Foster and Hopkins didn’t meet until it was time to shoot their scenes together. This was done deliberately, to make the tension between the characters as real as possible. It worked wonders, if you ask me
Love the scene where Chilton shows Clarice the photo of the nurse, they don't have to show you anything cause your imagination can conjure something more horrific than anything the filmmaker can show you. Fantastic writing great reaction keep it up!!!
Christopher Lloyd did the same thing when he played Dr. Emmett Brown in "Back to the Future" - of course then it was for comedic effect. :) He also did it in a noticeably unsettling manner as Judge Doom in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit"...
This film did the "Oscar sweep", (Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Director, Best Screenplay) in 1991, and it deserved every one of those trophies. Films this good only come along once in a lifetime, sometimes....
I can't believe this film is over 30 years old. I remember the first time I saw it. I've been enthralled by Anthony Hopkins ever since. Enjoy the rest of the films in the series!!!
@@stopthephilosophicalzombie9017 I agree with your assessment of Ed Norton. I can't detach him from Fight Club. As for Hannibal, the whole movie played like a bad "B" movie. I don't know what happened between the original and the sequels but something was definitely lost... either bad writing, directing, acting, etc. They should have at least tried to replicate the look, feel, and cadence of the original. The original was slow, brooding, and deliberate. I also loved how the actors had moments where they looked directly into the lens of the camera when they read their lines. It basically put the viewer directly INTO the movie as a participant as opposed to an observer. I've never seen any filmmaker do this before or since.
Hey Jen, For the majority of his time on screen, Lecter is either in a cell or in restraints, but it always feels like he is in absolute control of the situation and the people he is interacting with. One of my favorite things about this movie. It gives it such as suspense level as opposed to a horror feel. We can't see what Hannibal can do, because he's imprisoned, we just know it.
I am a big movie fan and at 70, I have seen quite a few. I consider the "Silence of the Lambs" exchange to be one of the finest pieces of acting I have viewed in that time. Guess what? You are rapidly becoming one of my favorite reactors. Thanks for another great one.
Among the many accolades this film rightfully received, a lot of people are impressed (myself included) that Anthony Hopkins won the Oscar for best actor with just 16 min of screen time in a 118 min movie, which is 14% of the total run time. There is only 1 actor who won the award with less screen time - David Niven is shown for 15 minutes 38 seconds in Separate Tables from 1958. This movie is shorter though, so Niven is on screen for a larger percentage of the total run time.
Great reaction. And yeah, your impression of Lecter is a common one: One of fascination, intrigue and an uncomfortable attraction toward his charisma, charm and intelligence, leaving you feeling uneasy with yourself and conflicted about why you feel so drawn to such a psychopathic serial killer.
I saw this movie the first week it came out and we all cheered at the end when Hannibal indicated he was having a friend for dinner and then the camera pans over to Dr. Chilton! Also Jen, you have to bring your dad on as a guest some time. He seems to have excellent taste in movies! Thanks for another great reaction.
My favorite trivia I heard in one of the making of specials, during the scene that Jodie explains the lambs, a crew member dropped something loudly during the take, Jodie never broke stride just pausing for a moment and kept going which is the take used. The director was obviously originally pissed and said something to the effect that take would win her the Oscar, then upon seeing the take back, the pause actually helped and used it.
Lecter says, "our little Billy wasn't born a killer...he was made one.." then Bill says to katherine "you don't know what pain is!" so many little gems that after you watch it a few times you can see more of the picture. This man was most likely tortured and possibly sexually abused as a child. He has so much anger and confusion. The acting by everyone is amazing
Fab reaction to a classic! ♥ 30:44 Notice the dog looks like a lamb. Clarice was compelled by her psyche to pursue Bill down in the cellar, if she waited for back up then Catherine may have been killed. She had to save that lamb. The Hannibal films are all worth seeing at least once. After the films, if you enjoyed them, I would very highly recommend the tv series 'Hannibal' (2013 - 2015). In this we start the series by seeing Hannibal as a practicing and very successful psychiatrist, the public and authorities not yet aware he is the active serial killer who has been dubbed The Chesapeake Ripper. Mads Mikkelson plays Hannibal perfectly.
Great reaction! 👍🏿 This film is one of the greatest horror movies ever made. It's great psychological horror. I know that some of you in the comments are giving me the 🙄🙄 eyes. But, people forget how this film shocked people. It was all over the news, and I remember this as a kid. My parents wouldn't let me or my younger brother watch this movie. Since the 1960s, only 5 horror films shocked people so much that the Mainstream Media covered it: Psycho (1960), Rosemary's Baby (1968), The Exorcist (1973), Jaws (1975), and The Silence of The Lambs (1991). Oh how soon we forget the past. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
And yes. I know about Cannibal Holocaust, The Human Centipede, Scream, A Serbian Film, The Nightingale, and the 2013 Evil Dead remake. But, these movies weren't universally covered by the MSM. Not even close to the 5 horror film classics mentioned above. Now Poltergeist (1982) was covered by the news. But, this was due to the deaths of the actresses in that horror film in real life. 🎥 Very tragic.
Ed Harris, William Friedkin, Robert DeNiro, Al Pacino, Brian Cox, Louis Gossett Jr, Forrest Whitaker, Sean Connery, Dustin Hoffman, Marlon Brando, and Daniel Day Lewis were considered for the role of Hannibal.
You TOTALLY pulled me in by your fixed attention to your screen. Well done! I really appreciate when female characters are written who stand on their OWN strength and intellect; that does not come at the expense of diminishing the strength and intellect of other characters. Ellen Ripley and Sarah Connor are prime examples. Clarice Starling is such a character.
I agree that Starling and Lecter together were riveting, but you wanna hear the kicker? Jodie Foster never spoke to Anthony Hopkins during the shooting of the movie. She admitted to being scared of him from the table reading sessions.
This story was partially inspired by the time the FBI asked Ted Bundy to create a profile about the green river killer and when they finally caught him they realized that Bundys profile was pretty spot on, the part where Bill faked having a broken arm and struggles with the furniture is what Bundy would do to get a woman to help him and then he would hit her over the head and push her into his car. I recently found out that the actors who played Buffalo Bill and Catherine actually dated during the filming of the movie. Everyone freaks when she gets near the glass but it was probably thick plexiglass that wouldn’t shatter.
28:48 "Girl, _call_ somebody." Well, first, the FBI knows where she is. But second, local law enforcement _also_ knows where she is. She knows all this, so she probably figures backup is on the way.
Hannibal gave Clarice an important clue when she found the head. Did you notice that the head was staged next to fully clothed female mannequin, sans head?
The quid pro quo between Clarice and Hannibal was so well done! Hannibal was a fascinating character, so learned and refined (quoting Marcus Aurelius, a character in Gladiator!), and even though we heard his crimes described, we only saw his savagery first hand when he attacked the two police. Clarice was lucky to survive after she let him inside her head!
