Hello everyone, I am Liao Yu who loves to watch movies more sincerely.
The father of the 340,000-star 5-star movie The Silence of the Lambs
I love suspense films and have almost no resistance to the story of "Dr. Hannibal" or the film and television IP of "The Silence of the Lambs". The 1991 movie "The Silence of the Lambs" scored 8.9 points, more than 670,000 people commented, of which 52.4%, that is, about 350,000 people hit the 5-star praise, which shows the wonderfulness of the film.
In addition to the wonderful story, the original author of its novel, 81-year-old Thomas Harris is also the writer I admire the most, which can also be said to be the goal of struggle.
Thomas Harris
He wrote the novel Black Sunday (adapted in 1977 as a film of the same name) in 1974 at the age of 34, which was published the following year and reached the best-seller list, which ended his ten-year journalistic career and began to concentrate on fiction. But he wrote slowly, six years after his first novel, and he produced the most important novel of his life, The Red Dragon, and his most important character, Dr. Hannibal Lecter the Ogre.
Dr. Hannibal Lecter as Anthony Hopkins
This year he was 41 years old, and it has to be said that he was a low-birth writer, but every time he finished writing one, it became a classic, because 7 years later, at the age of 48, he created another important role in the novel "The Silence of the Lambs" - FBI female agent Starling Clarice.
Judy Foster as Starling Clarice
Because of these two roles, he became the hottest writer and screenwriter in Hollywood, and it is unknown how many readers were waiting for his new story to come out, and how many studios were waiting to adapt his work. He didn't compose Hannibal until almost a decade later, in 1999, and finally completed the "Dr. Lecter Trilogy" at the age of 59.
Just when everyone thought he would close the pen, but the old man actually spent another 7 years, at the age of 66, published Dr. Lecter's prequel story "The Rise of Hannibal".
Thomas Harris' 4 novels about the story of Hannibal
Of course, Hollywood immediately won the adaptation rights, and the following year, in 2007, the film "Young Hannibal" was released. And the literary IP of "Silence of the Lambs" also made the producer and author Thomas Harris very profitable.
So far, Hollywood has adapted all four novels he has created over 25 years into movies for release, but because as early as 1986, the novel "Red Dragon" was first adapted into the movie "The Night of the Murderer" (also known as: Night of Evil Desires) and suffered a failure, so in 1991, when the plan to restart the adaptation of Thomas Harris's novel abandoned the previously less successful adaptation of "Red Dragon" and chose to make "The Silence of the Lambs" first, it has to be said that this decision is quite wise.
Movies "The Silence of the Lambs", "Hannibal", "Red Dragon", "Young Hannibal"
The film was a huge success, winning five heavyweight awards for best picture, director, screenplay, male and female lead of the year. The sequel hannibal (8.2) was released in 2001 through the east wind of "The Silence of the Lambs" (8.9 points), although the score of "Red Dragon" released in 2002 dropped to 7.8 points, but it was much stronger than the 6.8 points "The Catcher" adapted in 1986, and then the 2007 prequel film "Young Hannibal" continued to drop to 7.4 points.
Do you see something out of the declining scores?
I think the reason why the first two films have a higher reputation, in addition to the fact that Anthony Hopkins played Dr. Hannibal, is indispensable is the doctor's mental partner, FBI agent Starling, who played judy Foster in the first part and Julianne Moore in the second part.
Starling's character in the movie "The Silence of the Lambs" is Judy Foster
In some ways, the reason why the first two films score high is because the story has always contained an inexplicable emotional entanglement between Dr. Hannibal and Starling. In other words, there are also many fans who have focused on FBI female agent, Starling Clarice.
Joliane Moore was played by Dahlin in the film Hannibal
The two actresses who play the role are both Hollywood A-list actresses, and their charm value is unquestionable, so it is unforgettable, and it is no wonder that the doctor will be picked up. It can also be said that there is still a beautiful place in the depths of dr. Hannibal," and the appearance of Tallinn Claris occupies the place where this doctor is hiding.
Movie "The Silence of the Lambs"
The first generation of Clarice-Judy Foster
It is said that in the casting stage of "The Silence of the Lambs", the initial candidates of the heroine were Michelle Pfeiffer, Emma Thompson, Meg Ryan and Melanie Griffiths, etc. It is not difficult to see that except for Emma Thompson, who is a British actress, the rest are American "sweet sister" type actresses.
Michelle Pfeiffer/Emma Thompson/Meg Ryan/Melanie Griffith
Some say that it was because they all rejected the role on the grounds that the story was "disturbing", and some said that it was because she had just won the Oscar for the best actress in the movie "Raging Pear Blossom" and won the favor of the producers. Whether it is fate or self-fighting, in short, in the eyes of fans, Judy Foster's control of the role is absolutely impeccable.
She interpreted The FBI, an orphan from a small village, based on the FBI where men have the absolute right to speak, only by desperate efforts, strong self-confidence and hidden inferiority, and other complex emotions and psychology.
