The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Figures
Form & technique
- The film's use of direct-to-camera point-of-view shots
Tropes
- Buffalo Bill's "woman suit" made of human skin → The Monstrous-Feminine
- Clarice Starling's role as an FBI trainee in a male-dominated institution
- The therapeutic relationship between Hannibal Lecter and Clarice Starling
- The film's blending of horror, police procedural, and gothic romance elements
- Hannibal Lecter's charisma and cultural appeal
- Clarice Starling's professional competence and physical embodiment
- The quid pro quo exchanges between Clarice Starling and Hannibal Lecter
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