Glad you watched it.! It's one of my favorite movies....because of the acting.!!! NOT because of the subject matter.!?! As a matter of fact I cry every time they're together in the open jail scene when she's desperately telling about the Lambs.!! The acting is SO GOOD..!!! And it's just the two of them talking.!?! Amazing.!!! The other two movies are good too..."Hannibal" (with Julianne Moore taking over as "Clarice" & she does an admirable job.) "Red Dragon" with Edward Norton, Philip Seymore Hoffman & Ralph Fiennes . I liked the TV series...good actors...but it might be too gory for you.??!! Thx.! Great Reaction.!!
As a testament to how successful this movie was, The Silence of the Lambs won the top five Oscars at the Academy Awards that year: Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Director and Best Picture.
Beautiful reaction, to one of my all time favorite movies. Containing two of my very favorite characters. The lengths Starling went to in this movie to save that victim, cannot be explained as just a rookie's urge to prove herself. She didn't just go the extra mile. She went the extra light year. And she shows is courage is not the absence of fear. It is persevere in the face of fear. A lot of fear. And Lecter carried himself with such nobility. (Yes, he was literally born to a noble family, in the Baltic region.) They could wrap him up in a straight jacket, strap him to a dolly. Didn't matter. He still commanded everyone's respect. And controlled everything around him. Like a puppet master. Unshakable confidence.
This one does hold up to repeated viewings. (Even if you have to cover your eyes.) The scene in the basement is possibly the most riveted I have ever been in a theater. I love how there is no scene wasted - it just barrels ahead. Great reaction to a great movie, I could feel the goosebumps. One commenter here suggested 'It Happened One Night' as a comedic old-timey cleanser. Given your gentle nature, I heartily agree.
18:45 Oh, and Jen, one more thing - love the glasses. :-P Gotta give props to both Sir Anthony Hopkins and Jodie Foster. They shot only three or four scenes together, which means that their conversations were almost all the two of them acting to or in front of the camera, after which these were edited together. Brooke Smith (Catherine Martin) once asked Ted Levine (Buffalo Bill) what he did to prepare for his role. Ted said that all he needed to do was drink a lot of coffee. Here's to hoping Ted Levine doesn't have a large basement complex under his house IRL. Great reaction!
I recommend checking out the prequel 'Red Dragon.' It isn't a masterpiece like 'The Silence of the Lambs,' but it's still an excellent film in its own right, and it's great to see Anthony Hopkins chewing the scenery with another incredible performance as Hannibal Lector.
While Ted Levine is a terrifying bad guy, he is such a great actor and creates a great good guy in the TV series MONK as well (he plays Captain Stottlemeyer) Love this movie though.
I had only seen Silence of the Lambs once, so when I watched Monk, Ted Levine _was_ Captain Stottlemeyer. Then I saw a clip from Lambs again: "Wait, WHAT?!?" 🙈😝
Jen throughout=😱😱😱😱 great movie, great reaction, wonderful acting and a cute doggo . Youre blanket of protection has stared in a ton of the rewatches lately MVP goess to the blanket for sure 😀 youre tenseness was contagious jen and it sure makes the viewer uneasy but its the type of movie after its over you appreciate how good it is 👍 another rewatch chalked off 🔥
You need to see the rest of em' now. Hannibal Rising - the story of how Lecter came to be. The Red Dragon - About the Agent who finally got Hannibal . Then there's 2 tv series - 1. Clarise - About what she did after catching Bill. 2. Hannibal - About his rein of terror and at one point before he was found out to be a serial killer he actually worked for the FBI as a consultant.
greetings from Germany...great reaction.....the lady who plays "Catherine" is Brooke Smith. The TV show you mentioned must be "Crossing Jordan". She plays "Dr.Kate Switzer". I love this serie. One of the best crime tv show, together with "CSI. New York" with Detective Mac Taylor, alias Lieutenant Dan.......have a peaceful day and stay safe, my dear
Great reaction, Jen! It really got you several times, especially when Hannibal pulled the face off in the ambulance. This movie survives multiple watches. Thanks for this one.
You know, there really _was_ once someone called Buffalo Bill. His given name was William Frederick Cody. He was an American soldier, bison hunter and showman, born in Scott County, Iowa on February 26, 1846. He died in Denver, Colorado, on January 10, 1917. His grave is a major Colorado tourist attraction.
One asset that the director was trying to convey was the way Claire felt the male gaze. Watch it and see how most of the men look at her through out the film and you'll notice it.
This was based on the second book in a trilogy - the first was made into an earlier movie called "Manhunter" directed by Michael Mann. Frequent film villain Brian Cox (Colonel Stryker in the X-Men movies) was the first actor to play Lector, but while excellent, Mann's style of direction was VERY different than Johnathan Demme's (who was clearly inspired by the ultra-creepy serial killer interactions from The Exorcist III, released a year earlier than Silence), and Anthony Hopkins' performance threw a shot of adrenaline into his career (he'd been around since A Bridge Too Far - a star-studded war movie from 1977 in which he held his own amongst the likes of Sean Connery, Michael Caine, Robert Redford, James Caan, and Edward Fox - and had been highly acclaimed for his performance in The Elephant Man, directed by David Lynch in 1980, but this one made him a household name). Manhunter was remade later with Hopkins reprising the role in a prequel film called Red Dragon (the title of the first novel). It was actually the 3rd time Hopkins played the character - there was a direct sequel to this one called "Hannibal", directed by Ridley Scott, but the third novel was NOT as good as the first two - the writer put it out too soon under tremendous pressure from the publishing company and fans - and Jodie Foster refused to return to the role because of the way Starling was treated in the book. The third film is a bit better than the novel actually, but it still prompted fans to push for a remake of Manhunter in more of the Johnathan Demme style, and so they made that "prequel" as the last sequel to star Hopkins (and it's actually pretty good, although weird seeing Hannibal visibly older in the prequel, and being so close to Manhunter in so many ways). But wow, I hope that wasn't as confusing as it sounded. Anyway, check out Manhunter, Red Dragon, and Hannibal if you like these kinds of serial killer thrillers. Modern "procedural" crime shows like True Detective, Criminal Minds: Special Victims Unit (and especially C.S.I., which starred William Petersen, star of Manhunter) owe their existence to the success of Silence of the Lambs, as do other serial killer films like Copycat, Just Cause, Seven, Switchback, Kiss the Girls, Double Jeopardy, and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo quadrilogy. Even the popular 90's paranormal series The X-Files took a LOT of its tone from this film, and Gillian Anderson (who played Scully) was literally instructed to emulate Starling, while David Duchovny (who played Mulder) patterened his character (somewhat) on Will Graham, the protagonist of the first novel. In essence, "Silence" changed movie and TV detective stories from the more two-fisted, Dirty Harry style action movies or romantic couples investigating cases on TV, to deep, dark, deadly serious "procedurals" that were based in part on real life. So many serial killer series and documentaries are out now STILL cashing in on the audience's fascination with the subject that one would think two out of four people might be serial killers, lol (its actually thought to be more like 2,000 - 4,000 total in the U.S.). Top serial killer professions btw: Truck Driver, Police Officer, Military Personnel, Forestry Workers, Hotel Porters, and Warehouse Managers. Just a little trivia "food" for thought, but hope someone finds it interesting (or helpful), and thanks for another great reaction/review!!!
