. Brett Ratner’s adaptation may be more technically faithful to the book, other than its focus on Lecter, who was a minor character in the novel, but Manhunter just feels more right to me. Meh, it could just be nostalgia talking, for all I know.
the leering is on purpose... plays into the "who's in control here....really?" aspect of that particular scene. an added element to the scene.... not just a sexist scene. there are no unneccessary scenes placed in this film... they all have a place and meaning..
I can't believe you skipped the part where Buffalo bill dances with Goodbye Horses playing in the background, that part is iconic
You're the first reactor I've seen who've expressed interest in learning why Bill became the way he was. Thumbs up for that!
"Joe Dirt" sits in the back of my head and I can't help but laugh out loud at that horrible well scene. "ALRIGHT! I'll put the lotion on! DANG!"
Say it, don't spray it.
@@lmfao5411 LOL!
LMAO, the ultimate guilty pleasure
And the actor playing the Buffalo Bill expy is Brian Thompson , a very talented character actor that used to pop up as a villain or villainous henchman in a wide range of shows and films. He's really great.
@@adgato75 Someone put up a reaction to "Evolution" just this morning.
I'm not sure I've ever witnessed anyone cheer so enthusiastically at the prospect of someone being murdered by a canibalistic serial-killer. :D
One tip, at the beginning I think it's a good idea to just mention what you know about the film going into to it, even if it's nothing at all. I think most people watching are curious to know what you know before you watch it.
People always talk about how effective Hopkins was with what little time he had on screen, it's kind of a shame that he overshadows the excellent performances of the other cast. For instance we ought to give due credit to Anthony Heald who played Dr. Chilton. The character never did anything illegal or violent, but he was so believably slimy that at the end of the movie everyone's gut reaction was to hope for his death at the hands of Lecter.
Truly one of the all time great villains
Chilton=Chode
Honestly I think Jodie Fosters performance was the stand out one, but Anthony Hopkins character and his portrayal of Lecter is simply so shocking as to make it more memorable.
He gets FUCKED UP in the Hannibal TV show. A moment I'm truly amazed they allowed on network tv.
Your visceral reaction to Chilton mirrored my own when I first saw this. Out of all the characters he was the most revolting. Glad you enjoyed it. It's one of my favorites.
How are you revolted by hun vs Hannibal and the suck Transexual murder
I truly enjoy how the movie drew you in. It's why this is one of the best movies ever made.
Clarice knew how to speak to those deputies who surrounded her. Her West Virginia accent became stronger and her manner went from "Y'all officers and gentlemen" to "Go on, now." When she told them to leave, she sounded as if she could have been their mother and they responded to that.
When Crawford is on the plane to Chicago, the picture he has, which we see very briefly, is not of Buffalo Bill. Also, the guys who identified the moth said it was from Asia. Crawford said the moths grabbed by Customs were from Suriname -- formerly known as Dutch Guiana -- in South America. All they had right was Buffalo Bill's name, Jame Gumb. John Grant was not his alias. Crawford apparently jumped to conclusions.
Laura Dern, Meg Ryan, and Michelle Pfeiffer were considered for Clarice before Jodie Foster was cast.
Good options, but, of course, they made the right choice.
Omg I can only imagine Michelle Pfeifer in this role
I love this movie and how it shows that she is a woman in a man's world and yet he outsmarted them all and figured out the killer's motives and where to find him as well. I also like the complexity of Hannibal and her connection and how he was in fact teaching her how to be a better agent but also how to get passed her fears and just focous on the task at hand. Anthony plays this part so very well and he scared everyone on set when they called action. He actually said that Jody Foster scared him when they did the scenes together and she said the same thing about him haha. I must admit though Jody does intense scenes very well in all her movies.
Ahhh...Pandora`s Box has been opened...Now "Red Dragon" and "Hannibal" just have to be watched...then "Manhunter" and "Hannibal Rising"...and then, maybe, the series "Hannibal"...
The best screen villain of all time!
The book describes how Hannibal made a key out of the pen's ink cartridge, so I tried it. It did eventually work, but even using a jeweler's saw, nippers, and pliers instead of a burr on a prison bed frame, a paperclip and bare hands to cut and shape it, it took several attempts because it would usually turn out wrong or break.
