THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (1991) | FIRST TIME WATCHING | MOVIE REACTION 

That is a great story.

I know he told that story on Craig Ferguson's show back in the day.

Omg that's amazing. I wish I was famous just so I could do shit like that, lol.

But it's not so creepy when you know Hannibal is really just his Kathrine Hepburn impression.

Same thing happened to Oprah when she invited Hopkins on her show.

It is indeed.

It is! And I didn´t know it until now because I´ve always watched this movie in German and the translation does not keep up with the pun :))

I don't feel bad for Chilton, but only because he's not real.

It always makes me smile. Because he meant it literally. I know fava beans and a nice Chianti gets the praise but I just love that line so much more.

Absolutely!

Levine's career has suffered as a result of his role, I fear.

@@michaelsimpson6970 He’s had a decent character actor career on TV and movies.

@@michaelsimpson6970 in Monk, I did not trust him... eventhough he was a good guy... nope... my lizard brain just kept sending up alarms lol

There’s a rumor, though Michael Mann denies it, that Levine was offered the role of Waingro in “Heat” but turned it down because he didn’t want to play another psychopath.

YES. He should have been nominated for an Oscar as well.

The movie turned her

She needs to watch Red Dragon w Ed Norton. Very interesting movie.

Just after Hannibal's escape when Clarice and Ardelia are talking, Cassie talks right over some important dialogue and says "She needs to be in lockdown!" while Clarice is saying, "He won't come after me... He won't. I can't explain it. He would consider that rude." Funny how Cassie talked right over the dialogue explaining why Clarice doesn't have to worry about Hannibal coming after her.

She is just afraid of her true curious self.

​@@lajeteefan he likes her

It was a little painful :'(

My first introduction to Anthony Hopkins was in 1977 as a kid watching the movie "Audrey Rose", a story about reincarnation. He was kinda creepy in that one, but very mesmerizing too.

younger? isn't 'Popcorn in bed' like ~35-40 yrs old?

Odin himself :)

@@sanho1988 she saw LOTR when she was 12 so shes 32ish

Not to take away anything from the Hopkins' phenomenal performance but may it be so impactful exactly because of him being on screen for only 16 minutes, not in spite of it? The rarer the diamond, the more it's worth.

@@WedrownyGrajek plus, its scarier if you don't know much about the Monster and if you don't see him very often

I heard a story once that Anthony Hopkins had never actually seen the whole movie once it it was finished and so he went to a cinema somewhere and just bought a ticket and went in as a regular joe,when the movie was over he turned to some of the other patrons and asked them what they thought of the movie,supposedly they screamed the place down and ran out like their hair was on fire

Brian Cox had previously played lector and is just as terrifing. Check it out. The movie is called manhunter and is based on the Harris novel red dragon.

Only 16 minutes?!?!

I hope they shared a nice chianti.

…..and some fava beans 😎 I’m Portuguese and fava beans are Portuguese so growing up we always giggled at that scene and whenever anyone mentioned fava beans. BTW: I HATE fava beans! 🤮 If you haven’t had them, don’t worry, you’re not missing out on anything. However, I am also part Brazilian and if you have the chance do try “feijoada” which are Brazilian black beans, those are VERY good and you’ll enjoy ‘em 🤓

I wonder if the dinner was (beef) liver with fava beans and a nice chianti

@@thhunter It was a big Amarone in the books. Lecter is way too pretentious to settle for a Chianti, much less tell someone about it.

I read Jodie Foster's interview but I think it's bullshit to give even more importance to the film and the character of Hannibal Lecter. remember that all cinema is fiction, even actors and everything around. cheers.

Professionals have standards....

It's more than appreciation. He loves her.

@@osmanyousif7849I love you..

Lol I love her "is he toying with her or trying to help her?!?" . . . . The answer is yes

She gives him one last chance to be a psychiatrist.

I wish the "Hannibal" would have lifted somehow his therapy and the nature of their relationship parts over from the book. It would have explained a lot of the plot. It would have changed the whole movie.

He wouldn't be that interested in other people. He obviously has a crush on her. And it would be safe to assume that she also fits his "taste" in women, don't you think ?

" No desires to hurt her." yeah, right.... you know exactly what he wants and thinks?

If she wasn’t, she’d be a psychopath like Hannibal. That’s a good thing. You should be horrified by this.

@@christhornycroft3686 Just because you are not horrified by it doesn't mean that you like it, or that you are a psychopath 😂. It's fiction. I can watch it and not act like a little baby with excessive emotions. That doesn't make someone a psychopath, you are just exaggerating...It's just that I'm not overly sensitive to everything like she is. I'm not gonna tuck myself under a blanket when Anthony Hopkin's face appears reflected on a glass, wtf is that? If you are not horrified, doesn't make you the opposite. You can find it wrong and at the same time not act so emotional because not everything is black and white, actually nothing is. There's a whole wide area between black and white.

@@christhornycroft3686 Once you realize these aren't people, they're just characters, theres nothing that should horrify you because you know its all special effects and trickery, no one is really getting hurt. Once you start getting older and older, this stuff won't affect you much. The real world is a horrible place, 80% of it's population is awful people.

