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My late father asked his step wife what the movie was about before we set off to the cinema. She said it's a movie about sheep! He even believed her I imagine. It's amazing ♥️
Maybe why I'm so crazy. Hannibal never even shocked me. Just make believe and I found it funny! Even the ending on the plane when he offered that young child a part of his brain! The best movies ever along with Shawshank and Gump ♥️
It's so great to re-experience some of the greatest films by seeing them through the eyes of a first-time reactor. There have been several film adaptations of the Thomas Harris 'hannibal' novels. Manhunter and Red Dragon, and a sequel to Silence of the Lambs which was just called Hannibal.
I absolutely love how much this movie depends on your own mind to visualize the gruesome terror and brutality instead of actually seeing it. Amazing creative choice to allow true audience perspective and interpretation.
She was intriguing to him. She was a little female, but so determined, and brave, and wanting to save victims. She didn’t let the sexism, disrespect, or fear get in the way of saving the ‘lamb’. He wanted to know what made her that way. It was satisfying to him the know her story.
Jodie Foster said that after the tableread she never wanted to see Anthony Hopkins again...she avoided him the entire shoot because he scared the living cra* out of her and the crew...
The first movie introducing Hannibal is Manhunter. It’s a good one. More of a psychological thriller than a slasher/horror. You would like it. It’s not centered around Hannibal but an FBI profiler and the main character is also in another movie you may like called To Live And Die win LA.
Great reaction Cristy like always. I really love this movie its one of the best movies of 1991. Led by two brilliant turns from Foster & Hopkins, this chilling psychological thriller is as much about power plays as it is about solving the case. And this movie is based on the novel by Thomas Harris, and there are some Fun-facts about it. This movie is one of only 3 movie in the history of cinema to win the Big Five There are 5 Oscar awards considered BIG: Best Film, Best Direction, Best Leading Actor, Best Leading Actress, Best Screenplay. The other 2 movies are "It happened one night" (1934), "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" (1975) Gene Hackman wanted to make the film, Hackman bought the rights to the 1988 Thomas Harris book, splitting the $500,000 cost with production company Orion, and had planned to direct, write and star as Lecter. Ted Tally, the man who would end up writing the screenplay, contacted Orion President Mike Medavoy who said, “Gene thinks he’s going to write this, but don’t worry, he’ll find out how hard that is, and we’ll get back to you.” Medavoy called back later and said, “Gene’s written 50 pages of the script, and he’s only 50 pages into the book. So, if you can meet with him and convince him that you’re the right guy for it, you’ll have the job.” During their first meeting, there’s a moment where Lecter mocks Starling’s southern accent. This was improvised on the spot by Anthony Hopkins, and not expected by Foster. She was hurt by the comment, and her on-screen reaction was real. However, she later thanked Hopkins for provoking a genuine reaction. This film is geared around framing every shot from Clarice’s perspective to put us in her shoes. Generally, the characters speaking to Clarice are front and centre of the frame, breaking the fourth wall by looking directly into it. When Clarice is in the frame she’s looking just off camera, that is a nice touch to notice. Hopkins’ now iconic lip roll sound after his fava beans speech was inspired by Bela Lugosi’s iconic title performance in Dracula (1931). He said, “When I was a kid, I’d tell the girls around the street the story about Dracula and I’d go th-th-th, as a result, they’d run away screaming.” Hopkins took inspiration from some unusual sources Hopkins said that he had a friend in London who rarely blinked, which, “freaked people out” and noted similar characteristics in reptiles. Reptiles only blink when they want to, and they do it consciously. He applied these characteristics to Hannibal, in the film Hopkins only blinks at specific moments. And if you notice Hopkins isn’t in the film all that much, but won an Oscar anyway, but his performance is spot on. But It wasn’t all success for Hopkins on the back of this movie. He was in a relationship with retail businesswoman Martha Stewart at the time, but she dumped him shortly after the film’s release because all she saw when looking at him was a cold-blooded serial killer. In the scene where Clarice tells Lecter about the lambs and running away from home, if you listen closely after she says, “I thought if I could save just one…” you can hear a crewman dropping a wrench off-screen. Foster remained in character and continued until the end. Keep up the good work.
Jodie Foster said in an interview that she completely avoided Anthony Hopkins for the duration of filming the movie because he stayed in character the entire time and that terrified her. After the wrap she finally talked to him and said he was one of the most sweetest gentleman she ever met.
there is no one else who could have played hannibal so well sir anthony hopkins was born to play him.. he makes him seem soo real and sooo Creepy without ever being explosivly violent he is so calculating and quiet.. love the movie.
Good reaction/ review, as always! You might consider watching the X-Files, just for your personal enjoyment, as Agent Scully is directly inspired by Agent Sterling. She, Agent Scully, is another strong female character who really carries her own and was a vital part of that amazing 90s show. And on a side note, my all-time favorite show ever. This film is a master class in story telling and character development...and of course the acting is truly amazing. All the best :D
There's 3-4 more of these movies in the series and each one is just as excellent as the first... Hannibal rising was incredible ..🔥🤘 hopefully you'll watch them 👍✌️
There are more Hannibal movies if you want to delve deeper. Red Dragon (Silence of the lambs prequel) Hannibal (Sequel) and Hannibal rising (Origins of Hannibal Lecter) i hope you'll enjoy those!
22:49 HA, that made me laugh. I dealt with a sociopath in my past. I read a small book about them - The Empathy Trap. My biggest take away from that book was that sociopaths get their stimulation off from screwing with people. Likely because of not enough affection when he was younger. That helped me reframe my experiences and made me realize that I didn't need to or fail to care properly for that sociopath. He was what he was by no doing of my own, and I did not make him worse by leaving.
