Silence Of Lambs

The Silence of the Lambs (Jonathan Demme, 1991) is a story of a young agent Clarice Starling (Jodie Foster) crack the Buffalo Bill (Ted Levine) case to cure her childhood trauma and calm down the lamb in her soul. In order to solve the criminal case, she meets Dr. Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins) in the cell and want to find some useful clues. At the end of the film, Buffalo Bill was killed by Clarice, and the hostage is out of danger, but Hannibal escaped and is following his next target… The most impressive scene in this movie to me is the last meeting between Clarice and Hannibal. The settings for the scene is perfect. Hannibal is in a huge cage. In that cage, he is still very calm and elegant. The soundtrack is classic music. That matches Hannibal’s …show more content…
Clarice excuses she wants to give the graph to Hannibal and comes into that room. The chair, which Hannibal is seating, is able to turn around. At the beginning of their meeting, he inspires Clarice the reason for Bill to kill people. He is keep on turning about on that chair. At the same time, the camera is keep on moving around with Hannibal’s movement. Then, Hannibal asks Clarice to tell her own story. At this moment, they don’t move around any more. Also, the position of the camera doesn’t change any more. The extreme short shot focuses on his eyes and mouth. Under this extreme short shot and the lighting, his sharp eyes and small expressions is chilling. He looks like a cheetah is hunting his prey, always has calm mind and keen insight. He is seeking the truth behind Clarice’s stubbornness. And Clarice’s mind goes back to the scene she run away from that farm when she was ten. There are not only tears in her eyes, but also fear and sadness. At this time, Clarice is more likely a patient in Hannibal’s study than a FBI agent. To his surprise, Clarice’s story is not as he expected. It’s about her mercy on the creaming lambs. As a