In the rest of the scenes, it’s clear that Hannibal cut off his own hand instead of Clarice’s. His love for her was so strong, he couldn’t bear to harm her like that, and that is so fucking powerful.
We do not get to see him cutting off his hand. Most probably he chopped off his thumb which be enough to free himself from the handcuff. But the question is why didn't he just chop off the chain with that cleaver. It would be the obvious and easiest thing to do.
My heart skips toward the love Hannibal has for Clarice so much. Anthony Hopkins is a spectacular actor, it's amazing how he really pulls off the emotion. Damn that tear, it was like salt in the wound.
I don't think it's tears. If you zoom in and look carefully, you will see that it flows from the top of the eyelid, not from the bottom. It was a drop of sweat running down his forehead.
After watching Rising the line "If you love me, you'd stop." Takes on a better meaning. I know not many like that movie/book, but here's a little perspective. His Aunt pretty much said that line as a means of preventing Hannibal from killing the final guy that killed his sister.....obviously it didn't work. So flash forward to years later, when he echoes that line to Clarice who wouldn't say that. This makes him respect her more, because Murasaki wasn't quite as honest about it as Clarice was.
This scene is probably why I love Hannibal’s character despite him being a cannibalistic serial killer. Despite being the way he is, he was able to care about Clarice.
I like to think that after he cuts off his own hand, Clarice realises that he loves her and sees her value (unlike the FBI) and that she loves him too and that's when they flee to Argentina, to add the ending from the book.
In the book they become lovers. The book talks about how the sex is good and everything. I am not sure if Clarice cannibalizes. I think Hannibal stops because Clarice is his projection if Misha. He became a serial killer and cannibal because of Misha, being traumatized by her murder and her being cannibalized by he himself. Since Clarice heals that.wound, I believe he stopped eating human flesh. Harris needs to write that sequel berfore he dies!
+Nao BG He already did in Hannibal. By the end of the book, Barney steals and sells all of Lecter's possessions from when he was in prison. Barney manages to get a small fortune out of that stuff from collectors and decides to retire to travel the world and visit all the museums and theaters Lecter told him about while he was his caretaker in prison. Eight years after, Barney travels to Argentina and goes to see a play. In the theater, he happens to spot Hannibal with a platinum blonde. The blonde is a very changed Clarice who is already Hannibal's girlfriend/friend/partner. It's implied that her being with him, and him being with her, puts their inner demons to rest for good and that they live a 'normal' life away from everyone else. This ending is one of the reasons Jodie Foster turned down the role for the mediocre Hannibal motion picture.
+Nao BG Well, after 3 years they divorce and he opens a muffin and coffee shop in Buenos Aires. Clarice meets Jesse from Breaking Bad, gets married and have two kids, one of which turns out to be the first man to reach Mars. Hannibal gets yet another plastic surgery, discovers the cure for shingles, and retires to become a tour guide to see penguins at the tip of the continent. He lets his hair grow so long that Guinness recognizes him as the longest haired man with six toes in the world. He dies at the age of 104 due to an overdose of fava beans. Clarice and Jesse move to Venezuela, become BFFs with ex-President Maduro, and the three of them start a juggling routine on Saturday afternoons in public plazas. They name their daughter Heisenberg, and Haisey (they call her that) becomes the first woman to grow breasts on her back, although she gets a bad case of shingles.
@@Never283clarice is injured or drugged while they are escaping vergers house and hannibal nurses her back to health. He also gives her drugs of his own and hypnotizes her. They kill the fbi guy and eat him, then they have sex. Then we see them years later just traveling the world and having a great time. Its fucked up but its honestly a happy ending the way i see it. Clarice is constantly being dismissed by the men in her life (especially at her job) and hannibal is the only one who really appreciates her. He also helps her finally get over the death of her father. Its twisted but it also romantic. I cant explain it, you really need to read it lol i promise it makes more sense.
@@r.g6170I hate the books ending. It was controversial and seemed rushed and made clarice look weak and I don't think clarice would do that. Also it seemed to play out like it was hannibals fantasy and it was a terrible end to the normally strong, independent and feisty Sterling's character arc- not to mention the fairly horrific implications of lack of consent. I felt it was rushed confusing, and made no literary sense
Why they didn't go with the book ending I don't know, the idea of a disillusioned & weary Clarice being manipulated by Lecter is more believable than him cutting off his own hand, a man who values himself more than any other would never make that sacrifice, he wanted her on his own terms or not at all..and where the hell was she hiding those cuffs..?