Absolutely love your videos Cristy! Thank you again for watching these classic films. Even though Anthony Hopkins had so little screen-time, his performance as Hannibal Lecter is so iconic. This earn him an Academy Award for best Actor in 1991. Clarice correctly deduced why Hannibal wouldn’t come after her; “He would consider that rude.” She figured out a critical trait about him. Hannibal might be a killer, but he is a highly sophisticated killer who is deeply offended by rudeness. The people he goes after and kills are those he considers bad-mannered. In describing Hannibal Lecter, Anthony Hopkins said he is someone who “kills the terminally rude.” This is why he killed Miggs, the inmate who threw his seed in Clarice’s face. Hannibal viewed that as “unspeakably ugly.” Hannibal and Clarice don’t meet again until the 2001 sequel “Hannibal.” As you saw at the end of the film, what Hannibal really wanted was revenge against Dr. Chilton for all he did to him at the sanitarium. Clarice on the other hand was actually very courteous towards Hannibal, They developed a mutual respect for one another during their talks. The reason he asks Clarice so many questions is because he finds her interesting. Being a psychiatrist, Lecter likes to find out what makes someone tick. It’s further explained in the films and novels that Hannibal sees parallels between himself and Clarice as they both had tragic backgrounds involving the loss of family. Being locked away for so many years with very little human contact, Hannibal was bored and longed for some form of interaction.
If you want to know more about Lecter's psyche and background you should really watch the TV show Hannibal with Mads Mikkelsen. It's some of the best TV ever made, in my opinion.
I love your work so much Cristy. You are so expeessive with your eyes. Your reactions are so intense and entertaining. Top notch. Keep up the great work and I'll keep watching.
About the pen. I can’t remember the exact words, but Chilton tells the guards to “clean up” Lecter “and get him ready” (or something like that). I think that created a window for Lecter to get the pen.
"Would you be scared?" yeah I would be. Not scared of him doing anything right there in front of his cell. I would be scared of him seeing me, knowing i exist. Because now I'm a potential target. He's locked up...for now. But what if he escapes? What if he communicates with someone who is not locked up? That's a scary thought. I prefer to live my life without someone like that knowing I'm out here.
The taunt to Senator Martin is a reminder of what Hannibal is. He fully intends to string them along for his own ends; he enjoys to watch human beings suffering. He taunts her by evoking a strong personal memory of her daughter and then basically asks her to think about how she'll feel when her daughter is dead. It's nothing more than pure malice. "Never forget what he is," is what Jack Crawford tells Clarice. This is what he meant. Hannibal is urbane, sophisticated and intelligent. But he IS a monster, and that's the most important thing to know about him.
That is a frequent question people have of why Lecter is so fascinated by learning details of Clarice's life. We are left to guess, but I get a feeling it's something of curiosity. It's a new person you haven't met yet. It's like someone put a safe in the room with you. Wouldn't you try to see if you could open it to find out what's inside? And finding out what is inside usually gives you the power to make people unconformable or afraid of you. And The opportunity is different. The staff at the hospital don't have anything to gain by talking with him, so they won't share, and they ignore him. But Clarice is there for a reason. She clearly wants something, so Lecter knows he has leverage and can get her to open up, so it's worth pursuing. And that might be the point of it anyway: the game, the chase, the challenge.
Good reaction! The film is well worth a rewatch. Lecter gives a number of clues to Starling and others through the film......"First principles, Simplicity" ...Simplicity is a brand, a company that sells sewing patterns. "That is The Duomo seen from The Belvedere"...Bill lives in Belvedere, Ohio.....there are a few more.
Lecter could be quite charming if he found someone interesting. When he was free, people that were courteous, clean and well-mannered probably didn't need to worry about him. If someone offended his unique sensibilities in some way, they were toast...or, as in the case with the police, someone got in the way of him achieving some objective. Even though his character is a psychopath, he does have his own code, and I believe he was genuinely fond of Clarice. If you read the books, you'll get a better insight into him. Of course, he's capable of just about anything and more intelligent than pretty much everyone.
Im glad you highlighted how Clarice had to deal with a male dominated environment. Lecter was the only one who really respected her for who she is and was genuinely fascinated with her. Hence he told her that he wouldn’t come after her to ease any worries she might have.
I saw this movie in the mid 90's when it was first released in India. I was pretty bad at understanding the spoken American English in Hollywood movies back then. I would watch Clint Eastwood Westerns or Jackie Chan movies then wherein language was not much of an issue. I had gone to watch this movie with my elder cousin who had written GRE + TOEFL and had good practice by watching plenty of movies 🙂 I did the same a few years later 🙂 Those close-up shots, background music and acting by everyone is perfect. Imagine watching just the eyes or face on the whole big screen in a movie theater!! The Western movies too had such shots but Anthony Hopkins sends shivers down the spine. Girls were shrieking once in a while all across the theater. It was chilling. Anthony Hopkins has screen time of only 16 minutes in this whole movie!! I can't forget my theater experience even after about 30 years!!! Liked the reaction. Regards from India.
"The Silence of the Lambs" (1991) won 5 Academy Awards (Oscars); Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Director, & Best Screenplay. A lot of your questions can be answered in watching the original Hannibal Lector movie "Manhunter" (1987) starring William Petersen as Wil Graham the agent who caught him & Brian Cox as Hannibal. And the prequel to "The Silence of the Lambs", "Red Dragon" (2002) with Edward Norton as retired Agent Wil Graham. Brought out of retirement to work with Hannibal Lector played once again by Anthony Hopkins to catch the "Tooth Fairy".
Think about how the movie opens: with Clarice running through an obstacle course, foreshadowing how she has to navigate through men leering at her, making passes at her, and not taking her seriously. Structurally, this is a variation of a vampire movie (the guard asks whether Hannibal is a vampire), but every man in it is a vampire to Clarice.
Fun fact: there was a serial killer Ed Gein caught in the 50s in Wisconsin, the horrors they found in his house like a human skin lamp shade and a belt made of nipples (pics on the internet) help to inspire this book, and the Texas chainsaw massacre and original psycho 😂😂😂
Buffalo Bill was a composition of Ed Gein, Ted Bundy (the faking an injury tactic), and... one other I'm not going to bother googling right now. I just know he had an actual pit in his basement. And I'm pretty sure it wasn't Dahmer or Gacey.
It is a bit of a moody masterpiece. Frightening, challenging, intellectually stimulating, and that's just the plot. The performances and directing are Oscar winning and deservedly so.
just a detail few notice: Barely two minutes into their first conversation, Clarice asks Lecter about one of the his drawings in his cell. "That is the Duomo, seen from the Belvedere." Buffalo Bill lives in Belvedere, Ohio. Oh one more thing "I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti." It's one of the most quoted lines in film history but Dr Lecter's choice of sides wasn't based on his taste! Monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs); which Lecter was most likely on for his treatment; three things you're not allowed to eat while taking them? Liver, beans and wine. So as well as making Clarice uncomfortable he was cracking a joke for his own amusement and hinting that he hasn't been taking his meds. :) Glad you enjoyed the movie, great reaction.