It may seem strange, but I find shows about serial killers relaxing. Not because of the gore. It's because the motives of a serial killer are uncomplicated. They want to kill. Real people are much more complicated. Real people often hide their real emotions behind masks, and everyone has different, and often confusing motives. In real life, when a person stands next to you, are they doing it because they want to be friendly, or are they trying to pick your pocket? If Hannibal were standing next to you, there's not much doubt that he's thinking about eating your liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti. I find that simplicity relaxing. And I also focus more attention on the production quality and actors performances than on the actions and events they are portraying.

He also composed a waltz.

@@GregRodgers1 at the young age of 23 or something. but he didnt release it as he thought it wasnt good enough. it is.

That’s “sir” Anthony Hopkins to you, commoner.

It wasn't the first horror movie to receive an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture. "The Exorcist" and "Jaws" were also nominated in that category.

The Exorcist had 10 Oscar nominations including Best Picture!

Correct, a masterpiece in the true meaning of the word. Apprentices when graduating to master would do their 'masterpiece' to demonstrate that they now had the skills to be a master. So, it's Demme's masterpiece really, helped by a perfect storm of talent, luck and unbelievable source material.

well it wasn nominated for 7 oscars and won 5 for nothing.... Best Picture (won) Best Director (won) Best Actor (won) Best Actress (won) Best Adapted Screenplay (won) Best Film Editing Best Sound

I agree! I've always considered The Silence of the Lambs to be a masterpiece. I can remember watching this movie the day that it was released with a group of friends in the movie theater. It's hard to believe that 30 years have gone by that quickly.

Brilliant movie

@@sharksboxing85 those are two very different movies. That’s not to say you’re wrong. I’m simply pointing that out.

Damn what a line Shiffer down my spine!

Yeah. But if anyone deserved it was Chilton

Yes, and I think she missed the implication.

Indeed but at the same time probably the most funny thing he could say :D

Scary thing is that old friend is the dinner 🥣🍽️

That's a myth spread on the Internet. The drug class you mention (MAOIs) wouldn't have been prescribed to someone like Lecter during the character's imprisonment. Even if they were, consumption of foods rich in tyramine (of which there are many, not just fava beans but various cheeses, cured meats, seafood, tofu, etc) wouldn't reduce the efficacy of the drugs but would result in extremely high blood-pressure and possibly stroke. Finally, chianti wine is high in tyramine, but that wasn't in the book. It was added for the film. In the book, the line was "A census taker once tried to quantify me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a big Amarone". The screenwriter decided to dumb-down the scrips - assuming most people wouldn't understand the word 'quantify' or recognize that Amarone was a rich red wine - ironically it goes with liver far better than Chianti.

Agreed ! Luckily, Dr. Robert Ford is a much more likeable person. ;-)

What's amazing is that Hopkins is only in the film for about 15 minutes but because of his performance he steals the whole "show". The man is a brilliant actor.

His outstanding performance in The World's Fastest Indian is a testament to the incredible range of this man.

If people make you sick? Perhaps you should cook them longer 😂😂😂. There is a prequel to this movie entitled “ Hannibal Rising.” It tells the origins of Hannibal Lechter and how he transformed into the brilliant monster that he is.

So wish he was still in Westworld. Showed so much promise whilst he was still in it.

Amazed me when I realized ho was. Captain Stottlemeyer on Monk

@@leewinstead917 YES!

@@leewinstead917 yes! Seen Wings?

Him as Buffalo Bill is one of the only good impressions I can do and people don't appreciate it. "Was she a great big fat person?"

@@leewinstead917 : O

He did an awesome job!!!

I actually got really stereotyped after this movie and it affected his career. That’s the problem with doing a really good job as an actor LOL.

I only realised after the episode where he is hosing Monk down in the hole.

He also voiced the killer in the movie Joy Ride with Paul Walker. The voice on the comm radio

Oh my God! I never realized that!!

How long until she watches the tv series.

@@danlotroth9231 Dunno but seeing her react to the two 'angels' in the hotel room is gonna be hilarious. I am such a horrible person.

@@rileyandmike Who ate your soul f wit?

YES She can

The book "Hannibal" explains the nature of their relationship and why Hannibal said that. Unfortunately the movie completely ignored this part of the story though it would have explained a lot of the plot.

Imagine placing yourself into that agents shoes. Does she believe that he is telling the truth, or does she gamble with her life by not further protecting herself? She might have ended up hiring half of an Army division for added protection

" I really like you enough not to brutally murder you" Yeah, it's a great line, but surprisingly ineffective as a pickup line. Go figure.

@@Trollificusv2 Maybe you didn't say it right, and came off a bit too creepy?

@@scipioafricanus5871 😂😂😂😂

Brilliant analysis!

That's a very interesting observation

Garmonbozia

In the TV series he looks down on people he considers common and considers them either sheep or pigs who only exist for him to eat.

@@NeutronDance Yes!

My Lord.. 30 years????

Se7en is realistic? I always thought it seemed very stylized--like a Gothic.

Setup and payoff

Monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs) are antidepressants that could have been used to treat Dr. Lecter... ..3 of the things you're not allowed to eat while taking them are liver, beans and chianti wine.

