So what is 'it', who is the girl in what hole, and what does 'it' do with the lotion? If 'it' is indeed a dog then how can 'it' put the lotion on and what's with the hose?
2007-10-10 14:33:55 · 5 answers · asked by Sligo 4 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
"It" is the girl in the hole, Buffalo Bill likes to think of his captives not as humans but as objects so that it is easier for him to kill them. He is going to be using her skin to make his fleshcoat (or so he thinks) so he wants her to rub lotion on her skin to keep it smooth. If you notice he has a hose in his hand, and Katherine (the girl in the hole) is all wet. if she does not do as he says, he will spray her with cold water. this is before the dog is even in the hole with her, so it has nothing to do with the dog
2007-10-10 14:41:01 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
It refers to the girl in the hole, not the dog. It put the lotion on the skin. And the girl is the woman he kidnapped earlier in the movie. I love Silence of the Lambs.
2007-10-10 21:43:35 · answer #2 · answered by Bast 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you asking this because you've seen the Southpark episode but haven't seen the movie Silence of the Lambs?
If so, "it" is a kidnapped woman that the killer plans to make a dress out of. He puts the woman down the well, starves her, and makes her apply lotion to her skin to keep it moisturized. If she refuses to "put the lotion on it's skin" he sprays a high-power hose on her.
At one point, she gets a hold of the guy's dog and tries to hold it hostage to help her escape.
Does that help?
2007-10-10 21:41:58 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
The "it" is the GIRL! He doesn't want to refer to the girl as "you" because he knows he's wrong in trying to make a suit out of her. "You" gives her an identity, beyond providing a coat as a sheep would. He knows he can't handle killing an identity, so he de-humanizes the object, or victim. Psychotic deflection! (Really, if I knew what I were talking about, that's what I'd call it.) That's the horror part of the whole movie boiled down to its essence. This guy knows what he's doing is wrong, but his desires have overridden that hard-wired impulse. "You" no longer exists.
The rest is pointless. At least you picked up on the key motivation for the movie. Not many can say that much beyond "it was scary".
2007-10-10 21:50:20 · answer #4 · answered by Rubber Cranium 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It was the woman in the hole.. (he's depersonalizing.. makes it easier to kill) .. She puts the lotion on her skin because he's trying to starve her a bit, so that he can skin her.. if the skin drys out it's not worth it..
2007-10-10 21:42:12 · answer #5 · answered by kaijawitch 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