tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post9121154748543301643..comments2024-03-29T10:24:43.685-04:00Comments on SleuthSayers: The Silence of the LambsLeigh Lundinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-57485429601632180742022-03-10T17:19:38.633-05:002022-03-10T17:19:38.633-05:00Leigh, I will continue to avoid any movie with Han...Leigh, I will continue to avoid any movie with Hannibal Lecter - sorry. But I will check out "Winter of Fire".<br />Elizabeth - I agree 100% with your response to the Orange D's t-shirt!Eve Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03015761600962360110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-70679326380476252122022-03-10T15:30:59.453-05:002022-03-10T15:30:59.453-05:00I've never seen "The Silence of the Lambs...I've never seen "The Silence of the Lambs" either. I'd have thought the fact that they were silent, meant they were dead, so it would be more disturbing not to hear the little lambs bleating!<br /><br />Last night I was in a gift shop run by NBC Channel 4 news at Dulles airport. They're working both sides of the street. The store sells t-shirts & coffee mugs featuring President Biden, "Build Back Better," Vice President Harris etc., but also a t-shirt with a picture of the Orange Demon & the words "Miss me yet?" Yeah, with every bullet so far!Elizabeth Dearbornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14714209544959819305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-33541347619813220182022-03-10T15:14:07.291-05:002022-03-10T15:14:07.291-05:00Eve, I’m like you in that I avoided the popular De...Eve, I’m like you in that I avoided the popular Dexter series, where I gather he’s a ‘heroic’ serial killer. I’ve not seen a single episode, not one.<br /><br />But I don’t see Hannibal Lector the same way, at least the first two novels/films. Thomas Harris studied serial killers originally for non-fiction articles and then fiction, basing his characters on real examples. He did deep dives into understanding what made them tick.<br /><br />In the first two novels and film, Lecter is a major supporting character, fascinating but not a hero. Will Graham and Clarice Starling are the knights in white armor, all the more heroic because of the clever monsters they face.<br /><br />The sensationalist tone of the third novel/movie changed everything. Shock value played a major role in deciding the plot, and it lost me. Anthony Hopkins said he should have not make the third movie.<br /><br />This marks the dividing line where, as you say, Lecter arguably becomes the dark hero. I question whether the careful forensics and psychology studies any longer applied to the criminals.<br /><br />I never bothered with the Rising prequel or the television series.<br /><br />If you choose to dip your toe in the murky water, you might watch Manhunter (1986), the first time Lecter appears in film, based on the novel Red Dragon (1081), which would later be made again in the original novel title with Hopkins. (2002)Leigh Lundinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-6261078148270288482022-03-10T14:01:17.829-05:002022-03-10T14:01:17.829-05:00Eve, you might appreciate the Netflix documentary ...Eve, you might appreciate the Netflix documentary Winter on Fire about Ukraine's 2013-2014 revolution. The people held out more than three months against the government police and hired thugs. More than sixty people 'disappeared' during that period.Leigh Lundinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.com