Imagining what it would be like telling a psychologist my problems when he looks like that. Like " tell me how it felt when nobody clicked like on your artwork"
It wasn't a big deal, so the movie leaves it out but the book covers that in the FBI school, they hold a contest to see who has the fastest trigger finger ( who can get off the most shots fastest). Clarice won this for her class. this played a role in that final shootout with Buffalo Bill.
First time I watch this film it gave me chills down my spine.
The most brilliant thing of the film is the many front close-ups on the actors' faces, so they talk and share their emotions, which can be seen through their eyes, with us.
One sequence to remember forever: the finger caress between Hannibal and Clarice before split, looks like they share everything in that moment
To answer some of your questions about Buffalo Bill - Mrs. Lippman was the corpse in the tub and was Bill's mother. He was the son she never wanted, having wanted a daughter. She dressed him as a girl, made him act like a girl, etc. But no matter what he did or said, it wasn't good enough for her and, frankly, never would be. Of course he met Frederica Bemmil as she and the other girl would come over to help Mrs. Lippman sew. In Bill's eyes Frederica was everything he wasn't, a girl who Mrs. Lippman liked and doted on, a girl Mrs. Lippman could put in pretty dresses, a real girl, something Bill could never achieve. Mrs. Lippman hated her son and for decades she poisoned his mind till the day he snapped. But why not bury her, burn her body or dump it in the river? Even though she was dead Bill wished to punish her further. Did you notice the contents of the tub looked like raw sewage? Bill put her body there so he could p!ss, sh!t and spit on her for the rest of his life, further payback. She tortured him for years so he decided to punish her for years. Bill though still has it in his mind that until he can be what his mother wanted his life would be incomplete and a failure, Now, it ingrained in his head that mom was right he will do anything to prove her wrong, that he can be the perfect girl she wanted. Mrs. Lippman created a monster that turned on her and the rest of the world.
Anthony Hopkins is fantastic in the series "Westworld." There is a scene from a specific episode that has an amazing analysis on youtube.
Also on TH-cam you can find tutorials to make a head in a jar using your own face (a photo). :)
Full credit to Anthony Heald (Dr. Chilton) who manages to portray the second-most skeevy person in a movie featuring two serial killers.
My favorite movie of ALL time! I first saw it when I was sixteen in the movie theater, and my mine was blown. Silence is a tense, tight, thriller. Hannibal Lechter is the highest evolution of a monster. A doctor of the mind with a taste for human flesh. Hopkins and Foster are FIRE in this.
Fun fact!! At 18:03 the guy in the suit was my college adviser. He told use that when he was an FBI agent he was the one that requested the ok to let them film at the academy. It always makes me smile when this scene come on
A brilliant twist(?) at the end of the movie portrays Bill transforming into a moth with the night vision goggles and when he dies curls his hands and wrists in like when bugs die. He coveted what he saw and cared for most. 🐛 🦋
@Ro 川 Rodríguez you're welcome, yea that blew my mind when i first heard that and somehow changed how i viewed Bill after that but i cant put my finger on it, a deep psycho thriller!
She's still my favorite movie heroine ever.
You can actually rent Buffalo Bills house, the owner is really cool and the place is filled with movie memorabilia.
I cant wait to get on that.
Three interesting facts:
This slurping was invented by Anthony Hopkins himself and improvised, it terrified the director and that's how it got into the movie.
The film was released on Valentine's Day - even though the biggest films are released at the end of the year. However, it was not believed that he would achieve success hence this date.
And lastly - Anthony also improvised a West Virginia accent and said it in a way that offended Jodie Foster, making her disgusted face look real and at first she was angry with him for it, but later she thanked him for the scene.
"You tell me things, I tell you things." The reason Hannibal kept asking personal questions of her was because she reminded him of his sister that was cannibalized. She reminded him also of himself, the way he was before his trauma. He found in Clarice intelligence, honesty, integrity and a genuine kindness unlike other F.B.I agents. Clarice was unspoiled by the system and society and a genuine person. It was symbiosis of him needing some kind of normality and her needing not only information about the murders, but also having him helping her with understanding "The Silence of the lambs". Patricia Kirby is one of the female FBI agents that the film got information from. ( Kirby stated that her own research showed that "male serial killers love visitors, they love if you're with the FBI, and they love if you're a woman". The way in which Clarice is able to get Lecter to assist in her hunt for Buffalo Bill stems from what Kirby taught Harris, the writer of the novel. While there are differences between Kirby and Clarice (Kirby's from the big city of Baltimore, not a small town in West Virginia, for one), the methodology she shared is a big part of Clarice's character.") Candice De Long was another F.B.I agent that was an inspiration for the film and is the one that is mentioned the most. Another fact was that Jodie Foster was terrified of Hopkins and they NEVER spoke to one another on the set...his scenes were solo all face to face with the camera...like he was having a one on one conversation directly with the audience. Here she explains her fear. of him. The second video is BOTH of them years later. th-cam.com/video/fXUsRIcwtSo/w-d-xo.html and present time th-cam.com/video/u2QjdRaLfa8/w-d-xo.html
I really enjoyed this aspect of the film. But Hannibal is also clearly in love with her in his own twisted way and I know the books are even more explicit in terms of their strong feelings and bond with one another.
