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Actors: Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Ted Levine
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Silence Of The Lambs |
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In this fictional psychological thriller set in the early 1990s, the FBI must race against the clock to capture a serial killer. Clarice Starling (Foster) is a bright cadet at the FBI academy. She is called upon by her superiors to help catch Buffalo Bill, a serial killer that is abducting women at an alarming rate. Clarice interrogates the most dangerous killer in the psych hospital, the flesh eating psychiatrist Hannibal Lector (Hopkins), hoping that he can lead her to the killer before he strikes again.
--Charles, Resident Scholar
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Though Clarice Starling is still an FBI trainie, her boss has sent her to see the infamous Dr. Hannibal Lecter. The goal is to find information on a current serial killer dubbed "Buffalo Bill." Young woman have been abducted, starved, killed, then skinned. The Senator's daughter is the latest victim and will do anything to get her daughter back, even relocating Dr. Lecter. This may prove to have disastrous effects. Without Lecter, Clarice may not find Buffalo Bill in time.
--Tracey Ray, Resident Scholar
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Thriller. When young women start to go missing, a junior FBI investigator is called in to talk to a convicted cannibal. But will the investigator (Clarice Starling) find the killer in time to save the young senators daughter, and save the grisly murder mystery?
--Megan Westley, Resident Scholar
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A deranged serial killer is skining the skin off women all over the country. His name, is Buffalo Bill(Ted Levine). FBI agent in training Clarice Starling(Jodie Foster) is asked to look into the case, with her expertice in the field of psychiatry. She is asked to interview serial killer in custody, Hannibal Lecter(Anthony Hopkins) for help on the case. The hunt for Buffalo Bill begins. Based on the novel by Thomas Harris.
--Will Dame, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of The Silence Of The Lambs |
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Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 30%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1980's-1999
Crime & Police Story?
Yes
Crime story:
- catching/stopping killer
Horror film?
Yes
Horror Plotlets:
- mad guy with knife likes to slice
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
- Female
Profession/status:
- police/lawman
Age:
- 20's-30's
- 40's-50's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- medium/shoulderlgn, straight (woman)
Body type
- average (man)
- skinny (woman)
Events of movie makes character more...
- tougher
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn, straight
Body type
- average build (man)
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- killer
Eccentric:
Yes
- wild
- emotionally unstable
- obsessed
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 40%
Hair color
- blonde
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- average (man)
unclothed?
- full frontal
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Physique
- average physique
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Southeast
- Northeast
City?
Yes
City:
- Washington D.C.
Small town?
Yes
Misc setting
- prison
- fort/military installation
- building
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- gory visuals of deaths
How many deaths in film?
- 4-8
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- seeing full frontal--men
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 2 (a little)
Kind of violence:
- mission to rescue
- guns
- knives
Unusual forms of death
- eaten
- perforation--bullets
Any profanity?
- Some foul language
Is this movie based on a
- book
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