Hannibal

Hannibal2001

Director: Ridley Scott
Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Julianne Moore, Gary Oldman, Ray Liotta, Frankie Faison
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Rating: R (Restricted)
Runtime: 131 minutes

Yes, he's back, and he's still hungry. Ten years after The Silence of the Lambs, Dr. Hannibal "the Cannibal" Lecter (Anthony Hopkins, reprising his Oscar-winning role) is living the good life in Italy, studying art and sipping espresso. FBI agent Cl… more »



Hannibal Lecter:
Dear Clarice, I have followed with enthusiasm the course of your disgrace and public shaming. My own never bothered me except for the inconvenience of being incarcerated, but you may lack perspective. In our discussions down in the dungeon it was apparent to me that your father, the dead night watchman, figures largely in your value system. I think your success in putting an end to Jame Gumb's career as a couturier pleased you most because you could imagine your father being pleased. But now, alas, you're in bad odour with the FBI. Do you imagine your daddy being shamed by your disgrace? Do you see him in his plain pine box crushed by your failure; a sorry, petty end of a promising career? What is worst about this humiliation Clarice? Is it how your failure will reflect on your mommy and daddy? Is your worst fear that people will now and forever believe they were indeed just good old trailer camp tornado bait white trash and that perhaps you are too? By the way I couldn't help noticing on the FBI's rather dull public website that I have been hoisted from the Bureau's archives of the common criminal and elevated to the more prestigious 10 Most Wanted list. Is this coincidence, or are you back on the case? If so, goody goody, cause I need to come out of retirement and return to public life. I imagine you sitting in a dark basement room bent over papers and computer screens. Is that accurate? Please tell me truly, Special Agent Starling. Regards, your old pal Hannibal Lecter, M.D. P.S. Clearly this new assignment is not your choice rather I suppose it is a part of the bargain but you accepted it Clarice. Your job is to craft my doom. So I am not sure how well I should wish you but I'm sure we'll have a lot of fun. Tata, H.

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  • Bill E Badas
    Bill E Badas
    Hannibal goes from ultra sophisticated and polished to elementary and childish more than one occasion in this entry. Showcasing his high level of sociopathic intelligence, he describes  Agent Starling with a backhanded compliment, followed by derogatory jab at her subservient lineage. Hannibal knows Clarice will be personally responsible for his inevitable demise, as he controls her actions with  his deep poetic analogies based on her psychological fears he continues to remind her of.   
    LikeReply 14 years ago
  • Álvaro Domínguez
    Álvaro Domínguez
    In the soundtrack published by DECCA you won't hear the complete audio of Hannibal's letter to Clarice.
    This is the missing extract near the end:
    'I imagine you sitting in a dark basement room bent over papers and computer screens. Is that accurate? Please tell me truly, Special Agent Starling. Regards, your old pal Hannibal Lecter, M.D. P.S' 
    LikeReply8 years ago

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