16:32 Iconic Line. "It rubs the lotion on it's skin or else it gets the hose again." 22:37 Now do you see why they had all those rules in the other facility. Anthony Hopkins is a Grade A Actor.
Hopkins is definitely a top tier actor. Well deserved of the MVP. I would say the “Hannibal” series, “Westworld” series and “Legends of the Fall” with Brad Pitt are my favorite Hopkins roles, but there are so many other good ones. Did you know he wrote a waltz when he was 19 years old? Crazy talented. It was entitled “And The Waltz Goes On.” There are videos on CZcams of him hearing it for the first time 50 years after he wrote it. You should check it out. His reaction and the piece itself is amazing. I think you’ll like it. Looking forward to your next. 😉
Hey Jen, Martha Stewart was dating Sir Anthony Hopkins at the time the movie came out. His performance was so chilling, that Martha left him soon after seeing the movie. She thought if he had that in him as an actor that must be buried somewhere in him as a person. She couldn't see him as anything other than Hannibal. And expected him to eat her liver at any time going forward.
Did I see a wee smile at the end when you found out who Hannibal was having for dinner? :D Anthony Hopkins was in a bunch of movies ofc; may I suggest 'The Remains of the day', a drama with Emma Thompson adapted from the Booker Prize-winning 1989 novel by Kazuo Ishiguro, who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2017.
Another movie in which Anthony Hopkins plays a creepily disturbed individual, is "Magic" (1978). It features Hopkins, Ann-Margret (Streetcar Named Desire, Grumpy Old Men), and Burgess Meredith (Rocky, "The Penguin" on TV's Batman show).
Jen as a kid i know you were scared that; Silence of the Lambs" was about Murder and Bugs. Ahhhh, heads up Jen. "Silence of the LAmbs" is about Murder and bugs, and kidnapping and screwing with your mind. So, you were founded to fear this movie back in your childhood. Hey, if you could survive, "Seven" you can survive anything. See you on the other side.
I had to laugh at you giving Hannibal MVP and even noting you did it despite so little screen time. I laugh because it so closely mimics the Oscars. Anthony Hopkins won best actor for this role despite only having 24 minutes 52 seconds on screen. The second shortest screen time to win.
You might be the best reactor I've seen. Quite a lot seem to treat the films as puzzles they want to solve so they're too busy trying to out-guess it rather than go where the film leads you. You don't do that, you let the film lead you. Awesome reaction 👍
19:07 - I've seen this film countless times, but what you said there was really interesting and I never considered it before. It calls back to the "scared at first, then exhilarated" line. At first, the audience is grossed and creeped out... but at the film goes on, you're just invested in where Clarice's investigation leads.
Psychological thrillers like this are so much more intense and frightening than monster horror films. They remind us that the only real monsters are human.
Great reaction, Jen! Buffalo Bill was a combination of 3 actual serial killers: Ted Bundy (faked an arm injury to lure girls into his car), Ed Gein (who made a woman suit out of his women victims) and Gary Heidnik (kept his victims hostage in a well/basement in his home, where he tortured and eventually murdered them). There has never been a genius serial killer like Hannibal Lecter, but there have been a lot of cannibal serial killers: Fritz Haarmann, Georg Grossmann, Joachim Kroll, and of course, Jeffrey Dahmer - and the list could go on. Before you freak out as to why I know this stuff - I was a criminal defense attorney for years, and studied a lot of true crime and criminal psychology. Take care!
Just a clarification on Ed Gein. Gein only ever admitted to killing 2 women, though he was suspected of a few more but they were never confirmed. The vast majority of his "collection" came from corpses he exhumed from the local graveyards. The closest to a skin suit, was something resembling a corset made from the skin (from shoulder to waist) of a single female corpse and a pair of leggings. He used the skins of these corpses for various other things though, like lampshades, a waste basket, seat covers, a few "face" masks, and the infamous nipple belt.The story of the skin suit (and the association of this to his mother), as far as I know, did not come from Gein himself, but seemingly was later attributed to him by true crime biographers and reporters. And as for there never being a genius serial killer like Lector... that we know of ;)
If you find him fascinating, then after you've finished watching the HL movies, may I humbly recommend the series _'Hannibal'_ at some point? 😊 Brilliant reactions, as always; your face when Hannibal took off Pembury’s face, in the ambulance, was just *gold!* 😄💛✨
Great reaction, but I can't believe you thought Lecter was gonna grab Clarice's arm and bite it... I think it was pretty clear by then that he was rather fond of Clarice.
One must take a closer look at the box art to see that the "skull" on the moth is actually composed of naked women and is the artwork of Salvador Dali called "In Voluptas Mors".
Hey Jen. That was fun the more out of your comfort zone the better it is. I don't think I've ever heard more oh my gods in a reaction ever that I watch a lot of reactions. Like most of your actions yours never disappoints. I don't know if you've seen The sixth Sense, you need to put that on your list cuz that'll be fun. That's always you're awesome ❤️💚☘️🇺🇦
If you know about the television series "The X-Files," which began just a few years after "Silence," Gillian Anderson's Agent Scully is definitely inspired by Agent Starling... and a damned excellent one who became iconic on her own terms. They never did TV or film together, although Foster did the voice of a tattoo that drives a man to commit murder. Plus there's a great photo from the 1990s of Foster and Anderson with Jamie Lee Curtis.
Plus, the sublime Gillian went on to become a recurring character in the ghastly yet enthralling 2013 NBC drama "Hannibal" which delved into several parts of the Lecter universe and its characters. I love the movie "The Silence of the Lambs", and when the NBC show began I wondered what they might do with Hannibal and FBI associate Will Graham (Will was in the book _Red Dragon_ and its 1986 movie "Manhunter"), and it was very interesting. The 2013 show was a little too grotesque for some viewers, yes, and I'm still surprised that a major network carried such an unsettling and graphic drama; it was much more of an HBO type crime program. But I enjoyed it immensely-- and have watched it two times since then.
Well done for getting through this Jen you sure were on edge and tense throughout and no wonder Anthony Hopkins portrayal of hannabal is scary good but so terrifying 😱 another movie he is great in is fracture, I really think you're enjoy it . I really do enjoy the lamb story Clarice has with hannabal it's a simple scene but so well acted . I had fun not so sure you did Jen but you sure looked cosy all wrapped glad you got to watch this as disturbing as it is it's a great movie so cheers Jen for suffering for our pleasure you're the best 💙
The only horror film to win all 5 major Oscars (Best Picture/Actor/Actress/Director/Adapted Screenplay) as well as only 1 of 3 films to also win all 5 Academy Awards (the others are IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT & ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST - both worthy of watches). Hopkins' iconic turn as Lecter is bone-chilling (he conferred with the director Jonathan Demme of how they should stage his intro and he suggested his stock still moment in his cell - not unlike a lion awaiting a gazelle for the kill ; also he never blinks making it all too unnerving). Foster won her second Oscar for lead actress (the other film THE ACCUSED is also excellent). I suggest watching Michael Mann's MANHUNTER - the first film introducing Lecter (spelled Lecktor for unknown reasons to me anyway) - a very visually arresting mood piece (played by Brian Cox but only in I remember just once scene ; could be wrong - been awhile since I've seen it). I don't really recommend the sequels (please avoid RED DRAGON a truly unnecessary remake of the aforementioned MANHUNTER - only reason is they had Hopkins in it) but I do recommend bingeing on NBC's HANNIBAL tv series with Mads Mikkelsen as the good doctor. Nice job Jen.