BTW, Anthony Hopkins was dating Martha Stewart when the movie came out. And after she saw it, she broke up with him. Her reason: “there’s absolutely no way anyone can act so evil in a movie and not be at least a little evil in person.”
In Spain the movie was definitely called "El Silencio de los Corderos", so I don't know where that "El Silencio de los Inocentes" came from. Edit: I just checked wikipedia out of curiosity. "El Silencio de los Inocentes" is how the movie (and the novel) was called in Latin America.
Good mystery/suspense/thrillers: "Copycat" (1995) "Kiss the Girls" (1997) "Manhunter" (1986) "Mary Reilly" (1996) "Blood Work" (2002) Some more good movies with Scott Glenn: "Backdraft" (1991) "The Hunt for Red October" (1990) "Absolute Power" (1998)
Yes. Good job Clarice. And good job, Cristy. I like this film. Was there for it back in the day. Still here for it today with you. Your reactions to the Sopranos was awesome, too. Your super funny and smart. Big shoutout from this old hippy in the mountains of East Tennessee. See ya on the next. Why don't you start reacting to music, too. Just a thought. Much peace and lots of love and happiness to you and yours. Later, girl.
The tv series gets much more into what hannibal is really like and how his mind works. Its worth watching. Though its worth pointing out that the cannibal thing didn't just apply to him, he has a history of feeding everybody else parts of his victims at his dinner parties. He's also far more touchy about people being rude than he may have come off in the film. He's also somewhat sadistic and does things simply because he's curious what would happen But yeah, the stuff that happens in the film is tame compared to much of what he does in the tv series
1. The lisping sound Hopkins makes after he says, 'I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti." is the first scene he and Foster did together and he wanted to freak her out, so her reaction is real. 2. Ted Levine/Buffalo Bill was so disturbing that he received death threats after this was released. 3. The FBI actually let them use their Quantico facility to film. 4. In the book Crawford did have a "thing" for Clarice. 5. "I'm coming to get you Murdock". The late😇 Charles Napier/Lt. Boyle played Murdock in "Rambo First Blood II". A great first time/share. 6. Everybody is hitting on Clarice but IRL hitting on Foster is a waste of time and effort. She doesn't fly that way. She has been married to a woman since it became legal in Caliphony.👭 7. In the book Crawford did have "a thing" for Clarice. 8. Dr. Lecter was treating Clarice 9. Others will pass this to you as well but: This movie won ALL 5 of the big Oscars.🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩
Cereal cannibals are very rare. The last documented case was in 1983 when "Count Chocula" had a bowl of 'Cap'n Crunch" I remember it like it was yesterday. I still have nightmares. Condolences to the Crunch family.
That has to be the best reaction to this movie I have ever seen, I have watched 50-75 reactions to this movie. What made your reaction great was your physical response, both voice and body. I also appreciated your desire to just react to the movie as it progressed, a lot of reactors try to guess the plot of the movie or responding to the different actors in the movie and listing the other movies they have seen with this actor bah bah bah. Yours was just a pure reaction, keep up the great job.
Agreed! Christy stays focused on the film and doesn’t go off on tangents, or try to impress with suppositions of what’s going to happen next. I’d enjoy seeing a film with her. I guess that I just did. It was great.
I worked in a Michigan prison for 25 years. We had a dedicated private shower stocked with antibacterial shampoo & body wash specifically for staff use should they get hit with bodily fluids (or solids) flung by prisoners. Getting hit with one of them was known as being "Dressed-out". It also had an assortment of new sweat pants/shirts or hospital type scrubs to change into afterwards. Personally, I always managed to duck in time.
There’s a number of books and movies that deal with Hannibal Lecter. You should look them up . Some of the movies don’t measure up to this film but they do fill you in on a lot of Lectors past
29:49 a fascinarting theory I read is that senator martin presents herself as a senator, groomed, confident and in a position of authority. she isn't a mother distraught for her child, her external trappings mattered. That is why Lecter lost respect for her and taunted her.
Jodie Foster not being involved in the sequel made it less interesting to me. Her interaction with Anthony Hopkins in this movie is one of the best in cinema IMO. I'm sure a lot of young women got interested in being in the FBI (and other similar agencies around the world) because of this movie. I think Hannibal like her courage. She became a kind of daughter to him, despite his obvious issues.
I'm happy you're watching this! It IS one of the greats. And the books are excellent too. In fact, I just finished rereading Black Sunday. A story about a plan to do a terrorist attack in America. Sound like a 911 ripoff? The book was written in 1074 or 1075. Thomas Harris is way ahead of the game as a writing. There is only one book I didn't like.. ...I didn't like it to a point that I threw the book across the room. I only did that to two other books.
Loved your reaction to this great film. I think your outro really nailed all of the key points, which is kind of amazing to me. You picked up on points I didn’t see until after several viewings. But maybe that’s *my* issue! 😊
On Psychopaths; what most people think and the way movies and TV shows treat Psychopathy is just Pop Culture and not Psychotherapy. I have Axis II Personality Disorder and alexithymia; but most Remorseless, Manipulative Bastards I have ever met would be classed as Neurotypical. Most Murderers, Mass killers, and Serial Killers are in majority Neurotypical, it's just Sociopath and Psychopaths tend to have higher body counts. We psychopaths maybe better at being remorseless, manipulative, or cold; we can just as easily not be any of those things.
ART IMITATES LIFE: The Pathology for Buffalo Bill is based on Real Life Cannibal, Murderer and Grave Robber Ed Gein. He ate his victims and used their parts as "Decorations" in his home... And liked to wear a "Woman Suit" he fashioned using female skin and body parts. His Story inspired the movies "Psycho" and "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" as well.