@@kevincola3184 Yes..twisted love, the root thing though is normality for both.
Oh hell yeah! Did you give Arianna a nice Chianti while watching?
21:51 He presents Lecter like the Freak Show owner in The Elephant Man (Another great movie Arianna would probably love but bawl her eyes out at)
New fan, love your energy, much love from South Africa...this is my favourite movie by far lol
Lecter truly admires Clarice, and given different circumstances I think he pictures Clarice as someone he would consider as a partner and intellectual equal. His inquisition of Clarice's past is to get a human connection with her because he desires her, but also because he is deprived of real human connections in prison that he longs for. When he strokes her hand is where you understand that he also desired that physical connection with her, that given different circumstances he would have attempted to court Clarice because he desired her but also knew that a relationship with Clarice was out of reach so that small touch is all he would ever get (until the sequels). You need to check out Red Dragon next.
🎯 Lector gave Starling what she wanted most: "advancement, of course." So instead of feeding her the solution, he guided her along. Mentoring her in how to reason through evidence, so that she would advance in her career going forward. Lector took a liking to her because of the mutual trust/respect during the initial encounter. Lector later called her a "clever girl" stating to Starling "you don't know how close you are to catching" Buffalo Bill. Later, Lector quipped, "People will say we're in love" and "the world is more interesting with you in it." For all those reasons, Lector gave Starling what she wanted most: "advancement, of course." (NOTE: Lector's wince and grimace when Starling tells him how her father died. Showed Lector has a degree of compassion for young Starling's loss and pain. He's evil, but there were signs indicating motive for helping Starling. Also, Lector intentionally sent the other officers on a red-herring by giving false information, thereby, giving Starling more time and opportunity to find Buffalo Bill before anyone else.)
I wish they would have shown Lecter and Chilton's "encounter" in another movie or even this one. Having an old friend for dinner indeed.
Did anyone notice that Lecter said one of his drawings was The Duomo from the Belvedere, and Buffalo Bill was living in Belvedere, Ohio?
Yes but only a couple of weeks ago.
@@slayerrocks2 me too. I was today years old when I noticed it.
13:20 Pawns are one of the most important pieces when they're close to the other side of the board, baby!!!!!
Thank you for giving this film the time it deserves.
I haven't watched this movie in a little while, it's nice to see that it really still holds up. That scene, man. That scene. You know the one.
3:33 I love that IMDB credits this guy as "Friendly Psychopath." That would be fun to put on your resume.
Notice? Not only did he pick ONE of the handcuffs, he picked BOTH handcuffs!
Fun Fact: At 37:45 the undercover FBI van outside the home has the marking _Flowers By Irene_ which spells out F.B.I.
I like how that make that Doctor so unlikeable that we're glad when they allude to what's going to happen to him. Nom Nom Nom
Went to see this one in the theater back in the day 1991 when it first came out I was 21 loved it I am 52 now
Ardelia Mapp and Clarice Starling are more than roomies - look at their faces at graduation, that's genuine affection
23:48 hannibal realized the warden left his pen on his bed.😯
This is a brilliant film. The series Hannibal is amazing.
The show Clarice is good as well. Just got renewed and promised to get darker
@@cjames4478 My dad enjoyed its on Sky in the UK. I know it has a harder task because they can't mention Hannibal. Will let my dad know its renewed though.
Seconding the Hannibal series as well. Just....not on a full stomach. Or while eating. Oh Lord, definitely not while eating.
Did you know Hannibal the book she Clarice becomes a sick monster cannibalist..
@@jasonmartin7711 i want to say somethinh, but i won't for spoilers lol.
Isn't it about time you gave Maple a grizzly one to watch on her own?? Arianna deserves a nice cute one...