There are three films that have won the top five Oscars in the same year...'It Happened One Night' (1934), 'One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest' (1975), and 'The Silence of the Lambs' (1991). The top five Oscars being Best Picture, Actor, Actress, Director, and Screenplay. Anthony Hopkins channeled a former co-star he worked with as a young man for the voice of Lecter. The co-star was the legendary Katherine Hepburn who played his mother in the film 'The Lion In Winter' (she played Eleanor of Aquitaine and he played Richard the Lionheart...with Peter O'Toole as King Henry II of England as his father.) One of Hopkins things he does is he reads the script at least 200 times to get the character...an he knew exactly how to play Hannibal Lecter the moment her read the script. He was so good in the role he reprised the role 2 more times... - In 'Red Dragon' (2002) he played opposite Edward Norton as Will Graham, the man who caught Lecter. In that film (which is a prequel), Lecter does for Graham what he does for Starling to help catch a serial killer. The cast includes Ralph Fiennes, and Harvey Keitel as Jack Crawford. - In 'Hannibal' (2001), which is a sequel of this...Hannibal is free, and Clarice is on the bad side of the higher ups at the FBI. The cast of 'Hannibal' includes Julianne Moore as Clarice Starling, Ray Liotta, Gary Oldman. The director of 'Hannibal' is Ridley Scott. - Frankie Faison returned to play Barney, the orderly in both 'Red Dragon' and ' Hannibal'...but he also played a role in a 1986 adaptation of 'Red Dragon' called 'Manhunter' which starred William Peterson (best known for 'C.S.I.') as Will Graham and Brian Cox (from the HBO series 'Succession') as Lecter (but spelled Lektor) and was directed by Michael Mann. - In all there are 5 films, and 2 TV series that are based on the Thomas Harris 'Hannibal Lecter' novels...and there are only 4 Hannibal Lecter novels. The tv series they made were 'Hannibal' with Dutch actor Mads Mikkelsen (who'll be Grindlewald in the new 'Fantastic Beasts' film) as Lecter and Hugh Dancy as Will Graham, and the series was before Lecter was captured and was helping the FBI to catch killers. It lasted 3 seasons. Then there was the recent series 'Clarice' whch lasted less than a season before being canceled. This is one of my favorite horror films...and it is a horror film...and I am NOT a horror fan.
@@Gravydog316 You know it's not funny given how great the level of general historical ignorance is in America. Do you actually think that being confused with someone that poorly educated would be good in any way shape or form. Bach died in 1750.
Your reaction to this movie was awesome. 😱 This was one of the beet suspense/thrillers of all time. Anthony Hopkins won an Oscar for this role. He was incredible and super creepy. Keep up the great reactions Jen. 😊
Anthony Hopkins was asked by the director why he chose to be standing in the center of his cell. For the scene of him meeting Clarice. When the director asked him why he was doing that, Hopkins said “I’m waiting to greet her.” How do you know she’s coming, Hopkins said “I can smell her.” Now that is next level messing with your mind. DAmn. What a master in studying personalities. EVen corrupted on a pysiological level.
Interesting fact--the scene where Buffalo Bill hunts Clarice in the dark with night vision goggles--it was broad daylight. They could see each other plainly, but both of them are such talented actors they really *sell* the idea that it's pitch black and she can't see a thing while he stalks her. Everyone in the movie is great, of course, and I like Hannibal just as much as most people do. I just find that one fact interesting as it isn't as often talked about, but really speaks to the actors' skill and how they worked together to sell the scene.
Thank you for the movie review. One of my favorites. This movie is in a category of its own in my opinion. One of the movies that will be a top classic until Humanity destroys itself.
Foster and Hopkins didn’t meet until it was time to shoot their scenes together. This was done deliberately, to make the tension between the characters as real as possible. It worked wonders, if you ask me
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Hopkins and Foster are masters in their business.
Seeing two of these breeds in the same movie is rare.
she said she was afraid of him, & avoided him,
& he avoided her... because she had just won an Oscar
& he was intimidated!
Love the scene where Chilton shows Clarice the photo of the nurse, they don't have to show you anything cause your imagination can conjure something more horrific than anything the filmmaker can show you. Fantastic writing great reaction keep it up!!!
So true, sometimes it's scarier seeing less 👍👍
Also creepy to consider that he was carrying that photo just to show it to Clarice.
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Good point.
It's the same reason why Jaws and Psycho were/are so effective & popular
The original Haunting is also equally effective. Moreso than the remake.
I love that Hopkins almost never blinks. That was an intentional affectation to sell his creepiness.
Great reaction!
Christopher Lloyd did the same thing when he played Dr. Emmett Brown in "Back to the Future" - of course then it was for comedic effect. :) He also did it in a noticeably unsettling manner as Judge Doom in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit"...
This film did the "Oscar sweep", (Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Director, Best Screenplay) in 1991, and it deserved every one of those trophies. Films this good only come along once in a lifetime, sometimes....
@@floorticket No, 'One flew over the cuckoo's nest' (1975) also swept the Big Five.
Quite the achievement for a horror movie. Horror do not get much love by the Oscars (as well as other genres like action & sci-fi).
@@bigjoeofthe707 Its more of a psychological thriller than a horror movie
you're darn tootin'. This movie waas so captivating
you're darn tootin'. This movie waas so captivating
Even in the book, Dr. Lector barely had 10 or 15 pages of dialogue yet he kept you mesmerized beyond measure.
Jodie Foster is so great! She is also very good in "Contact," which is, I think, more to your taste than either "7", or "Silence of the Lambs."
This is the pinnacle of entertainment. Both actors were so brilliant.
I can't believe this film is over 30 years old. I remember the first time I saw it. I've been enthralled by Anthony Hopkins ever since. Enjoy the rest of the films in the series!!!
Bill is ok but without his performance this movie is just good like a 8.25 not the 9.6 masterpiece it became
@@stopthephilosophicalzombie9017 I agree with your assessment of Ed Norton. I can't detach him from Fight Club. As for Hannibal, the whole movie played like a bad "B" movie.
I don't know what happened between the original and the sequels but something was definitely lost... either bad writing, directing, acting, etc.
They should have at least tried to replicate the look, feel, and cadence of the original. The original was slow, brooding, and deliberate.
I also loved how the actors had moments where they looked directly into the lens of the camera when they read their lines. It basically put the viewer directly INTO the movie as a participant as opposed to an observer. I've never seen any filmmaker do this before or since.
Anthony Hopkins told me that you only snore during a full moon.
Is that true?
How did he know that?
Hey Jen, For the majority of his time on screen, Lecter is either in a cell or in restraints, but it always feels like he is in absolute control of the situation and the people he is interacting with. One of my favorite things about this movie. It gives it such as suspense level as opposed to a horror feel. We can't see what Hannibal can do, because he's imprisoned, we just know it.