Julianne Moore did a good job here! She finally won an oscar for best actress for Still Alice! I always loved Julianne Moore she went to Boston University and she was long over due for an oscar! I miss Jodie Foster!
So... Hannibal, who stole Chilton's golden pen while completely restrained and later used it to open handcuffs, has a whole array of kitchen utensils to use, including a BONE SAW from the hospital and decides to chop off his hand. Not even just the thumb to slide through the cuffs, his whole hand. Brilliant writing..
I do not remember if this was in the novel as the film adaptation changed the story up quite a bit…but this is a genius scene especially how I actually thought Hannibal was going to cut off Clarice’s hand the first time I watched this movie. …also talking about the pain…he is really referring to letting her go. …in the novel they both end up living together both in love…so I do not think this was in the novel.
The movie is very faithful to the novel except for this ending. I prefer the one in the novel because it's the "happy" ending, but I also like the ending of the movie. I understand that they couldn't do the same thing. If I remember correctly, in the novel, Hannibal keeps her captive under the influence of different drugs for a long time. That's why he convinces her to leave the FBI and everything to be with him. It's great, although surreal, just like the Hannibal series was. In the movie, there's little time to tell everything and delve deeply into the characters' minds, and Dr. Lecter had little time to have dinner with Clarice and convince her to be with him.
@@GerVonVideos thank you yes now I remember how Hannibal in the novel had her…what seemed to be…permanently on some kind of heavy drugs to keep her sort of hypnotized towards loving him…I like to choose that they both are fully in love with each other…I love that. 😌 …I could be wrong but I doubt that Thomas Harris had a sequel (or even a prequel with Hannibal Rising)in mind…but after the huge success from “the Silence of the Lambs” the producers probably offered Thomas Harris a huge amount that he grabbed to write a sequel…that being “Hannibal”. I remember reading all 3 novels in order from “Red Dragon” “the Silence of the Lambs” and then “Hannibal”. I absolutely LOVE all the novels and movie adaptations of all 3…but I noticed as I was reading “Hannibal” it was far less of a silky smooth read like the previous Novels…almost as if I could sense that the Author was somewhat struggling to get proper ideas and a good story out but still…he definitely delivered…the Novel is a Masterpiece of work. It was published in 1999…so it was written quite a while after “the Silence of the Lambs” which was published in 1988. …but the same could be said for “the Silence of the Lambs” as it too was published years after “Red Dragon”. The novel “Hannibal” is far longer than the previous 2 and a slow read…but I still fell in love with it. Thomas Harris really put so much into “Hannibal” all characters from the novel are brilliantly written. I just wish the movie would have put Mason Verger’s “butch” sister in it and had him killed by stuffing his pet Eel down his throat…that would have been an epic scene to see if that would have made it to film. …I just have a feeling Thomas Harris never intended writing “Hannibal”. I am probably wrong but hey the amount of money Thomas Harris made off of “Hannibal” and then “Hannibal Rising”…he at least did not sell out one bit and put everything into those…well I am not sure about the novel “Hannibal Rising” as I have yet to read “Hannibal Rising” as I did not care for the movie…perhaps that shall be the next novel I read. 😌 I have learned never judge a book by it’s movie adaptation. 😉
@@огузок-з7я So if they make a Hannibal movie about him being an transexual with superpowers and He can fly and fight with godzila thats ok to you becouse its a movie ?...
some, if not most people say that he cut his own hand off in the name of love. however, i doubt that's the sole reason he did it. honestly, i believe he ultimately decided to spare her hand because she prevented him from being eaten alive. he felt he owed her and couldn't take her hand, so he felt obligated to take his own.
+Sam Ace Rothstein I guess but I would say thats the main reason I don't think he really cares if someone is nice to him he goes more off emotional attachment.
Blissful Sparrow i believe someone actually sparing him from being eaten alive by a bunch of boars is quite a bit different than someone simply being nice to him lol. that's not to say his infatuation with her isn't in the picture at all though, because it is.
+Sam Ace Rothstein True though he seemed more amused by Mason's plan to feed him to pigs though I greatly imagine he would have rather not been eaten alive because it seems rather unpleasant.
In the book Hannibal brainwashed Clarice who became in love with him. At the table, they ate a brain together from an alive man, and spoke about Misha.
