On Valentine’s Day in 1991, a very unromantic film hit the theaters. In his original 4-star review of The Silence of the Lambs, Roger Ebert says that “If the movie were not so well made, indeed, it would be ludicrous.” Everyone didn’t love it. Jonathan Rosenbaum, for one, says: “People who argue that this film is offering some special insight into evil deserve to have their brains washed out with soap.”
Twenty-four years later, the film is considered a classic.
On this week’s Stake Podcast, Chris ZF, Andrew, and Chris Erv discuss The Silence of the Lambs, Jonathan Demme’s serial killer masterpiece. Did this movie give us the trope of the superhuman serial killer? What’s going on with Clarice Starling and all the men in her life? And what’s Buffalo Bill’s deal, anyway?
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Next week: Paul Verhoeven’s ROBOCOP
And be sure to watch Tony Zhou’s Every Frame A Painting about winning the scene in The Silence of the Lambs.
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