Also the scenes with Jay and Silent Bob did great parody of this movie with Goodbye Horses 😁
Best film reviewer I've seen yet, you actually watch the film through instead of skipping loads plus you have good and intelligent comments to make well done ,keep it up.
One of the small, irrelevant details from the book that they didn't put into the movie was that Starling actually accepted a date from Dr. Pilcher, the entomologist who asked her about hamburgers and beer, and the two started a relationship that lasted for a couple of years.
If you watch closely at the end he's there with her at the FBI graduation. I didn't notice it for ages
I guess he didn’t… bug her too much. ;)
@@0okamino i hate you for that joke but still gave you a like.
@@0okamino nice
Not sure if this is already here but Silence of the Lambs is passed of 3 different killers. Psycho the movie and this one got its material from a killer named Ed Gains from Plainfield, WI. He actually was making a skin suit and had a lamp shade made of human skin and had issues with his mother. Which he kept the room everything in place after she died.
*Gein
Two things, Lecter did the drawing, "that is the Duomo seen from the Belvedere". Clue one for the town, Belvedere, that Gordon is in. Notice also when Clarice is at Gordon's door and he asks her in he is in his bare feet, so he can walk without being heard coming up behind her later as it turns out. Incredible movie, the story is great, the screenplay is great, the acting is ridiculously good. Anthony Hopkins as Lecter is only on screen about 18 minutes the whole movie and won the Academy Award for best actor.
True Creepy Story....when I lived in Chicago, I had a friend named Mickey Levine who owned a clothing store called 99th floor. His brother is Ted Levine, the actor who played Buffalo Bill. I had a roommate who worked for the coffee shop next door which was called Cafe Pergolesi. The owner of that coffee house was a man named Aaron Weinberger & he had a son that worked there named Jeremiah. Jeremiah was Dahmers 15th victim.
Very well done. Thoroughly enjoyed your commentary. Very witty and insightful. Thank you.
Arianna had Percy flashbacks because of Dr. Chilton lmao.
Ted Levine, AKA Buffalo Bill, is also known as Lt. Stotylemyr on “Monk.”
Sir Anthony Hopkins 22 minutes of unforgettable screen time and the Academy Award for best actor!
What is more terrifying than anything is that there are people like Lector & Buffalo Bill in the world!
Hannibal didn't tell Clarice anything; but could he have written something in that case file???
So, clearly you're invested...so, do you have plans for the prequel & sequel = Red Dragon & Hannibal? Great Reactions BTW!
Hell, watch the show!!!
OMG - I just noticed the little pics of Freddie on the wall by the stairs. The family's sadness briefly summarized - ouch.
This movie won the Oscars for best actor, best actress, best writing, best picture, best director.
"Tha-That's a head in a jar." Her face, expression and tone cracked me up, my dudes. She sounded exactly like Bubba in Forrest Gump when he finished listing all the shrimp dishes... "Tha-That's about it." LOL!!
I love your reactions! Your vitriol for the evil characters hits home with all of us. Great job!
One of my favorite lines, "Love your suit!"
Winner of best picture best actor and best actress well deserved inthe opening of the academy awards billy crystal came out on a hand truck with the mask and straight jacket. Btw you're smart you could tell what was being said by hannibal
The FBI training facility at Quantico is also used by the Marines
In the book Hannibal it is written for Clarice to become a sick monster cannibalist and fall if love with Hannibal Lecter...some weird stuff. which is why Jodie Foster turned town the role for the movie Hannibal.. they ended up writing the script different because of it.
Before Anthony Hopkins was cast as Leckter, Ed Harris, William Friedkin, Robert DeNiro, Al Pacino, Mandy Patinkin, Louis Gossett Jr, Brian Cox (Whom portrayed Leckter in MANHUNTER), Sean Connery, Dustin Hoffman, Marlon Brando, John Lithgow, Christopher Lloyd, Robert Duvall, Jeremy Irons, and Daniel Day Lewis were considered.
I think Jeremy Irons would have done a tremendous job.
No, Crawford did use her as a tool. And while people may object to that sort of treatment, sometimes you have to in order to do your job, such as catching a killer.
Well Arianna, this is an intense thriller. Two things to remember. Have the lambs stopped screaming, and I'm having an old friend for dinner.
Don't forget the tuck, it's important for girls to know over 92% of men have done the tuck in the mirror at least once in their lives.
@@sparksdrinker5650 my favorite tuck is Sean Young in ace ventura.