@@EnglishRalph Turns out we didn't get that much, mostly a few "ay nooo" xD Still I think it's so endearing when she defaults back to factory settings and the Spanish kicks in. :p
@ I thought the scene where she turns up at the correct address would be almost exclusively in Spanish. I guess that’s what makes “Christy speaks Spanish” such an interesting and unpredictable drinking game!
That's crazy that they changed the title in Spanish, like they don't have a word for Lamb or something. I wonder why they did that? Great reaction, "He wore his face." Gets everyone that bit. If you're interested there's an ealier film called Manhunter, based on the first novel Red Dragon, different Hannibal but equally as good IMO, better than the Brett Ratner version. Looking forward to the next one.
Haha! We definitely have a word for lamb. I think sometimes titles are translated in ways that aren't literal but they think will "sound better" in Spanish. For example, the title to Home Alone was translated into Mi Pobre Angelito ("My Poor Little Angel"). It goes the other way around too! The Spanish Netflix show La Casa De Papel ("House Made of Paper") was given the English title Money Heist.
Frederica Bimmel, the first victim, lived in Belvedere, OH. In Starling's first visit with Lecter, he showed her a drawing of a scene in Florence, "the Duomo from the Belvedere." Could be a coincidence, or more likely, it could be that Lecter knew all about Buffalo Bill and his crimes from the very beginning.
And his last words to Senator Martin were, "Love your suit" while Buffalo Bill is planning to make her daughter into a skin suit. Hannibal is taunting everyone by dropping hints everywhere.
The toy poodle, Precious, represents a lamb. Catherine's rescue holding Precious outside the house represents Clarice rescuing her lamb and the silencing of the screams. This film is a true masterpiece of literary work; better than the novel too. To me, Clarise Starling is one of the all time greatest hero of film.
Catherine is holding Precious exactly like the picture Hannibal drew of Clarice holding a lamb. Also, earlier when Clarice first descends into Buffalo Bill's basement, you can hear Catherine screaming incoherently in the background -- like the lambs in Clarice's story.
This is a good ReWatch film. It's always been a film of Extreme Close-ups... what an interesting technique - we get to 'know' the characters' faces pretty well. But when I was rewatching Hitchcock's PSYCHO - which I'd seen many times before - we see how Extreme Closeups were used in that film. Also, the first (and my highest recommendation) Hannibal appearance is the powerful 1986 MANHUNTER will William Petersen as the now-retired FBI agent that first arrested Hannibal years earier than SILENCE. In MANHUNTER, we are treated to another 'disciple serial killer' and only a few scenes where diabolical Hannibal presents his skills with a stick of chewing gum. Wheeee... The follow-up film to SILENCE is HANNIBAL, a couple of years later. That's a great film because the audience receives a lesson in the historical consquences of Disembowelment... especially focusing on one certain Italian family. We also are reminded that, in many finer dining establishments, the chef may appear at the patrons' tableside to finish cooking some delicacy. HANNIBAL is such an educational journey. Even if you're adverse to eating pork, it can be worthwhile to remember - they are not adverse to eating us.
One more point of rewatching... after the two jailers are disposed of, Hannibal scans the cell floor to find the small bone-handled penknife. Seems inconsequential for that moment, but the short, fine blade can be perfect for extra-fine cuts... say, around noses... lips... eyes... ears. "Ready when you are, Sgt. Pembrey."
"He wore his face-!!" Yes, he needed a bloody, jagged-edge mask that would be familiar but too damaged for kind-hearted pals to 'mess with'. Perfect as a mask...
Since recording this reaction I've heard there are other Hannibal movies... what do you think? Are they worth watching?
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The sequel to this one is pretty good if you don't mind a little more blood or gore
The movies are hit or miss. I particularly like Red Dragon. But the TV show is excellent.
My late father asked his step wife what the movie was about before we set off to the cinema. She said it's a movie about sheep! He even believed her I imagine. It's amazing ♥️
Hannibal is more enjoyable in my opinion but Silence of the lambs is incredible! No movie like it ♥️
Maybe why I'm so crazy. Hannibal never even shocked me. Just make believe and I found it funny! Even the ending on the plane when he offered that young child a part of his brain! The best movies ever along with Shawshank and Gump ♥️
Anthony Hopkins performance in this movie is so good. He won best actor even though he was only in the movie for 16 minutes.
It's so great to re-experience some of the greatest films by seeing them through the eyes of a first-time reactor.
There have been several film adaptations of the Thomas Harris 'hannibal' novels. Manhunter and Red Dragon, and a sequel to Silence of the Lambs which was just called Hannibal.
definitely recommend the movie Se7en if you want an intense psychological thriller…
I absolutely love how much this movie depends on your own mind to visualize the gruesome terror and brutality instead of actually seeing it. Amazing creative choice to allow true audience perspective and interpretation.
She was intriguing to him. She was a little female, but so determined, and brave, and wanting to save victims. She didn’t let the sexism, disrespect, or fear get in the way of saving the ‘lamb’. He wanted to know what made her that way. It was satisfying to him the know her story.
50:59 the movie won 5 out of 7 of its Oscar nominations: best picture, best actor, best actress, best director, and best adapted screenplay
“I still haven’t seen ONE lamb!” - Cristy
perfectly executed movie. Great book, great adaptation. Fantastic reaction.
Thank you for watching with me!
Jodie Foster said that after the tableread she never wanted to see Anthony Hopkins again...she avoided him the entire shoot because he scared the living cra* out of her and the crew...
Well, based in what you said in your reaction, Red dragon - an excellent precuel - should be your netx step.😊
The first movie introducing Hannibal is Manhunter. It’s a good one. More of a psychological thriller than a slasher/horror. You would like it. It’s not centered around Hannibal but an FBI profiler and the main character is also in another movie you may like called To Live And Die win LA.