@@Mrredunited i read all the book of th series, and can assure you, he druged her first, locked her for months, brainwashed her in a point that they ate together a brain of a man. Lecter thinks she is related to his dead sister, a sister that he had to eat, forced by the military army, when he was kid, what totally destroyed him and made him what he was. You can laugh with your smiley, but I would recommand you to show some respect to others :) The fact you didnt get the details behind the lines of the book is ok, but you can still make your own research about it
Solamente dos actores del calibre de Jullian Moore y Anthony Hopkins pudieron sacar airosamente adelante esta escena donde se entrecruza el enamoramiento, el rechazo y la violencia escatológica.
Rechazo?. Si ella lo busca a él, además ella le pone las esposas (la unión) y también sufre (más ella) cuando él corta su PROPIA mano. Es decir, la ruptura y la separación le duele más a ella. Porque después la vemos a Clarice y ella tiene las dos manos. Además, ella quería entregarlo al FBI, para que no lo asesinaran. Porque ella también lo quiere. Además, cuando él la besa, ella también llora. Como si lo anhelara. En lugar de esquivar el beso, ella se deja besar por él.
Además, se ve que la ruptura le duele a ella. Porque ella gestualiza DESPUÉS de que se produce el sonido de la mano cortada de Hannibal. No es que "gritó" porque pensó que le iba a cortar la mano a ella.... ella seguía sintiendo su mano, pero no sintió más la unión. Y luego de eso. Ella lo vuelve a perseguir, pero la policía la atrapa a ella y él vuelve a escapar. Demostrándo que aunque él la adora con todo su corazón, es un hombre libre y nunca va a ser atrapado por la policía, ni por ella (es un psicópata, después de todo). Y ella lo entiende (lo ve alejarse en la balsa)
Estoy totalmente de acuerdo contigo, pero al final cuando ella lo sigue la balsa está vacía lo que implica que se escapó por tierra. Creo que la finalidad de la escena es mostrar el plan que tenía Hannibal, creo que su intención era que tuvieran una cena juntos, y terminar con ambos en la balsa con los juegos artificiales, pero le dejo la elección a ella ya que no evitó que llamará a la policía, e incluso se ve que el comprende y ama profundamente su incorruptibilidad así como ella a él cuando le dice "ni en un millón de años" lo que más aman uno del otro es lo que no los deja estar juntos.
Este es un final totalmente romántico, pero deberíamos preguntarnos si un psicópata como Hannibal Lecter realmente podría sacrificarse por alguien. Por cierto, leo en los comentarios que todos hacen referencia al final del libro, dónde Clarice y Hannibal son pareja. Es cierto, pero habría que agregar que es porque él (como buen psicópata), le lavó el cerebro y la drogó durante muchísimo tiempo!!! La condicionó, por así decirlo.
Yo creo que si, aun cuando es un monstruo, la amó de verdad. Jamas podría mutilarla, no solo por amor, sino porque seria descortés. Antes sacrificaría una parte de si. Mas aun cuando Clarice podria morir desangrada. Como dice en el final de la primera, para el el mundo es mas interesante con ella en el.
@@GerVonVideos tienes razón, me convence el argumento que para él cortarle la mano a Clarice sería descortés. Creo que el final de la peli es bueno, tal vez me gusta más que el del libro. Gracias por compartir!!!
No sabría decir que final me gusta mas. El de la película me encanta porque es romántico y un poco triste, un final de amor no correspondido. Y el de la novela también me encanta, por ser el final feliz de la bella y la bestia. Aunque es cierto que Hannibal usó todos sus conocimientos para condicionarla como decís, me gusta pensar que Clarice por fin fue feliz y los corderos por fin se silenciaron para siempre. Creo que nunca podría haber sido feliz en el FBI.
@@GerVonVideos Todavia estoy en proceso de leer los libros (Despues de mucho tiempo, los pude conseguir) pero en base en analisis que he leido porque no me molestan los spoilers, tengo entendido que al final no logra lavarle el cerebro y que no pudo cambiarla ¿Me podrias explicar que sugiere que si se llevo a cabo el condicionamiento?
The time factor. He knew Clarice called 911, therefore, he had to think about a fast and effective solution for the cuffs issue. He knows how to pick a handcuff, that's how he escaped the memphis prison in Silence of the Lambs, but it took time he didn't have.
i wonder: had she said that, “if you loved, you’d stop,” would he have stopped, or would he have killed her for being sentimental and giving up her principles?
The writers really messed this up. We're supposed to believe that Hannibal, who stole Chilton's golden pen while completely restrained, cuts off his own hand to get out of handcuffs. My ass.
