And I closed my Halloween month with a rewatch of a classic...
THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (1991)
What can we say about this film? It's pretty much complete perfection. Pretty much every performance is on point, from Foster and Hopkins to Glenn and Levine. And seriously, I don't think Anthony Heald gets enough credit for his performance as Dr. Frederick Chilton. But anyway, Demme's direction is great, the editing is precise, the script and dialogue is excellent.
Grade:
Despite all my praise, there's one very minor nitpick I'd like to share... am I the only one that finds the whole "Your-self" storage/Hester Mofet anagram bit to be a bit clumsy? and to a certain extent unnecessary? Sure, Lecter later reveals the ties from Benjamin Raspail to Buffalo Bill, but I've never been entirely sold on the execution of that detour.
THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (1991)
What can we say about this film? It's pretty much complete perfection. Pretty much every performance is on point, from Foster and Hopkins to Glenn and Levine. And seriously, I don't think Anthony Heald gets enough credit for his performance as Dr. Frederick Chilton. But anyway, Demme's direction is great, the editing is precise, the script and dialogue is excellent.
Grade:
Despite all my praise, there's one very minor nitpick I'd like to share... am I the only one that finds the whole "Your-self" storage/Hester Mofet anagram bit to be a bit clumsy? and to a certain extent unnecessary? Sure, Lecter later reveals the ties from Benjamin Raspail to Buffalo Bill, but I've never been entirely sold on the execution of that detour.