Film Blog entry # 3 Com 104
“Silence of the Lambs”
Screenplay by: Ted Tally
The story of the movie “Silence of the Lambs” begins with the viewer’s seeing the trainees at the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia. We are introduced to Agent in Training, Clarice Starling, along with other trainees. Clarice is chosen by her boss at the Academy to take on a special assignment for him. She is delighted to have this opportunity to go on her own to a hospital for the criminally insane and meet the next character in the story, Dr. Hannibal Lector. Dr. Lector is in jail because something inside him snapped and he began killing and eating his victims.
Thus, the name Hannibal the Cannibal was given to him. It is never really explained to us what set Dr. Lector off to begin doing what he did. Clarice is sent to Dr. Lector in an attempt to get his help to solve a series of murders. The killer is known as Buffalo Bill because he kills his victims and removes their skin. The people at the FBI are hoping that by using Clarice to speak to Dr. Lector that he might offer some insight as to whom Buffalo Bill might be. After the daughter of a United States Senator is kidnapped by Buffalo Bill, Dr. Lector offers a deal to the FBI to help them with the case if he is relocated to a different prison facility. When this offer is accepted by the FBI, he begins to plot his escape from captivity. He gives Clarice bits of information about what he thinks of the Buffalo Bill case. Clarice begins to figure out the clues that Dr. Lector is giving her and she eventually walks into the killer’s house. After she realizes that she has found Buffalo Bill and the Senators daughter, she confronts him. After a struggle Clarice kills Buffalo Bill and frees the Senators daughter. While this is going on, Dr. Lector escapes from the police and FBI after killing several more people and police.
The main theme of this movie is a
study of psychology of the criminal minds.
It also shows the dedicated people of the police and FBI who track down
these people. I for one are glad that
there are these hard working and driven people who are on our side.
My reaction to this movie is one of
terror. I am the father of a daughter
and worry about the crazy people who could possibly harm her. This was a movie I enjoyed but it also
frightened me about the fact that so many people who are living with untreated
mental illness are out there. We as a
society must do more to help these individuals.
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