But then Lecter is unleashed and we see what he can do
I am a big movie fan and at 70, I have seen quite a few. I consider the "Silence of the Lambs" exchange to be one of the finest pieces of acting I have viewed in that time. Guess what? You are rapidly becoming one of my favorite reactors. Thanks for another great one.
Thanks Joseph! So glad you're enjoying my channel ☺
The score was composed by Howard Shore, who also composed the score to the "Lord of The Rings" and "SEVEN"... a legend.
Among the many accolades this film rightfully received, a lot of people are impressed (myself included) that Anthony Hopkins won the Oscar for best actor with just 16 min of screen time in a 118 min movie, which is 14% of the total run time. There is only 1 actor who won the award with less screen time - David Niven is shown for 15 minutes 38 seconds in Separate Tables from 1958. This movie is shorter though, so Niven is on screen for a larger percentage of the total run time.
Great reaction. And yeah, your impression of Lecter is a common one: One of fascination, intrigue and an uncomfortable attraction toward his charisma, charm and intelligence, leaving you feeling uneasy with yourself and conflicted about why you feel so drawn to such a psychopathic serial killer.
Yes! Definitely drawn in by him but freaked out by what he's capable of! Such a cool character
The scene where Leckter escapes after he bites the cop in the face,and beats the other to death was on Bravo's 100 Scariest Movie Moments
I saw this movie the first week it came out and we all cheered at the end when Hannibal indicated he was having a friend for dinner and then the camera pans over to Dr. Chilton! Also Jen, you have to bring your dad on as a guest some time. He seems to have excellent taste in movies! Thanks for another great reaction.
Taste???
Oh that would be fun, I'll ask my dad! 😆👍
My favorite trivia I heard in one of the making of specials, during the scene that Jodie explains the lambs, a crew member dropped something loudly during the take, Jodie never broke stride just pausing for a moment and kept going which is the take used. The director was obviously originally pissed and said something to the effect that take would win her the Oscar, then upon seeing the take back, the pause actually helped and used it.
Lecter says, "our little Billy wasn't born a killer...he was made one.."
then Bill says to katherine "you don't know what pain is!"
so many little gems that after you watch it a few times you can see more of the picture. This man was most likely tortured and possibly sexually abused as a child. He has so much anger and confusion. The acting by everyone is amazing
One of the best closing lines in cinematic history!
The best villains are mysterious. The way Lecter's screentime is limited adds to his mystique.
Fab reaction to a classic! ♥ 30:44 Notice the dog looks like a lamb. Clarice was compelled by her psyche to pursue Bill down in the cellar, if she waited for back up then Catherine may have been killed. She had to save that lamb.
The Hannibal films are all worth seeing at least once. After the films, if you enjoyed them, I would very highly recommend the tv series 'Hannibal' (2013 - 2015). In this we start the series by seeing Hannibal as a practicing and very successful psychiatrist, the public and authorities not yet aware he is the active serial killer who has been dubbed The Chesapeake Ripper. Mads Mikkelson plays Hannibal perfectly.
Great reaction! 👍🏿 This film is one of the greatest horror movies ever made. It's great psychological horror. I know that some of you in the comments are giving me the 🙄🙄 eyes. But, people forget how this film shocked people. It was all over the news, and I remember this as a kid. My parents wouldn't let me or my younger brother watch this movie. Since the 1960s, only 5 horror films shocked people so much that the Mainstream Media covered it: Psycho (1960), Rosemary's Baby (1968), The Exorcist (1973), Jaws (1975), and The Silence of The Lambs (1991). Oh how soon we forget the past. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
And yes. I know about Cannibal Holocaust, The Human Centipede, Scream, A Serbian Film, The Nightingale, and the 2013 Evil Dead remake. But, these movies weren't universally covered by the MSM. Not even close to the 5 horror film classics mentioned above. Now Poltergeist (1982) was covered by the news. But, this was due to the deaths of the actresses in that horror film in real life. 🎥 Very tragic.
@@itt23r Yes. You're right. But, that's a TV move. I was referring to horror films released in the theaters. But again, you're correct.
@@itt23r Have you ever seen, Threads? Requiem For A Dream? or Come And See?
@@itt23r You should try giving the other two a try, if you can withstand them all the way through.
@@itt23r Come back to let me know, what you thought, it'd be really interesting.
Fun fact: The actor who played Buffalo Bill was Ted Levine, who played Captain Stottlemeyer on the TV show Monk.
Ed Harris, William Friedkin, Robert DeNiro, Al Pacino, Brian Cox, Louis Gossett Jr, Forrest Whitaker, Sean Connery, Dustin Hoffman, Marlon Brando, and Daniel Day Lewis were considered for the role of Hannibal.
Harris, Cox (obviously playing the role before), Whitaker, Hoffman and DDL would have done a decent job. Not as great as Hopkins though.
You TOTALLY pulled me in by your fixed attention to your screen. Well done!
I really appreciate when female characters are written who stand on their OWN strength and intellect; that does not come at the expense of diminishing the strength and intellect of other characters.
Ellen Ripley and Sarah Connor are prime examples. Clarice Starling is such a character.
Agreed, Clarice Starling is an awesome strong woman
I agree that Starling and Lecter together were riveting, but you wanna hear the kicker? Jodie Foster never spoke to Anthony Hopkins during the shooting of the movie. She admitted to being scared of him from the table reading sessions.
Let's see... Fava beans? Check... A nice Chianti? Check... Annoying census taker? Check. Okay, I'm ready for the movie! 😁
This story was partially inspired by the time the FBI asked Ted Bundy to create a profile about the green river killer and when they finally caught him they realized that Bundys profile was pretty spot on, the part where Bill faked having a broken arm and struggles with the furniture is what Bundy would do to get a woman to help him and then he would hit her over the head and push her into his car.
I recently found out that the actors who played Buffalo Bill and Catherine actually dated during the filming of the movie.
Everyone freaks when she gets near the glass but it was probably thick plexiglass that wouldn’t shatter.
28:48 "Girl, _call_ somebody."
Well, first, the FBI knows where she is. But second, local law enforcement _also_ knows where she is. She knows all this, so she probably figures backup is on the way.
Hannibal gave Clarice an important clue when she found the head. Did you notice that the head was staged next to fully clothed female mannequin, sans head?
The quid pro quo between Clarice and Hannibal was so well done! Hannibal was a fascinating character, so learned and refined (quoting Marcus Aurelius, a character in Gladiator!), and even though we heard his crimes described, we only saw his savagery first hand when he attacked the two police. Clarice was lucky to survive after she let him inside her head!
My second rewatch of this for you, Jen. Horror films aren't my favourite but the acting particularly by the main leads in this is exceptional.
Glad you watched it.! It's one of my favorite movies....because of the acting.!!! NOT because of the subject matter.!?! As a matter of fact I cry every time they're together in the open jail scene when she's desperately telling about the Lambs.!! The acting is SO GOOD..!!! And it's just the two of them talking.!?! Amazing.!!! The other two movies are good too..."Hannibal" (with Julianne Moore taking over as "Clarice" & she does an admirable job.) "Red Dragon" with Edward Norton, Philip Seymore Hoffman & Ralph Fiennes . I liked the TV series...good actors...but it might be too gory for you.??!! Thx.! Great Reaction.!!