While the heroine pursues the "Buffalo Bill" case, she slowly opens her heart to Dr. Hannibal, in order to save people and save herself, Judy Foster's performance also fully reflects her thorough grasp of the essence of the role.
Thus this role also allowed Judy Foster to win the second Oscar for the best actress's little golden man, but also pushed his acting career to the peak.
Judy Foster won the Oscar for Best Actress for the second time for "The Silence of the Lambs."
The second generation of Clarice - Julianne Moore
10 years later, when the sequel "Hannibal", which all fans were looking forward to, began filming, 39-year-old Judy Foster refused to continue to play the role because other actresses refused to play in the first place. She described the plot in Hannibal as "disturbing" and is said to have remained unsettled after the script had been revised more than a dozen times, and she still didn't like director Ridley Scott's version of the adaptation.
Gillian Anderson/Kate Blanchett/Hilary Swank/Angelina Jolie/Helen Hunt
So "X-Files" heroine Gillian Anderson, Kate Blanchett, Hilary Swank, Angelina Jolie and Helen Hunter and other popular actresses appeared on the shortlist, and finally 41-year-old Julie Anmore won.
The film Hannibal
Personally, I think Julian Moore is quite the right choice, because the Darling Clarice in the story 10 years later is no longer the naïve, unconfident FBI student, but a mature woman who has been an FBI agent for 10 years.
In terms of femininity, Julian Moore is far superior to Judy Foster, especially when she is dressed in a black evening gown, pedals high heels, and the dinner party with Hannibal is really gorgeous and bloody.
In fact, under the general rule that sequels are generally bad, I think the big director Ridley Scott still delivered a pretty good answer. If "The Silence of the Lambs" wins the performance, "Hannibal" wins the plot. The whole story is placed in Florence, Italy, which has obvious cultural differences from the previous work and makes the story quite textured.
Dr. Hannibal walks the streets of Florence in the movie "Hannibal"
In addition, a FBI conflict between Darrene Clarice and her superiors;
A tangled emotion between Hannibal and Starling;
A mason's revenge plan against Hannibal; an Italian detective Inspector Pazzy risking his life for a bounty;
The four story lines are interwoven and intertwined, making the plot twist and turn, fascinating.
The third generation of Clarice-Judy Foster and Julianne Moore
In fact, when the Hannibal movie ended, there were still too many unsolved mysteries about the role of Starling Clarice. Because As soon as She appeared, Stalyn was already a senior FBI agent. And the film doesn't go any further to tell what her life is like.
In the movie "The Silence of the Lambs", Stalyn Clarice/ Stalyn 's father as a child / Staline
After Buffalo Bill ended, she became an official FBI agent, what happened in the decade before she met Hannibal again? What was it that made her obsessed with Hannibal? These questions have not been answered for 30 years since 1991's "The Silence of the Lambs." And all of this will be revealed this year.
American drama "Hannibal"
From 2013 to 2015, the three seasons of the American drama "Hannibal", starring the young "Hannibal", scored 8.4, 8.9 and 8.9 points, and after the success, it increased the producer's confidence in developing the spin-off drama of "The Silence of the Lambs". So in 2021, another American drama "Clarice" starring Starling Clarice has been launched, and all doubts will be solved here.
American drama "Clarice"
We all know that after personally killing "Buffalo Bill" and rescuing the daughter of the congresswoman, Starling was promoted from trainee agent to official agent.
The American drama "Clarice" follows this plot, telling the story of a year later, when the female congresswoman became the attorney general, she paid special attention to Starling, sending her to use her professionalism and talent in psychological profiles to hunt down the serial killer. At the same time, Starling became a pawn in her political game in Washington.
It is worth mentioning that this time the third-generation heroine Clarice is played by an unknown young actress Rebecca Blitz. She had almost no decent representative works before, so why did the crew choose her? After watching the first two episodes, not to mention how the acting skills are, she won half of them in appearance alone, which is simply a fusion of the characteristics of Judy Foster and Julianne Moore. In other words, she looks like Judy Foster and Julianne Moore.
Judy Foster/Rebecca Blitz/Julianne Moore
I have to say that in terms of casting, the American drama "Clarice" is absolutely amazing! The character's appearance is properly stuck behind Jodie Foster's Starling and Julianne Moore's Starling, which is the middle of the two films, a decade apart.
And from the experience, Hannibal's film version and drama version have not disappointed the audience, I believe that this derivative drama with a score of 7.8 can bring a complete and wonderful story about Starling to the audience who has waited for 30 years.
As Dr. Hannibal said to Starling in the 1991 film The Silence of the Lambs:
When the nightmare strikes again, do those "lambs" in the depths of their memories choose to remain silent and let others slaughter? Or will you wake up and fight back?
Let's wait and see.
Anthony Hopkins and Judy Foster
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