Wednesday 26 August 2009

Hannibal Lector

This clip has been parodied loads of times, but the original is still one of the great scenes. This is the first meeting between serial killer Hannibal Lector and FBI trainee Clarice Starling in the film 'Silence of the Lambs'...



It's an emotionally-charged piece of cinema; Lector effortlessly intimidates Starling, who despite visibly shaking in his presence has the mental strength to endure his psychological attacks on her. The scene sets up the emotional relationship between the two characters, a relationship which seems perverse but is crucial to the film's success.

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