As a testament to how successful this movie was, The Silence of the Lambs won the top five Oscars at the Academy Awards that year: Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Director and Best Picture.
I decided to give this a rewatch for you and your channel, Jen. I love the acting by Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins in this film.
Beautiful reaction, to one of my all time favorite movies. Containing two of my very favorite characters.
The lengths Starling went to in this movie to save that victim, cannot be explained as just a rookie's urge to prove herself. She didn't just go the extra mile. She went the extra light year.
And she shows is courage is not the absence of fear. It is persevere in the face of fear. A lot of fear.
And Lecter carried himself with such nobility. (Yes, he was literally born to a noble family, in the Baltic region.)
They could wrap him up in a straight jacket, strap him to a dolly. Didn't matter. He still commanded everyone's respect. And controlled everything around him. Like a puppet master.
Unshakable confidence.
This one does hold up to repeated viewings. (Even if you have to cover your eyes.) The scene in the basement is possibly the most riveted I have ever been in a theater. I love how there is no scene wasted - it just barrels ahead. Great reaction to a great movie, I could feel the goosebumps. One commenter here suggested 'It Happened One Night' as a comedic old-timey cleanser. Given your gentle nature, I heartily agree.
Thanks Edward! Great suggestion, I'll have to look that movie up 👍
18:45 Oh, and Jen, one more thing - love the glasses. :-P
Gotta give props to both Sir Anthony Hopkins and Jodie Foster. They shot only three or four scenes together, which means that their conversations were almost all the two of them acting to or in front of the camera, after which these were edited together.
Brooke Smith (Catherine Martin) once asked Ted Levine (Buffalo Bill) what he did to prepare for his role. Ted said that all he needed to do was drink a lot of coffee. Here's to hoping Ted Levine doesn't have a large basement complex under his house IRL.
Great reaction!
15:04 "Just lie. Just lie."
I think, if she lied, he would know. I think he would know, instantly. And I think she knew that.
Even just watching this in clips it strikes me as such a masterful piece of directing.
Laura Dern, Meg Ryan, Meryl Streep Kelly McGillis, and Julia Roberts were considered for the role of Clarice.
I feel like most of them wouldn’t have been able to pull off the accent
I recommend checking out the prequel 'Red Dragon.' It isn't a masterpiece like 'The Silence of the Lambs,' but it's still an excellent film in its own right, and it's great to see Anthony Hopkins chewing the scenery with another incredible performance as Hannibal Lector.
Re-watch. 💜 And lighting a candle at my window, in hopes of a return to the Dr. Lecter franchise. 🕯
While Ted Levine is a terrifying bad guy, he is such a great actor and creates a great good guy in the TV series MONK as well (he plays Captain Stottlemeyer) Love this movie though.
I had only seen Silence of the Lambs once, so when I watched Monk, Ted Levine _was_ Captain Stottlemeyer. Then I saw a clip from Lambs again: "Wait, WHAT?!?" 🙈😝
Jen throughout=😱😱😱😱 great movie, great reaction, wonderful acting and a cute doggo . Youre blanket of protection has stared in a ton of the rewatches lately MVP goess to the blanket for sure 😀 youre tenseness was contagious jen and it sure makes the viewer uneasy but its the type of movie after its over you appreciate how good it is 👍 another rewatch chalked off 🔥
"A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some Fava Beans and a nice Chianti."
To think Buffalo Bill became Monk’s boss. 18:28
The prequel 'Red Dragon' with Edward Norton and Ralph Feinnes is definitely worth seeing too
You need to see the rest of em' now.
Hannibal Rising - the story of how Lecter came to be.
The Red Dragon - About the Agent who finally got Hannibal .
Then there's 2 tv series -
1. Clarise - About what she did after catching Bill.
2. Hannibal - About his rein of terror and at one point before he was found out to be a serial killer he actually worked for the FBI as a consultant.
Sir Anthony Hopkins is my favourite Welsh actor. I’ve met him in Wales before 😊
He's so talented 👍
greetings from Germany...great reaction.....the lady who plays "Catherine" is Brooke Smith. The TV show you mentioned must be "Crossing Jordan". She plays "Dr.Kate Switzer". I love this serie. One of the best crime tv show, together with "CSI. New York" with Detective Mac Taylor, alias Lieutenant Dan.......have a peaceful day and stay safe, my dear
Great reaction, Jen! It really got you several times, especially when Hannibal pulled the face off in the ambulance. This movie survives multiple watches. Thanks for this one.
You know, there really _was_ once someone called Buffalo Bill. His given name was William Frederick Cody. He was an American soldier, bison hunter and showman, born in Scott County, Iowa on February 26, 1846. He died in Denver, Colorado, on January 10, 1917. His grave is a major Colorado tourist attraction.
One asset that the director was trying to convey was the way Claire felt the male gaze. Watch it and see how most of the men look at her through out the film and you'll notice it.
It’s so hard to believe that Buffalo Bill is Captain Leland Stottlemeyer from Monk.
and First Mate Starbuck from the best film rendition of Moby-Dick, the 4-hour 1998 version with Patrick Stewart chewing up the stage as Ahab
This was based on the second book in a trilogy - the first was made into an earlier movie called "Manhunter" directed by Michael Mann. Frequent film villain Brian Cox (Colonel Stryker in the X-Men movies) was the first actor to play Lector, but while excellent, Mann's style of direction was VERY different than Johnathan Demme's (who was clearly inspired by the ultra-creepy serial killer interactions from The Exorcist III, released a year earlier than Silence), and Anthony Hopkins' performance threw a shot of adrenaline into his career (he'd been around since A Bridge Too Far - a star-studded war movie from 1977 in which he held his own amongst the likes of Sean Connery, Michael Caine, Robert Redford, James Caan, and Edward Fox - and had been highly acclaimed for his performance in The Elephant Man, directed by David Lynch in 1980, but this one made him a household name).
Manhunter was remade later with Hopkins reprising the role in a prequel film called Red Dragon (the title of the first novel). It was actually the 3rd time Hopkins played the character - there was a direct sequel to this one called "Hannibal", directed by Ridley Scott, but the third novel was NOT as good as the first two - the writer put it out too soon under tremendous pressure from the publishing company and fans - and Jodie Foster refused to return to the role because of the way Starling was treated in the book. The third film is a bit better than the novel actually, but it still prompted fans to push for a remake of Manhunter in more of the Johnathan Demme style, and so they made that "prequel" as the last sequel to star Hopkins (and it's actually pretty good, although weird seeing Hannibal visibly older in the prequel, and being so close to Manhunter in so many ways). But wow, I hope that wasn't as confusing as it sounded.
Anyway, check out Manhunter, Red Dragon, and Hannibal if you like these kinds of serial killer thrillers. Modern "procedural" crime shows like True Detective, Criminal Minds: Special Victims Unit (and especially C.S.I., which starred William Petersen, star of Manhunter) owe their existence to the success of Silence of the Lambs, as do other serial killer films like Copycat, Just Cause, Seven, Switchback, Kiss the Girls, Double Jeopardy, and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo quadrilogy. Even the popular 90's paranormal series The X-Files took a LOT of its tone from this film, and Gillian Anderson (who played Scully) was literally instructed to emulate Starling, while David Duchovny (who played Mulder) patterened his character (somewhat) on Will Graham, the protagonist of the first novel.
