SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (1991) Breakdown | Easter Eggs, Hidden Details, Making Of & Ending Explained
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Top Comments (10)
I think it’s worth mentioning that although Lector is a man that stares at her, he is also the only one that respects her and becomes her mentor. Which is interesting because he’s crazy psychopath.
This film is an example of perfect casting.
i watch this film at least twice a year and still feel entertained with each viewing, it truly is a work of art and one of the best films ever made
You missed one! When Lecter is instructing Clarice from his new cage and talking about Marcus Aurelius he says the word ‘Simplicity’. That’s the brand name of a sewing pattern company that sold paper patterns for clothing in sewing shops.
One point I always noticed is that anytime Clarice is around a group of men, they are all at least a foot taller than her. They tower over her, and I think that adds to how she has struggled with being a woman in a male-dominated job (at that time).
I lived in calumet city Illinois, and saw this in that city when it came out. When Clarice was told by Crawford that Gumb was in calumet city, our whole audience screamed!
He just didn't Bond with the script. Gold.
I was in high school and working at an AMC theater when this movie came out. Needless to say, I saw it on the big screen quite a few times. There's one image that will burn itself into you. When Lector is staring at you, the audience, in the theater, he's staring at you on that huge movie screen. His eyes look like they are glaring at everyone in the audience. And he isn't blinking. That image is what made seeing this movie in the theater a must watch because, especially in 1991 when we all didn't have 70+" TVs on our walls, not much else was like that and it was very unnerving.
Pick up the Silence Of The Lambs on 4k from arrow and get 10% off with the code HEAVYSPOILERS - https://www.arrowfilms.com/4k/the-silence-of-the-lambs-limited-edition-4k-uhd/15401358.html
3:31 Not a big deal but wanted to point out that Clarice didn’t often hear the screaming lambs but only heard them once. She states she didn’t know what the sound was until she crept into the barn and found them. This was the Spring Slaughter. She tried to open the pen and ultimately fails to save even one of them. And it is this screaming that haunts her. Not the silence that came after they were all slaughtered. The supposed silencing of the lambs doesn’t refer to the deafening silence of the dead lambs, it is her attempt or her hope that this recurring nightmare will go away when she succeeds in saving a lamb to be slaughtered- young Catherine is the soon to be slaughtered lamb that Clarice saves.
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Top Comments (10)
I think it’s worth mentioning that although Lector is a man that stares at her, he is also the only one that respects her and becomes her mentor. Which is interesting because he’s crazy psychopath.
This film is an example of perfect casting.
i watch this film at least twice a year and still feel entertained with each viewing, it truly is a work of art and one of the best films ever made
You missed one! When Lecter is instructing Clarice from his new cage and talking about Marcus Aurelius he says the word ‘Simplicity’. That’s the brand name of a sewing pattern company that sold paper patterns for clothing in sewing shops.
One point I always noticed is that anytime Clarice is around a group of men, they are all at least a foot taller than her. They tower over her, and I think that adds to how she has struggled with being a woman in a male-dominated job (at that time).
I lived in calumet city Illinois, and saw this in that city when it came out. When Clarice was told by Crawford that Gumb was in calumet city, our whole audience screamed!
He just didn't Bond with the script. Gold.
I was in high school and working at an AMC theater when this movie came out. Needless to say, I saw it on the big screen quite a few times. There's one image that will burn itself into you. When Lector is staring at you, the audience, in the theater, he's staring at you on that huge movie screen. His eyes look like they are glaring at everyone in the audience. And he isn't blinking. That image is what made seeing this movie in the theater a must watch because, especially in 1991 when we all didn't have 70+" TVs on our walls, not much else was like that and it was very unnerving.
Pick up the Silence Of The Lambs on 4k from arrow and get 10% off with the code HEAVYSPOILERS - https://www.arrowfilms.com/4k/the-silence-of-the-lambs-limited-edition-4k-uhd/15401358.html
3:31 Not a big deal but wanted to point out that Clarice didn’t often hear the screaming lambs but only heard them once. She states she didn’t know what the sound was until she crept into the barn and found them. This was the Spring Slaughter. She tried to open the pen and ultimately fails to save even one of them. And it is this screaming that haunts her. Not the silence that came after they were all slaughtered. The supposed silencing of the lambs doesn’t refer to the deafening silence of the dead lambs, it is her attempt or her hope that this recurring nightmare will go away when she succeeds in saving a lamb to be slaughtered- young Catherine is the soon to be slaughtered lamb that Clarice saves.