The Silence of the Lambs
A huge thing I appreciate when watching a movie is picking up something new even though you have rewatched it a ton.
Like, before, I caught on to the score, the entertainment, the acting but this time made me process the traumatic horror, suspense and conversation surrounding female abuse and how the camera pivots <PERSON> as a deeply vulnerable suspect amidst the violence and abuse within the narrative.
In Ireland over the last few days, a woman was killed by a teenager which brought up the subject of <PERSON> woman killed while jogging) and then that poor girl stabbed over in England as well and god..I don't know..just spending a weekend hearing my granny, sister, mam and sister in law all interact with another made me upset about the scale of hurt and violence inflicted by men(I know it's not all men but we do hear a good chunk of these crimes done by men) and this storyline in SOTLs just stuck out a lot given the news recently.
I just feel a sense of not quite guilt but hope to do better and talk this stuff out with other lads because, I don't know about other lads but <PERSON>, I never want to fucking hear on the news that my sister or a friend has been murdered during a walk or run.
Also, just <PERSON> performance, her breathlessness, vulnerability, strength to fight...just the scene after she left Hannibal for the first time and <PERSON>, your heart fucking aches for <PERSON>. I think <PERSON> positions the camera in such a spectacular way, always moving, keeping a POV sense to maintain that eerie, lurking vibe. 80
It's fucking phenomenal.
<PERSON> is an absolutely terrifying villain and still haunts me ever since I first seen this at 12. There's like a burrowed pain installed within him that is overshadowed by his desire for a sense of want, need and desire.
Basically, that finale basement sequence, the dread and detail, the claustrophobia inflicted upon the audience is so engaging because of <PERSON>'s position. Her trapped and centered by a prey breathing down her neck and the cinematography, how it's showcasing <PERSON> throughout the movie propels the feature into something more cinematic and terrifying. 475