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Summary: A Classic that must be seen by serious movie lovers.
Review: If you are a serious movie lover, you must see this movie. The DVD transfer is very good, and you'll see facial expression details that could not be seen on VHS (even with the best equipment). END
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Summary: Fly back to the Academy little Starling
Review: Travel into the world of Clarise Starling, a smart and attractive FBI trainee who is eagerly waiting for her graduation so she can become an agant for the Behavioral Science section of the FBI. She is sent on a mission from the BS sections cheif Jack Crawford to try to get some case information from one of the most famous crimminals ever, Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a.k.a. "Hannibal the Cannibal", a genius serial killer who ate parts of his victims. Clarise is hoping to get some information on another killer, nicknamed "Buffalo Bill", who has been killing women and doing strange things with their bodies. Lecter leads Clarise on a maze with his word and mind games to gain more information, when suddenly, Katherine Martin, Senator Ruth Martin's daughter, is kidnapped by Buffalo Bill. Now Clarise must use Lecter as her main resource to find Buffalo Bill so Katherine Martin can be safely rescued in this race of time. This is my favorite movie, and everything about it is absolutley amazing! Jodie Foster's award winning performance is stunning, as it that of Anthony Hopkins, who is more than terrifying. It's a classic movie in my book. END
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Summary: One of the most original horror films
Review: Jonathan Demme's "Silence of the Lambs" starring Anthony Hopkins and Jodie Foster is by far one of the best directed horror films since the Hitchcock ones. Based on the novel by Thomas Harris, this tells the story of a FBI trainee, Clarice Starling who works with Dr. Hannibal Lector to understand the mind of the serial killer Buffalo Bill, who has been killing a series of people in the midwest. Dr. Lector, a reknowned psychiatrist is in prison for killing and eating his patients. The movie swept the top five oscars in 1991 and rightly so. The quality of the acting, direction, screenplay, music and photography are unmatched by any movie of this kind. Jonathan Demme is a director who knows his genres and if ones looks at the movie carefully, he takes us through a large part of US history. Right from the time when Starling goes to the "Yourself" storage facility, she sees the old keyboard, a dressmaker's dummy and an eagle to remind us of the old south during the civil war to the part where she goes to the killer's home and sees the butterfly reminding us of Vietnam, he shows that the killer is connected with all aspects of the US history. Every place one goes, one sees a flag tucked away and a helmet to remind us of the killer's past. The interaction between Starling and Lector are among the best, right from the beginning they hit off a relationship of uneasy trust. This helps her track the killer down. Though Lector is incarcerated in a high security prison, he is a man of class and spends his time painting pictures of Florence. He does his best to get away from Dr. Chilton, the administrator of the facility. When the whole thing fails, he manages to escape. The scariest parts of the movie are those where Clarice is hunting for the killer in the dark of his home and the end when Dr. Lector calls her and ends it with one of the best endings of the movie, "I am sorry to end our conversation, but I am having an old friend for dinner". Though how he tracks her down to call her is difficult to understand, this part sends a shiver up one's spine. The screenplay is superb, where Dr. Lector and Clarice exchange notes, "Quid Pro Quo". When Dr. Lector finds that she has lied to him about getting him out of prison, he says, "Pity about poor Catherine though, tick tock, tick tock, tick tock". This movie is not for all people. While even a layperson can appreciate the movie, there are a number of subtleties that one understands if one knows the context. Special among these are the place about why the killer kills the women, the place where she finds the moth in the palate of the victim, and when she goes to the museum of natural history to find out what kind of moth it is. Small things have significance in this movie. This movie is a classic and is unforgettable. The new DVD transfer is superb, both audio and video are outstanding. I would advice any person not having blood circulation problems to go for this movie, this is an outstanding masterpiece.
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Summary: A classic
Review: The first film to sweep all the major Oscars since One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest in 1975; Jonathan Demme's The Silence of the Lambs is more than just the most unnerving mainstream serial killer film of all time (the only other movie that comes close to rivaling it is Seven), it is a masterpiece of modern day cinema. The story, as we all know by now, revolves around haunted FBI Agent Clarice Starling (Jodie Foster) trying to get information out of imprisoned cannibalistic killer Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins) on a serial killer called Buffalo Bill (Ted Levine). The amazing interplay between Foster and Hopkins is the film's main highlight, but the laced with suspense prison break will have you jolting out of your seat. Those who have never seen this film should definitely pick up this generously priced extra laced DVD, but the long out of print Criterion Collection DVD is more than worth tracking down as well.
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Summary: Hannibal Lecter the best bad guy in a movie
Review: The first one of the trilogy of Hannibal Lecter. Anthony Hopkins at his very best. A fantastic movie, don't miss any of the three.