Great reaction Cristy like always. I really love this movie its one of the best movies of 1991. Led by two brilliant turns from Foster & Hopkins, this chilling psychological thriller is as much about power plays as it is about solving the case. And this movie is based on the novel by Thomas Harris, and there are some Fun-facts about it. This movie is one of only 3 movie in the history of cinema to win the Big Five There are 5 Oscar awards considered BIG: Best Film, Best Direction, Best Leading Actor, Best Leading Actress, Best Screenplay. The other 2 movies are "It happened one night" (1934), "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" (1975)
Gene Hackman wanted to make the film, Hackman bought the rights to the 1988 Thomas Harris book, splitting the $500,000 cost with production company Orion, and had planned to direct, write and star as Lecter. Ted Tally, the man who would end up writing the screenplay, contacted Orion President Mike Medavoy who said, “Gene thinks he’s going to write this, but don’t worry, he’ll find out how hard that is, and we’ll get back to you.” Medavoy called back later and said, “Gene’s written 50 pages of the script, and he’s only 50 pages into the book. So, if you can meet with him and convince him that you’re the right guy for it, you’ll have the job.”
During their first meeting, there’s a moment where Lecter mocks Starling’s southern accent. This was improvised on the spot by Anthony Hopkins, and not expected by Foster. She was hurt by the comment, and her on-screen reaction was real. However, she later thanked Hopkins for provoking a genuine reaction.
This film is geared around framing every shot from Clarice’s perspective to put us in her shoes. Generally, the characters speaking to Clarice are front and centre of the frame, breaking the fourth wall by looking directly into it. When Clarice is in the frame she’s looking just off camera, that is a nice touch to notice. Hopkins’ now iconic lip roll sound after his fava beans speech was inspired by Bela Lugosi’s iconic title performance in Dracula (1931). He said, “When I was a kid, I’d tell the girls around the street the story about Dracula and I’d go th-th-th, as a result, they’d run away screaming.” Hopkins took inspiration from some unusual sources Hopkins said that he had a friend in London who rarely blinked, which, “freaked people out” and noted similar characteristics in reptiles. Reptiles only blink when they want to, and they do it consciously. He applied these characteristics to Hannibal, in the film Hopkins only blinks at specific moments.
And if you notice Hopkins isn’t in the film all that much, but won an Oscar anyway, but his performance is spot on. But It wasn’t all success for Hopkins on the back of this movie. He was in a relationship with retail businesswoman Martha Stewart at the time, but she dumped him shortly after the film’s release because all she saw when looking at him was a cold-blooded serial killer. In the scene where Clarice tells Lecter about the lambs and running away from home, if you listen closely after she says, “I thought if I could save just one…” you can hear a crewman dropping a wrench off-screen. Foster remained in character and continued until the end. Keep up the good work.
Jodie Foster said in an interview that she completely avoided Anthony Hopkins for the duration of filming the movie because he stayed in character the entire time and that terrified her. After the wrap she finally talked to him and said he was one of the most sweetest gentleman she ever met.
Not her fault entirely as he was locked in a cell on set before she needed to be there.
there is no one else who could have played hannibal so well sir anthony hopkins was born to play him.. he makes him seem soo real and sooo Creepy without ever being explosivly violent he is so calculating and quiet.. love the movie.
Good reaction/ review, as always! You might consider watching the X-Files, just for your personal enjoyment, as Agent Scully is directly inspired by Agent Sterling. She, Agent Scully, is another strong female character who really carries her own and was a vital part of that amazing 90s show. And on a side note, my all-time favorite show ever.
This film is a master class in story telling and character development...and of course the acting is truly amazing. All the best :D
Great reaction. Loved your whispering Dr Lecter at the end . 😁❤️
If you do streaming shows, I think you would like "Mindhunter" (2017, 2 seasons, 19 eps)
Look at Manhunter that came out in the 80s. That's the first movie about Hannibal Lecture
There's 3-4 more of these movies in the series and each one is just as excellent as the first... Hannibal rising was incredible ..🔥🤘 hopefully you'll watch them 👍✌️
enjoyed your reaction 👍☺
There are more Hannibal movies if you want to delve deeper. Red Dragon (Silence of the lambs prequel) Hannibal (Sequel) and Hannibal rising (Origins of Hannibal Lecter) i hope you'll enjoy those!
Avoid Red Dragon. Manhunter beats it by a country mile.
It’s worth seeing the 1st movie in this series. Manhunter from 1986. A Michael Mann movie.
22:49 HA, that made me laugh.
I dealt with a sociopath in my past.
I read a small book about them - The Empathy Trap.
My biggest take away from that book was that sociopaths get their stimulation off from screwing with people.
Likely because of not enough affection when he was younger.
That helped me reframe my experiences and made me realize that I didn't need to or fail to care properly for that sociopath.
He was what he was by no doing of my own, and I did not make him worse by leaving.
Absolutely love your videos Cristy! Thank you again for watching these classic films. Even though Anthony Hopkins had so little screen-time, his performance as Hannibal Lecter is so iconic. This earn him an Academy Award for best Actor in 1991.
Clarice correctly deduced why Hannibal wouldn’t come after her; “He would consider that rude.” She figured out a critical trait about him. Hannibal might be a killer, but he is a highly sophisticated killer who is deeply offended by rudeness. The people he goes after and kills are those he considers bad-mannered. In describing Hannibal Lecter, Anthony Hopkins said he is someone who “kills the terminally rude.” This is why he killed Miggs, the inmate who threw his seed in Clarice’s face. Hannibal viewed that as “unspeakably ugly.”
Hannibal and Clarice don’t meet again until the 2001 sequel “Hannibal.” As you saw at the end of the film, what Hannibal really wanted was revenge against Dr. Chilton for all he did to him at the sanitarium. Clarice on the other hand was actually very courteous towards Hannibal, They developed a mutual respect for one another during their talks.
The reason he asks Clarice so many questions is because he finds her interesting. Being a psychiatrist, Lecter likes to find out what makes someone tick. It’s further explained in the films and novels that Hannibal sees parallels between himself and Clarice as they both had tragic backgrounds involving the loss of family. Being locked away for so many years with very little human contact, Hannibal was bored and longed for some form of interaction.
The reason he knows what soap and skin cream Clarice uses, and the fact she was bleeding on her second visit, is he has a heightened sense of smell.
Now you did it. You set yourself up to having to watch the entire series. "Red Dragon", "Hannibal Rising", and "Hannibal". There's also a TV series.
If you want to know more about Lecter's psyche and background you should really watch the TV show Hannibal with Mads Mikkelsen. It's some of the best TV ever made, in my opinion.
I love your work so much Cristy. You are so expeessive with your eyes. Your reactions are so intense and entertaining. Top notch. Keep up the great work and I'll keep watching.
