2006-09-08 15:16:08 · 28 answers · asked by trembling lips 3 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
what was the "put the lotion on" and the hose thing about?
what is the name of the book ? silence of the lambs ?
2006-09-11 07:42:58 · update #1
Classic Psycho Drama which attacks the senses and plays mind games with whomever watches it ! Anthony Hopkins(Hannibal Lechter) gives a Tour De Force performance as the ultimate misguided Psychiatrist from Hell, whose ambitions vary from moment to psychotic moment. Lechter known for his exceptional perception,is visited by Clarice Starling (Jodi Foster)a new recruit for the F.B.I., that needs to get Hannibal's insight. Even though Hannibal is incarcerated for most of the movie, you feel that he is in total control. Hannibal gives Clarice clues thru the movie, to solve the "Buffalo Bill" case, and to help her advance her career and deal with her psychological problems. In effect he becomes her psychiatrist behind bars, interesting. Watch for their third meeting, where Hannibal's head seems to be floating on the reflective glass, really creepy ! Everyone in the movie , from her boss, Scott Glenn(Jack Crawford) to Jame Gumb(Buffalo Bill), is either seeking advancement or control of their own reality, amazing !!! As Clarice gets closer to solving the case, Hannibal escapes, and then things really get out of control !!! Terrific ending in the home of "Buffalo Bill" will leave you on the edge of your seat !!! Great Directing by Jonathan Demme and OUTSTANDING Editing by Craig McCay, take you into the world of Starling and Lechter, but will not let you totally escape from their presence, not a safe movie !!! There are a few flaws, as to how Lechter gets the pen, or how he knows where to phone Clarice, but they are minor. Ted Levine should have gotten Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, this role could have typecast his career.
This movie should be viewed by Adults ONLY !!! I highly recommend "Silence of the Lambs", Winner of the TOP 5 Academy Awards, only 3rd movie in history to do so !!!
2006-09-08 15:21:10 · answer #1 · answered by Myke BoDean 6 · 3⤊ 2⤋
It's because during the film; Clarice confides in Lecter that she grew up on a farm with her family (uncle if I remember correctly), and she'd once woken up to screaming; which it transpired was the lambs screaming as they were being slaughtered. As a child she'd grabbed a lamb and tried to run with it; to save it. She goes on to talk about how she still wakes up to the "screaming of the lambs" at night. So I'd imagine it's the idea that the entire case that the film revolves around and her attempts to solve it by getting information from Lecter is her attempt to stop the "screaming" and finally have peace with the silence of the lambs.
2016-03-27 03:30:22 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you can't understand it, no one will be able to explain it to you. I suggest you read the book and Hannibal as well. The movie Hannibal was crap, but the book is better than SOTL.
In my opinion, SOTL is a love story. You see this genius criminal mind who everyone sees as a cold and calculating murderer, who just happens to injest his victims.
Hannibal (book not movie) gets into the history of Lecter and you see why he became the person he did.
If you read both books, you will see what I mean.
2006-09-08 15:20:57 · answer #3 · answered by pipi08_2000 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You've never seen it? You should, very good movie!!!
It's like a pre-CSI, Jodie Foster's character, Clarice Starling, is investigating a serial killer, and using another serial killer who's in prison, Hannibal Lecter, Anthony Hopkins's character, as a source of insight to the serial killer mind. But Hannibal Lecter won't give the info for free, he demands that she share her psychologically scarring experiences with him in return. They grow to respect each other. Lot's of scary and cool things happen.
Very good movie.
2006-09-08 15:17:22 · answer #4 · answered by kookie 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"A psychopath known as Buffalo Bill is kidnapping and murdering young women across the midwest. Believing it takes one to know one, the F.B.I. sends Agent Clarice Starling (Foster) to interview a demented prisoner who may provide psychological insight and clues to the killer's actions. The prisoner is psychiatrist, Dr. Hannibal Lector (Hopkins), a brilliant, murderous cannibal who will only help Starling if she feeds his morbid curiosity with details about her own complicated life. This twisted relationship forces Starling not only to confront her psychological demons, but leads her to face with a demented, heinous killer, an incarceration of evil so powerful, that she may not have the courage -- or strength -- to stop him!"
2006-09-08 15:22:48 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Precual to Hannabal and Red Dragon
2006-09-08 17:55:43 · answer #6 · answered by Polaris 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It basically had two main plots... how to find a serial killer... and how Dr. Lecter escapes from prison. Great movie! And I have to recommend the book, too... excellent!
2006-09-08 15:19:22 · answer #7 · answered by Mike S 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Rent the movie and see for yourself!
If you can't watch rated R movies then read the book.
2006-09-08 15:24:34 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Cannibalism.
2006-09-08 15:17:32 · answer #9 · answered by The Global Community 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
A woman coming to grips with her past while dealing with a pair of serial killers
2006-09-08 15:17:17 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