In essence, "Silence" changed movie and TV detective stories from the more two-fisted, Dirty Harry style action movies or romantic couples investigating cases on TV, to deep, dark, deadly serious "procedurals" that were based in part on real life. So many serial killer series and documentaries are out now STILL cashing in on the audience's fascination with the subject that one would think two out of four people might be serial killers, lol (its actually thought to be more like 2,000 - 4,000 total in the U.S.). Top serial killer professions btw: Truck Driver, Police Officer, Military Personnel, Forestry Workers, Hotel Porters, and Warehouse Managers. Just a little trivia "food" for thought, but hope someone finds it interesting (or helpful), and thanks for another great reaction/review!!!
16:32 Iconic Line. "It rubs the lotion on it's skin or else it gets the hose again." 22:37 Now do you see why they had all those rules in the other facility. Anthony Hopkins is a Grade A Actor.
Went to see this one in the theater when it first came out back in February 1991 and loved it was 21 now 52
Hopkins is definitely a top tier actor. Well deserved of the MVP. I would say the “Hannibal” series, “Westworld” series and “Legends of the Fall” with Brad Pitt are my favorite Hopkins roles, but there are so many other good ones. Did you know he wrote a waltz when he was 19 years old? Crazy talented. It was entitled “And The Waltz Goes On.” There are videos on CZcams of him hearing it for the first time 50 years after he wrote it. You should check it out. His reaction and the piece itself is amazing. I think you’ll like it.
Looking forward to your next. 😉
Thanks Trav! Wow crazy talented indeed 👍
Hey Jen, Martha Stewart was dating Sir Anthony Hopkins at the time the movie came out. His performance was so chilling, that Martha left him soon after seeing the movie. She thought if he had that in him as an actor that must be buried somewhere in him as a person. She couldn't see him as anything other than Hannibal. And expected him to eat her liver at any time going forward.
Re-watch. 💜 And lighting a candle at my window, in hopes of a return to the Dr. Lecter franchise. 🕯
Did I see a wee smile at the end when you found out who Hannibal was having for dinner? :D
Anthony Hopkins was in a bunch of movies ofc; may I suggest 'The Remains of the day', a drama with Emma Thompson adapted from the Booker Prize-winning 1989 novel by Kazuo Ishiguro, who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2017.
9:55 *Big Sky* on ABC 😂💯
Lector's real power was a surprisingly accurate whisper, Miggs was a few cells away. Maybe Miggs had pinpoint hearing. Who knows?
Another movie in which Anthony Hopkins plays a creepily disturbed individual, is "Magic" (1978). It features Hopkins, Ann-Margret (Streetcar Named Desire, Grumpy Old Men), and Burgess Meredith (Rocky, "The Penguin" on TV's Batman show).
Jen as a kid i know you were scared that; Silence of the Lambs" was about Murder and Bugs. Ahhhh, heads up Jen. "Silence of the LAmbs" is about Murder and bugs, and kidnapping and screwing with your mind. So, you were founded to fear this movie back in your childhood. Hey, if you could survive, "Seven" you can survive anything. See you on the other side.
I had to laugh at you giving Hannibal MVP and even noting you did it despite so little screen time. I laugh because it so closely mimics the Oscars. Anthony Hopkins won best actor for this role despite only having 24 minutes 52 seconds on screen. The second shortest screen time to win.
Hopkins on had 25 minutes of screen time. Despite limited scenes, it was a well deserved oscar.
You might be the best reactor I've seen. Quite a lot seem to treat the films as puzzles they want to solve so they're too busy trying to out-guess it rather than go where the film leads you. You don't do that, you let the film lead you. Awesome reaction 👍
I know right, Jen really is the best!
Love the close-up shots where the dialogue is directed right into the camera.
Yes, extra creepy
Well deserved Best Actor and Actress Oscars for Hopkins and Foster
Both stellar! 👌
The acting was great and the story was fascinating. And your review was awesome.
19:07 - I've seen this film countless times, but what you said there was really interesting and I never considered it before. It calls back to the "scared at first, then exhilarated" line. At first, the audience is grossed and creeped out... but at the film goes on, you're just invested in where Clarice's investigation leads.
Psychological thrillers like this are so much more intense and frightening than monster horror films. They remind us that the only real monsters are human.
Great reaction, Jen! Buffalo Bill was a combination of 3 actual serial killers: Ted Bundy (faked an arm injury to lure girls into his car), Ed Gein (who made a woman suit out of his women victims) and Gary Heidnik (kept his victims hostage in a well/basement in his home, where he tortured and eventually murdered them). There has never been a genius serial killer like Hannibal Lecter, but there have been a lot of cannibal serial killers: Fritz Haarmann, Georg Grossmann, Joachim Kroll, and of course, Jeffrey Dahmer - and the list could go on. Before you freak out as to why I know this stuff - I was a criminal defense attorney for years, and studied a lot of true crime and criminal psychology. Take care!
Just a clarification on Ed Gein. Gein only ever admitted to killing 2 women, though he was suspected of a few more but they were never confirmed. The vast majority of his "collection" came from corpses he exhumed from the local graveyards. The closest to a skin suit, was something resembling a corset made from the skin (from shoulder to waist) of a single female corpse and a pair of leggings. He used the skins of these corpses for various other things though, like lampshades, a waste basket, seat covers, a few "face" masks, and the infamous nipple belt.The story of the skin suit (and the association of this to his mother), as far as I know, did not come from Gein himself, but seemingly was later attributed to him by true crime biographers and reporters. And as for there never being a genius serial killer like Lector... that we know of ;)
Call somebody! .................. ! .............. No cellphone!
Love it
Thank you Jen for another fantastic reaction! I've seen this movie a few times and it still has me on the edge of my seat all the way through.
Thanks Troy! This movie is SO intense!!
You're welcome Jen. I agree. Thank you for your reply. 😀
If you find him fascinating, then after you've finished watching the HL movies, may I humbly recommend the series _'Hannibal'_ at some point? 😊
Brilliant reactions, as always; your face when Hannibal took off Pembury’s face, in the ambulance, was just *gold!* 😄💛✨
Great reaction, but I can't believe you thought Lecter was gonna grab Clarice's arm and bite it... I think it was pretty clear by then that he was rather fond of Clarice.
One must take a closer look at the box art to see that the "skull" on the moth is actually composed of naked women and is the artwork of Salvador Dali called "In Voluptas Mors".
Another enjoyable reaction. Thanks for sharing.
Hey Jen. That was fun the more out of your comfort zone the better it is. I don't think I've ever heard more oh my gods in a reaction ever that I watch a lot of reactions. Like most of your actions yours never disappoints. I don't know if you've seen The sixth Sense, you need to put that on your list cuz that'll be fun. That's always you're awesome ❤️💚☘️🇺🇦
Thanks Tad! 👍
If you know about the television series "The X-Files," which began just a few years after "Silence," Gillian Anderson's Agent Scully is definitely inspired by Agent Starling... and a damned excellent one who became iconic on her own terms. They never did TV or film together, although Foster did the voice of a tattoo that drives a man to commit murder. Plus there's a great photo from the 1990s of Foster and Anderson with Jamie Lee Curtis.