Thank you so much!!
@@CristyReacts You're so welcome. Thank YOU for the great videos! Lots of fun!!
About the pen. I can’t remember the exact words, but Chilton tells the guards to “clean up” Lecter “and get him ready” (or something like that). I think that created a window for Lecter to get the pen.
32:32. because he doesn’t have cable, this is his only form of entertainment
"Would you be scared?" yeah I would be. Not scared of him doing anything right there in front of his cell. I would be scared of him seeing me, knowing i exist. Because now I'm a potential target. He's locked up...for now. But what if he escapes? What if he communicates with someone who is not locked up? That's a scary thought. I prefer to live my life without someone like that knowing I'm out here.
Solid point!
Jodie Foster was 27 during the filming, altho she was 29 when the finished film was released.
she looks younger than 27!
The taunt to Senator Martin is a reminder of what Hannibal is. He fully intends to string them along for his own ends; he enjoys to watch human beings suffering. He taunts her by evoking a strong personal memory of her daughter and then basically asks her to think about how she'll feel when her daughter is dead. It's nothing more than pure malice. "Never forget what he is," is what Jack Crawford tells Clarice. This is what he meant. Hannibal is urbane, sophisticated and intelligent. But he IS a monster, and that's the most important thing to know about him.
II was a huge Monk fan and it blew my mind when I realized Captain Stottlemyer was the same person who plays Buffalo Bill
Captain Stottlemyer? Wait, was he a great big fat person?
The tv series Hannibal with Mads Mikkelson as Lector is amazing.
That is a frequent question people have of why Lecter is so fascinated by learning details of Clarice's life. We are left to guess, but I get a feeling it's something of curiosity. It's a new person you haven't met yet. It's like someone put a safe in the room with you. Wouldn't you try to see if you could open it to find out what's inside? And finding out what is inside usually gives you the power to make people unconformable or afraid of you.
And The opportunity is different. The staff at the hospital don't have anything to gain by talking with him, so they won't share, and they ignore him. But Clarice is there for a reason. She clearly wants something, so Lecter knows he has leverage and can get her to open up, so it's worth pursuing. And that might be the point of it anyway: the game, the chase, the challenge.
Good reaction!
The film is well worth a rewatch. Lecter gives a number of clues to Starling and others through the film......"First principles, Simplicity" ...Simplicity is a brand, a company that sells sewing patterns. "That is The Duomo seen from The Belvedere"...Bill lives in Belvedere, Ohio.....there are a few more.
Can you watch Eleanor's Secret (2009)
Please🙏
No one at UA-cam haven't watched it.
Lecter could be quite charming if he found someone interesting. When he was free, people that were courteous, clean and well-mannered probably didn't need to worry about him. If someone offended his unique sensibilities in some way, they were toast...or, as in the case with the police, someone got in the way of him achieving some objective. Even though his character is a psychopath, he does have his own code, and I believe he was genuinely fond of Clarice. If you read the books, you'll get a better insight into him. Of course, he's capable of just about anything and more intelligent than pretty much everyone.
Im glad you highlighted how Clarice had to deal with a male dominated environment. Lecter was the only one who really respected her for who she is and was genuinely fascinated with her. Hence he told her that he wouldn’t come after her to ease any worries she might have.
I saw this movie in the mid 90's when it was first released in India. I was pretty bad at understanding the spoken American English in Hollywood movies back then. I would watch Clint Eastwood Westerns or Jackie Chan movies then wherein language was not much of an issue. I had gone to watch this movie with my elder cousin who had written GRE + TOEFL and had good practice by watching plenty of movies 🙂 I did the same a few years later 🙂
Those close-up shots, background music and acting by everyone is perfect. Imagine watching just the eyes or face on the whole big screen in a movie theater!! The Western movies too had such shots but Anthony Hopkins sends shivers down the spine. Girls were shrieking once in a while all across the theater. It was chilling. Anthony Hopkins has screen time of only 16 minutes in this whole movie!! I can't forget my theater experience even after about 30 years!!! Liked the reaction. Regards from India.
There are also 3 movies and series about Hannibal. Another thriller with similar thematic is The Cell (2000)
Every time I watched Monk I heard “it’s puts the lotion in the basket” and every time I watch this I see Leland Stottlemeyer 😂
"The Silence of the Lambs" (1991) won 5 Academy Awards (Oscars); Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Director, & Best Screenplay. A lot of your questions can be answered in watching the original Hannibal Lector movie "Manhunter" (1987) starring William Petersen as Wil Graham the agent who caught him & Brian Cox as Hannibal. And the prequel to "The Silence of the Lambs", "Red Dragon" (2002) with Edward Norton as retired Agent Wil Graham. Brought out of retirement to work with Hannibal Lector played once again by Anthony Hopkins to catch the "Tooth Fairy".
In all titles of a book "The Silence of the Lambs" is one of the best!
The mentalities of all the characters are so well established. I feel for better or worse like I actually met these people by watching this.
See part 2 "Hannibal" a lot more of Lector.
Think about how the movie opens: with Clarice running through an obstacle course, foreshadowing how she has to navigate through men leering at her, making passes at her, and not taking her seriously. Structurally, this is a variation of a vampire movie (the guard asks whether Hannibal is a vampire), but every man in it is a vampire to Clarice.
Yes. It is a masterpiece. Won the big five OSCARS: Picture, director, actor, actress, screenplay.
Fun fact: there was a serial killer Ed Gein caught in the 50s in Wisconsin, the horrors they found in his house like a human skin lamp shade and a belt made of nipples (pics on the internet) help to inspire this book, and the Texas chainsaw massacre and original psycho 😂😂😂
Buffalo Bill was a composition of Ed Gein, Ted Bundy (the faking an injury tactic), and... one other I'm not going to bother googling right now. I just know he had an actual pit in his basement. And I'm pretty sure it wasn't Dahmer or Gacey.
It is a bit of a moody masterpiece. Frightening, challenging, intellectually stimulating, and that's just the plot. The performances and directing are Oscar winning and deservedly so.
Clarice made a tremendous error when she realized she was there with the killer. She should have left the house and waited for back-up
10:43 You may find Carl Panzram and Albert Fish interesting.