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Summary: EAT YOUR HEART OUT (or perhaps, liver) WITH THIS GREAT DVD!
Review: "The Silence of the Lambs" needs no introduction. A masterfully told suspense/thriller with a diabolical twist ending, this is the movie that made cannibals cool and reinvented the careers of both Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins. Hopkins is, of course, Hannibal Lecter, the psychiatrist who ate his patients and is serving out a life sentance in a maximum security, clinical facility. Foster is Clarise Starling, a fledgling FBI agent sent to pick apart Hannibal's mind (no pun intended) when copy cat crimes start surfacing.
MGM's remastering effort of this important movie is nothing short of a revelation. Both Criterion and Image tried to give us an adequate print. Neither were anamorphically enhanced and both suffered from insufficient contrast levels, shadow delineation and color separation. This DVD fixes all of those problems. The image quality throughout is superb. Colors are well balance. Film grain is kept to a minimum. Edge enhancement, shimmering and aliasing are nonexistant. The audio has been remixed to 5.1 and is incredibly stirring, especially in its music tracks.
Extras: a really great documentary that, unfortunately does not involve the participation of Jodie Foster (what's with her any way?), some deleted scenes and test footage round out the extras, including bios, theatrical trailers, television spots and an audio commentary track. Three cheers. Much better than Criterion's bare bones junket and far less expensive!
BOTTOM LINE: A DEFINITE MUST FOR ANYONE WHO LOVES FAVA BEANS OR JUST BEING SCARED IN THE DARK!
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Summary: I'll have some Fava Beans and a nice Cianti with that!
Review: This movie has grown on me over the last few years. I first gave this movie 4 stars because of it's gruesome nature. But just watching the characters just makes me awe inspired. Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal "The Cannibal" Lecter is the ultimate villan in movie history. Right up there with Boris Karloff as Frankenstein and Bela Lugosi as Dracula. Even though this was a sequel to the 1988 movie, "Manhunter", I can't see anyone else that could take the role of the evil doctor. Jodie Foster deserves a second Oscar for her performance as FBI agent Clarise Starring. You will be uneasy after watching this film, the first Horror movie to win best picture. But it's a thrilling ride!!
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Summary: Fun while it lasted
Review: This is a very entertaining movie. It keeps you interested all the way. The characters are unusually different and intriguing. There is certainly fascination and suspense; some good dialogue, some twists and turns, some red herrings, some curious psychology, some puzzles, some strange scenarios. But I have to agree with those critics who found a lot to complain about. It really doesn't hang together, although you don't fully realise it until after it's all over. The whole thing is pretty damned implausible --- although, again, this didn't seem to matter while you were watching. Where did Hannibal get his face mask from during the unbelievable escape sequence? How did he manage to nick the warden's propelling pencil? I didn't think Buffalo Bill was too convincing --- rather hammy, imho. Jodie was good, Hopkins was good. Strange kind of patchwork; powerful scenes thrown randomly together. We might have been shown the charming Hannibal having dinner off his old friend the warden somewhere in some steamy Caribbean nightspot at the end.
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Summary: A Beautiful Nightmare
Review: Several years ago, my wife and I were deciding what movie to see one Sunday afternoon. She told me she wanted to see "The Silence of the Lambs:. I believed the movie was some slow paced, romantic, shlocky movie that I wasn't in the mood for that day. But as I wanted her to enjoy herself, I agreed.
Imagine my surprise when the film got underway!
Jody Foster did a very good job with the Clarice Starling character. She was vibrany, strong yet vulnerable, and very beleievable.
Anthony Hopkins owns the Hannibal Lechter character. No other actor will ever be able to surpass his acomplishment.
I find the Hannibal Lechter character to be the most fascinating aspect of the whole trilogy (Red Dragon, SOTL, and Hannibal). He is at once likeable yet terrifying. Genius level intellect and almost supernatural perceptions, yet dangerously and murderously insane. Philosophical and savage. To behold Lechter is to walk a razor's edge.
This movie will creep you out; and stimulate your intellect at the same time.
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Summary: The Silence Of The Lambs
Review: Anthony Hopkins looked like the right actor for Hannibal. If you want to conquer shyness, watching his unsmiled face and listening to every word he breathes will make you a fine psychotic killer. Should, for example, a nasty son of yours be so punchy with his fists on his little brother, then you should become Hannibal and speak every word so clearly he can hear every consonant and every word you say. Hannibal acts like he was descended from a vampire generation. Sometimes I wonder if the moth shown in the movie stuck it's coiled tongue in his mouth when he was a baby, injecting vampire blood. As a Christian, the cross of Jesus or the Bible should avoid me from becoming like him.
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