Plus, the sublime Gillian went on to become a recurring character in the ghastly yet enthralling 2013 NBC drama "Hannibal" which delved into several parts of the Lecter universe and its characters. I love the movie "The Silence of the Lambs", and when the NBC show began I wondered what they might do with Hannibal and FBI associate Will Graham (Will was in the book _Red Dragon_ and its 1986 movie "Manhunter"), and it was very interesting. The 2013 show was a little too grotesque for some viewers, yes, and I'm still surprised that a major network carried such an unsettling and graphic drama; it was much more of an HBO type crime program. But I enjoyed it immensely-- and have watched it two times since then.
Having an old friend for dinner. Good one, Dr. Lecter.
Great performance from Anthony Hopkins!
Anthony Hopkins really deserved that Oscar he got for this performance.
Well done for getting through this Jen you sure were on edge and tense throughout and no wonder Anthony Hopkins portrayal of hannabal is scary good but so terrifying 😱 another movie he is great in is fracture, I really think you're enjoy it . I really do enjoy the lamb story Clarice has with hannabal it's a simple scene but so well acted . I had fun not so sure you did Jen but you sure looked cosy all wrapped glad you got to watch this as disturbing as it is it's a great movie so cheers Jen for suffering for our pleasure you're the best 💙
Roger Corman, Producer, Actor, Master B-Movie Director played the FBI Head telephoning Jack Crawford (Scott Glenn).
The only horror film to win all 5 major Oscars (Best Picture/Actor/Actress/Director/Adapted Screenplay) as well as only 1 of 3 films to also win all 5 Academy Awards (the others are IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT & ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST - both worthy of watches). Hopkins' iconic turn as Lecter is bone-chilling (he conferred with the director Jonathan Demme of how they should stage his intro and he suggested his stock still moment in his cell - not unlike a lion awaiting a gazelle for the kill ; also he never blinks making it all too unnerving). Foster won her second Oscar for lead actress (the other film THE ACCUSED is also excellent). I suggest watching Michael Mann's MANHUNTER - the first film introducing Lecter (spelled Lecktor for unknown reasons to me anyway) - a very visually arresting mood piece (played by Brian Cox but only in I remember just once scene ; could be wrong - been awhile since I've seen it). I don't really recommend the sequels (please avoid RED DRAGON a truly unnecessary remake of the aforementioned MANHUNTER - only reason is they had Hopkins in it) but I do recommend bingeing on NBC's HANNIBAL tv series with Mads Mikkelsen as the good doctor. Nice job Jen.
There are three films that have won the top five Oscars in the same year...'It Happened One Night' (1934), 'One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest' (1975), and 'The Silence of the Lambs' (1991). The top five Oscars being Best Picture, Actor, Actress, Director, and Screenplay.
Anthony Hopkins channeled a former co-star he worked with as a young man for the voice of Lecter. The co-star was the legendary Katherine Hepburn who played his mother in the film 'The Lion In Winter' (she played Eleanor of Aquitaine and he played Richard the Lionheart...with Peter O'Toole as King Henry II of England as his father.) One of Hopkins things he does is he reads the script at least 200 times to get the character...an he knew exactly how to play Hannibal Lecter the moment her read the script. He was so good in the role he reprised the role 2 more times...
- In 'Red Dragon' (2002) he played opposite Edward Norton as Will Graham, the man who caught Lecter. In that film (which is a prequel), Lecter does for Graham what he does for Starling to help catch a serial killer. The cast includes Ralph Fiennes, and Harvey Keitel as Jack Crawford.
- In 'Hannibal' (2001), which is a sequel of this...Hannibal is free, and Clarice is on the bad side of the higher ups at the FBI. The cast of 'Hannibal' includes Julianne Moore as Clarice Starling, Ray Liotta, Gary Oldman. The director of 'Hannibal' is Ridley Scott.
- Frankie Faison returned to play Barney, the orderly in both 'Red Dragon' and ' Hannibal'...but he also played a role in a 1986 adaptation of 'Red Dragon' called 'Manhunter' which starred William Peterson (best known for 'C.S.I.') as Will Graham and Brian Cox (from the HBO series 'Succession') as Lecter (but spelled Lektor) and was directed by Michael Mann.
- In all there are 5 films, and 2 TV series that are based on the Thomas Harris 'Hannibal Lecter' novels...and there are only 4 Hannibal Lecter novels. The tv series they made were 'Hannibal' with Dutch actor Mads Mikkelsen (who'll be Grindlewald in the new 'Fantastic Beasts' film) as Lecter and Hugh Dancy as Will Graham, and the series was before Lecter was captured and was helping the FBI to catch killers. It lasted 3 seasons. Then there was the recent series 'Clarice' whch lasted less than a season before being canceled.
This is one of my favorite horror films...and it is a horror film...and I am NOT a horror fan.
The actor who played Buffalo Bill went on to play Capt. Stottlemeyer in the show "Monk" (nice comedy/drama crime show)
The piece of incredible Bach just before Hannibal escapes is "Aria"from the Goldberg Variations.
but did you know Bach wrote it just for this movie?!
that's amazing!
@@Gravydog316 You know it's not funny given how great the level of general historical ignorance is in America. Do you actually think that being confused with someone that poorly educated would be good in any way shape or form. Bach died in 1750.
@JenMurrayxo -- You mentioned that Starling was short.. Jodie Foster is 5'3 .. :)
Your reaction to this movie was awesome. 😱
This was one of the beet suspense/thrillers of all time. Anthony Hopkins won an Oscar for this role. He was incredible and super creepy.
Keep up the great reactions Jen. 😊
Thanks vic! This movie deserved every Oscar it got for sure!
Legend has it that Clarice is still saying "Dr. Lecter?..." into that phone.
Hannibal as MVP, he’s already in your head lol 🐑….Jen, this was such a great reaction to a classic film and one of Anthony Hopkins most famous roles.
Anthony Hopkins was asked by the director why he chose to be standing in the center of his cell. For the scene of him meeting Clarice. When the director asked him why he was doing that, Hopkins said “I’m waiting to greet her.” How do you know she’s coming, Hopkins said “I can smell her.” Now that is next level messing with your mind. DAmn. What a master in studying personalities. EVen corrupted on a pysiological level.
Interesting fact--the scene where Buffalo Bill hunts Clarice in the dark with night vision goggles--it was broad daylight. They could see each other plainly, but both of them are such talented actors they really *sell* the idea that it's pitch black and she can't see a thing while he stalks her.
Everyone in the movie is great, of course, and I like Hannibal just as much as most people do. I just find that one fact interesting as it isn't as often talked about, but really speaks to the actors' skill and how they worked together to sell the scene.
The scariest thing about this is there are real people like this out in the world....ibcredanle direction and acting ....
Couldn't cosplay this one but this was so good your reactions were amazing.
Thank you for the movie review. One of my favorites. This movie is in a category of its own in my opinion. One of the movies that will be a top classic until Humanity destroys itself.