Check out Hannibal you get to experience Hannibals personality more😂Awesome show there ma'am 👏 Keep up the terrific work 👌 👏 👍 😀
just a detail few notice: Barely two minutes into their first conversation, Clarice asks Lecter about one of the his drawings in his cell. "That is the Duomo, seen from the Belvedere." Buffalo Bill lives in Belvedere, Ohio.
Oh one more thing "I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti." It's one of the most quoted lines in film history but Dr Lecter's choice of sides wasn't based on his taste! Monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs); which Lecter was most likely on for his treatment; three things you're not allowed to eat while taking them? Liver, beans and wine. So as well as making Clarice uncomfortable he was cracking a joke for his own amusement and hinting that he hasn't been taking his meds. :) Glad you enjoyed the movie, great reaction.
BTW, Anthony Hopkins was dating Martha Stewart when the movie came out. And after she saw it, she broke up with him. Her reason: “there’s absolutely no way anyone can act so evil in a movie and not be at least a little evil in person.”
In Spain the movie was definitely called "El Silencio de los Corderos", so I don't know where that "El Silencio de los Inocentes" came from. Edit: I just checked wikipedia out of curiosity. "El Silencio de los Inocentes" is how the movie (and the novel) was called in Latin America.
Fascinating!
Good mystery/suspense/thrillers:
"Copycat" (1995)
"Kiss the Girls" (1997)
"Manhunter" (1986)
"Mary Reilly" (1996)
"Blood Work" (2002)
Some more good movies with Scott Glenn:
"Backdraft" (1991)
"The Hunt for Red October" (1990)
"Absolute Power" (1998)
The Bone Collector is another pretty good one😊
Yes. Good job Clarice. And good job, Cristy. I like this film. Was there for it back in the day. Still here for it today with you. Your reactions to the Sopranos was awesome, too. Your super funny and smart. Big shoutout from this old hippy in the mountains of East Tennessee. See ya on the next. Why don't you start reacting to music, too. Just a thought. Much peace and lots of love and happiness to you and yours. Later, girl.
Iconic movie.
The tv series gets much more into what hannibal is really like and how his mind works. Its worth watching. Though its worth pointing out that the cannibal thing didn't just apply to him, he has a history of feeding everybody else parts of his victims at his dinner parties. He's also far more touchy about people being rude than he may have come off in the film. He's also somewhat sadistic and does things simply because he's curious what would happen
But yeah, the stuff that happens in the film is tame compared to much of what he does in the tv series
the show was amazing..such a shame it get more seasons
1. The lisping sound Hopkins makes after he says, 'I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti." is the first scene he and Foster did together and he wanted to freak her out, so her reaction is real.
2. Ted Levine/Buffalo Bill was so disturbing that he received death threats after this was released.
3. The FBI actually let them use their Quantico facility to film.
4. In the book Crawford did have a "thing" for Clarice.
5. "I'm coming to get you Murdock". The late😇 Charles Napier/Lt. Boyle played Murdock in "Rambo First Blood II". A great first time/share.
6. Everybody is hitting on Clarice but IRL hitting on Foster is a waste of time and effort. She doesn't fly that way. She has been married to a woman since it became legal in Caliphony.👭
7. In the book Crawford did have "a thing" for Clarice.
8. Dr. Lecter was treating Clarice
9. Others will pass this to you as well but: This movie won ALL 5 of the big Oscars.🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩
Caliphony?
You poor fragile thing.
Watch the whole saga in order.... Manhunter (1986)
Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Hannibal (2001)
Red Dragon (2002)
Hannibal Rising (2007).
although it just squeaks by, it does pass the Bechdel test
Whether we want to admit it or not, we secretly want Hannibal to escape to freedom and exact revenge on Dr Chilton.
I admit it.
_if you insist._
Cereal cannibals are very rare. The last documented case was in 1983 when "Count Chocula" had a bowl of 'Cap'n Crunch"
I remember it like it was yesterday. I still have nightmares. Condolences to the Crunch family.
LOL
Cristy: Skinning someone is crazy!
Me: 😊. Yup... Kinda the point. 😅
That has to be the best reaction to this movie I have ever seen, I have watched 50-75 reactions to this movie. What made your reaction great was your physical response, both voice and body. I also appreciated your desire to just react to the movie as it progressed, a lot of reactors try to guess the plot of the movie or responding to the different actors in the movie and listing the other movies they have seen with this actor bah bah bah. Yours was just a pure reaction, keep up the great job.
Agreed! Christy stays focused on the film and doesn’t go off on tangents, or try to impress with suppositions of what’s going to happen next. I’d enjoy seeing a film with her. I guess that I just did. It was great.
Top 15, maybe top 10
Awww thank you! I loved reading this!
I worked in a Michigan prison for 25 years. We had a dedicated private shower stocked with antibacterial shampoo & body wash specifically for staff use should they get hit with bodily fluids (or solids) flung by prisoners. Getting hit with one of them was known as being "Dressed-out". It also had an assortment of new sweat pants/shirts or hospital type scrubs to change into afterwards. Personally, I always managed to duck in time.
whoa! didn't realize it was so common!
41:42 Well, literally the scene before that, Crawford asked Clarice to find a connection to the 1st victim
There’s a number of books and movies that deal with Hannibal Lecter. You should look them up . Some of the movies don’t measure up to this film but they do fill you in on a lot of Lectors past
29:49 a fascinarting theory I read is that senator martin presents herself as a senator, groomed, confident and in a position of authority. she isn't a mother distraught for her child, her external trappings mattered. That is why Lecter lost respect for her and taunted her.
Jodie Foster not being involved in the sequel made it less interesting to me. Her interaction with Anthony Hopkins in this movie is one of the best in cinema IMO. I'm sure a lot of young women got interested in being in the FBI (and other similar agencies around the world) because of this movie. I think Hannibal like her courage. She became a kind of daughter to him, despite his obvious issues.
40:03 "He should starve them for longer. Three days is not enough to loosen your skin." Oof.
I thought I was the only one who imitated the MGM lion. Now I know better.
Great reaction to a great movie , excellent screenplay and acting, 😊👏👏 Goodbye horses. 😂😂 He’s tucking it. 😂😂
I'm happy you're watching this! It IS one of the greats. And the books are excellent too.
