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Feb 16, 2021 · Silence of the Lambs elevated mainstream horror after a decade of schlocky teen camp — and proved genre films could also have prestige. From the beginning, Silence of the Lambs was a cultural...
- Aja Romano
Oct 23, 2022 · In 1991, one of the most iconic (and terrifying) horror movies of all time was released: The Silence of the Lambs, based on Thomas Harris‘ novel of the same name.
- Roger Cormier
- The Silence of the Lambs is the third film to ever win all the "Big Five" Oscars—Best Picture, Actor, Actress, Director, and Screenplay. The other two were It Happened One Night in 1935, and One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest in 1976.
- Gene Siskel gave The Silence of the Lambs a thumbs down. Gene Siskel infamously didn’t see what all the fuss was about, dismissing the movie as a “star-studded freak show” and writing that The Silence of the Lambs was “a case of much ado about nothing.”
- The rights to Hannibal Lecter were given away for free. Michael Mann's movie Manhunter (1986) was based on Thomas Harris’s 1981 novel Red Dragon, the first of four books featuring the most infamous psychiatrist/cannibal in the world.
- Gene Hackman was originally set to direct and star in The Silence of the Lambs. Gene Hackman and Orion Pictures split the $500,000 needed to purchase the movie rights to the book.
The use of "Goodbye Horses" in The Silence of the Lambs, in which Buffalo Bill, played by Ted Levine (pictured), does his makeup and dances naked to the song, was praised by critics, who considered the song and the scene inextricable from one another.
- The Rights to Hannibal Lecter Were Given Away For Free
- Anthony Hopkins Prepared For His Role as Hannibal Lecter
- Anthony Hopkins Mistook The Idea of The Film
- How Jodie Foster Was Cast
- Ted Levine and His Chaotic Role as Buffalo Bill
- The Title of The Movie Explained
- The Moth on The Movie Poster
- The Reason For Hannibal Lecter’s Attire
- The Initial Response to The Film’S Debut
- The Honorable Mentions of The Film
The first official Hannibal Lecter film based on Thomas Harris’s 1981 novel Red Dragon was Manhunter (1986) by Michael Mann. However, this movie disappointed at the box office, making back barely half of its budget at the box office. Therefore, producer Dino De Laurentiis, who held the copyright for the character of Hannibal Lecter at the time, dec...
In preparation for his cannibalistic role, Anthony Hopkins did a lot of research. He studied the actions of convicted murderers and often visited prisons to witness the behaviors of incarcerated men. Hopkins would also bear witness to court hearings for those who had committed heinous murderous acts, hoping this would better his understanding of hi...
Before Sir Anthony Hopkins was cast to play Hannibal Lecter, Sean Connery, Daniel Day-Lewis, Jack Nicholson, and Derek Jacobi were in consideration. Eventually, Hopkins received a call from his agent in London, England, about him being cast as Hannibal Lecter. As he was waiting for the script to arrive, without knowing much about the film’s context...
The writer ofThe Silence of the Lambs novel, Ted Tally, requested that Jodie Foster be cast for the role as Clarice Starling. Foster, at the time, was also gunning for the part. However, director Jonathan Demme wanted Michelle Pfeiffer for the role. But when Pfieffer’s need for $2 million wasn’t met by the distributing company, Orion Pictures, she ...
Both Buffalo Bill and his actor Ted Levine had their quirks. The fictional serial killer Buffalo Bill was based on three real-life killers: Ted Bundy (for the manner of kidnapping), Gary M. Heidnik (for the idea of a well dug in the cellar of the killer’s house to keep the victims), and Ed Gein (for the skin suit concept). The infamous one-shot dan...
When Clarice Starling was younger, she would visit her Uncle’s farm. As she grew older, she recalled and could not forget the screams of the lambs in the slaughterhouse. When Starling explains this to Lecter, she reveals that she has recurring nightmares of them screaming. Lecter hopes that when Starling saves the missing girl in the film, her nigh...
If you look closely, the skull on the moth in the poster is not just a skull: it is a group of nude women posing to give the illusion of a skull from afar. This is directly inspired by a surrealist photograph taken by Salvador Dali titled In Voluptas Mors (1951), featuring the artist’s portrait next to a skull composed of seven nude women. This is ...
After the senator's daughter is captured by Buffalo Bill, the FBI moves Hannibal Lecter to a holding facility in Memphis, Tennessee. When Lecter was moved to the new prison, he was originally going to be dressed in either a yellow or orange jumpsuit. Having a fear of dentistswho wear all white, Anthony Hopkins used this fear of his as inspiration f...
Debuting at the ShowEast Convention in October 1990, The Silence of the Lambs receiveda rather confusing response. As the ending credits rolled on the screen, the entire audience watched in silence. There was no clapping nor cheer of approval. Author Ted Tally then asked director Jonathan Demme if he thought the film was too scary. Demme responded ...
Aside from the five Academy Awards that the film would come to win, The Silence of the Lambs received numerous accolades. The film was named as one of the American Film Institute’s 2001 list of Top 100 Most Heart-Pounding Movies. It was listed in the Official Top 250 Narrative Feature Films on Letterboxd. In 1998, the film was included in the Ameri...
- Molly Byrne
Feb 16, 2021 · The Silence of the Lambs is the story of a woman succeeding in a man’s world—of having to fend off advances, mask her emotions, placate her superiors, and minimize her femininity and sexuality ...
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Mar 7, 2017 · Why The Silence of the Lambs is a feminist fable. The film won the best picture Oscar 25 years ago – and as both a heart-stopping chiller and a commentary on sexual harassment and the male gaze...
