The Silence of the Lambs (1991, Jonathan Demme)
‘No, you ate yours,’
FBI trainee Clarice Starling (Jodie Foster) is sent to interview Dr Hannibal ‘the cannibal’ Lecter (Anthony Hopkins) as part of the on-going hunt for serial killer ‘Buffalo Bill’ under the guise of Lecter’s participation in a survey. Lecter quickly susses out the ploy, but gives Clarice a cryptic clue, even though he thinks she looks like a rube with her good bag and cheap shoes.
When Catherine Martin, (Brooke Smith) the daughter of a senator, is abducted by Buffalo Bill, Clarice must tell Hannibal her secrets in exchange for information on Bill’s identity.
Content warnings: spunk-slinging, DIY face-lift, childhood trauma, head-in-a-jar, bugs, ‘would you fuck me? I’d fuck me.’
Final verdict: Don’t make me hurt your dog, mister.