In fact, I just finished rereading Black Sunday. A story about a plan to do a terrorist attack in America. Sound like a 911 ripoff? The book was written in 1074 or 1075. Thomas Harris is way ahead of the game as a writing. There is only one book I didn't like..
...I didn't like it to a point that I threw the book across the room. I only did that to two other books.
Loved your reaction to this great film. I think your outro really nailed all of the key points, which is kind of amazing to me. You picked up on points I didn’t see until after several viewings. But maybe that’s *my* issue! 😊
I can’t believe Cristy forgot the word handcuffs!
You don't know how hard it is for a french speaking person to pronounce the name Jorge... Hahaha!!
On to the sequels!
On Psychopaths; what most people think and the way movies and TV shows treat Psychopathy is just Pop Culture and not Psychotherapy. I have Axis II Personality Disorder and alexithymia; but most Remorseless, Manipulative Bastards I have ever met would be classed as Neurotypical. Most Murderers, Mass killers, and Serial Killers are in majority Neurotypical, it's just Sociopath and Psychopaths tend to have higher body counts. We psychopaths maybe better at being remorseless, manipulative, or cold; we can just as easily not be any of those things.
ART IMITATES LIFE: The Pathology for Buffalo Bill is based on Real Life Cannibal, Murderer and Grave Robber Ed Gein. He ate his victims and used their parts as "Decorations" in his home... And liked to wear a "Woman Suit" he fashioned using female skin and body parts.
His Story inspired the movies "Psycho" and "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" as well.
When you said Mr lector a few he would have not liked that 😂
Haha yeah! I corrected myself
He didn't spend four years in Evil Medical School to be called "Mister!"
Nothing Lector does is as creepy as the shot of Chilton looking in the camera and calling Starling “Atrractive”.
Need to watch Red Dragon and Hannibal for backstory, before arrest.
20:25 notice that she used her West VA accent to make them relate to what she is saying.
I'm expecting some top tier Spanish ranting during this one! 😅
You beat me to it.
@@EnglishRalph Turns out we didn't get that much, mostly a few "ay nooo" xD Still I think it's so endearing when she defaults back to factory settings and the Spanish kicks in. :p
@ I thought the scene where she turns up at the correct address would be almost exclusively in Spanish. I guess that’s what makes “Christy speaks Spanish” such an interesting and unpredictable drinking game!
That's crazy that they changed the title in Spanish, like they don't have a word for Lamb or something. I wonder why they did that? Great reaction, "He wore his face." Gets everyone that bit.
If you're interested there's an ealier film called Manhunter, based on the first novel Red Dragon, different Hannibal but equally as good IMO, better than the Brett Ratner version. Looking forward to the next one.
Haha! We definitely have a word for lamb. I think sometimes titles are translated in ways that aren't literal but they think will "sound better" in Spanish. For example, the title to Home Alone was translated into Mi Pobre Angelito ("My Poor Little Angel").
It goes the other way around too! The Spanish Netflix show La Casa De Papel ("House Made of Paper") was given the English title Money Heist.
@CristyReacts El silencio de los corderos makes more sense though, unless they changed all the conversations between Clarice and Hannibal too.
I'll bet in his final agonizing seconds of life left Bill wishes he had just pulled the trigger instead of the hammer.
Buffalo Bill later was Captain Stottlemeyer on Monk.
One of the only films to capture the male gaze.
Watched it in the cinema and it's the greatest movie of all time in my opinion but I enjoyed Hannibal more ♥️
In the book Lecter does kill Raspail, stabbing him on his psychiatrists couch.
Great movie, great reaction!
Frederica Bimmel, the first victim, lived in Belvedere, OH. In Starling's first visit with Lecter, he showed her a drawing of a scene in Florence, "the Duomo from the Belvedere." Could be a coincidence, or more likely, it could be that Lecter knew all about Buffalo Bill and his crimes from the very beginning.
Wow! I've seen this film soooo many times and never caught that connection. Thanks so much!
And his last words to Senator Martin were, "Love your suit" while Buffalo Bill is planning to make her daughter into a skin suit. Hannibal is taunting everyone by dropping hints everywhere.
The toy poodle, Precious, represents a lamb. Catherine's rescue holding Precious outside the house represents Clarice rescuing her lamb and the silencing of the screams. This film is a true masterpiece of literary work; better than the novel too. To me, Clarise Starling is one of the all time greatest hero of film.
Catherine is holding Precious exactly like the picture Hannibal drew of Clarice holding a lamb. Also, earlier when Clarice first descends into Buffalo Bill's basement, you can hear Catherine screaming incoherently in the background -- like the lambs in Clarice's story.
Great reaction
This is a good ReWatch film. It's always been a film of Extreme Close-ups... what an interesting technique - we get to 'know' the characters' faces pretty well. But when I was rewatching Hitchcock's PSYCHO - which I'd seen many times before - we see how Extreme Closeups were used in that film.
Also, the first (and my highest recommendation) Hannibal appearance is the powerful 1986 MANHUNTER will William Petersen as the now-retired FBI agent that first arrested Hannibal years earier than SILENCE. In MANHUNTER, we are treated to another 'disciple serial killer' and only a few scenes where diabolical Hannibal presents his skills with a stick of chewing gum. Wheeee...
The follow-up film to SILENCE is HANNIBAL, a couple of years later. That's a great film because the audience receives a lesson in the historical consquences of Disembowelment... especially focusing on one certain Italian family. We also are reminded that, in many finer dining establishments, the chef may appear at the patrons' tableside to finish cooking some delicacy. HANNIBAL is such an educational journey. Even if you're adverse to eating pork, it can be worthwhile to remember - they are not adverse to eating us.
One more point of rewatching... after the two jailers are disposed of, Hannibal scans the cell floor to find the small bone-handled penknife. Seems inconsequential for that moment, but the short, fine blade can be perfect for extra-fine cuts... say, around noses... lips... eyes... ears. "Ready when you are, Sgt. Pembrey."
"He wore his face-!!" Yes, he needed a bloody, jagged-edge mask that would be familiar but too damaged for kind-hearted pals to 'mess with'. Perfect as a mask...