It's like eating something spicy with that friend who chugs a whole glass of milk and is sweating profusely and then later says, "it wasn't that bad. I thought it would be hotter than that."

@Rocca Classico IKR, lol! I had the same thought.

Much like I did when I saw this at the movies. Except I had my jacket instead of a blanket. 😂

😂 lol it’s like going to a roller coaster 🎢.When you’re in you might be gradually scare, scream 😱, cover your eyes 👀 etc . But at then you realize that you’re safe and it wasn’t that dangerous so might say “it wasn’t that bad/ scary “

This movie took all four of the big Oscars: Actor, Actress, Director, and Picture!

@@zacharyjoy8724 Really unusual for this type of movie. Wouldn't call it Horror, per se...but maybe a dramatic thriller?

@@ct6852 Crime Thriller.

Stewie Griffin

@@-M0LE dishpit in a restaurant

It puts the Joe Dirt in the hole.

No kitty bad kitty! PUTTHELOTIONINTHEFUGGINBASKEEET

I always think about the South Park version lol

Only 16 minutes??? Whoa... it feels like the entire movie was based on him. I have to re-watch the movie, for the one thousandth time, to catch it.

@@samanthasays3603 Dame Judi Dench won an Oscar for like 6 minutes of screen time.

I timed his performance. It was longer than 16 minutes. Some entertainment trade magazine famously said "16 minutes", but that reporter was off by just a little.

@@lajeteefan how much longer? I really want to know how much longer it had to be to warrant this response.

@@TheEMFB When I timed it (I only included scenes where you saw or heard Anthony Hopkins, not scenes where Hannibal's name was only mentioned), I got about 30 to 32 minutes for Hopkins' performance.

Yes but the real serial killers were all horribly immoral people, crazy with indifference to life, with the benefit of movie story telling, Hannibal is not, he's complex, complicated like that, he implements his conditioning, past and pain, tools it into an implement of justice, killing people who either should die, or are bad enough to be expendable, he's like Dexter before Dexter.

@@adamscott7354 Yeah… he has shown NO qualms at killing decent people to get to his chosen victims. The paramedics/EMTs in the ambulance? The police that were not bad guys to him just professionals? These did not deserve his ministrations. Hannibal is a cruel person who enjoys cruelty.

Hi! Cassie. As to how Dr. Lecter hid the disassembled pen tip, unlike the cautious Nurse Bernie, Dr. Chilton, mistaking Dr. Lecter for being in control, was so engrossed in the topic of Buffalo Bill that Dr. Lecter's attention was diverted for just a moment. Only then did he forget about the pen. (I suspect that he hid the disassembled nib in his stomach?) I also think that by hanging Lieutenant Boyle in a shocking way, he was distracted. (Anyone who thinks about it knows that it is almost impossible to get through that security even with a pistol.)

Red Dragon was a fabulous book.

Dont forget "Manhunter" by Michael Mann, it was the first movie to be made from the books. It is much better then "Red Dragon " in my opinion.

And "put the lotion in the basket".

Yes, exactly.

I annoy all my friends and family who aren’t cinephiles like myself, always wanting to make them watch something I’ve seen and loved just so I can watch them enjoy and appreciate it. so this is absolutely perfect :) binge watching your content.

Eww.

Yes, he was fantastic in the role!!

He was very good in “Monk”

I have to wonder if people walk up to him and ask "Was she a great big fat person?" at least once a week.

As far as I heard, after this film he struggled to get roles as many casting directors couldn't get the image of Buffalo Bill out of their heads when he was auditioning for roles. I have no idea how true that is, but if it is it's both tragic, and the ultimate testament to his portrayal.

@@kal9001 that why he started wearing the mustache. He also said if he's got the mustache, he's a good guy. If he doesn't, he's typically a bad guy. It took me forever to remember Ted Levine was Buffalo Bill when i watched Monk. So that mustache really works.

He was a mix of multiple real serial killers. the fake injury and needing help with the couch was a Ted Bundy method.

@@ugaladh and the fact is was all women...but I dont usually count that as many killers have had that same M.O of killing only women.

now there was a guy who really missed his mother

Hannibal was mostly based on a prison inmate the author of the novel met back when he was a journalist. The prisoner was a doctor from a wealthy family that was in prison for some really awful murders but Harris only found out about his crimes after he'd met him and he was surprised that this small, soft-spoken and cultured man had done such horrible things.

@@jmhaces "he was surprised that this small, soft-spoken and cultured man had done such horrible things." Funny how the world is always surprised by that and never learns.

Lol, she is freaked out!

I was an usher. I was standing behind you watching and laughing at your screams... and 30,000 others who came to our theater.

I agree with this comment.

''new talent''

@@SkaffaS new to her, I think is what they meant

I don't think Buffalo Bill had any noteworthy roles after this, so being too creepy and killing your career is a thing that can happen. Biggest role contrast for Anthony Hopkins was probably CS Lewis, in Shadowlands.

@@WilliamMoses355 Also the Doctor in "Elephant Man".

@@elbruces Except Brian Cox in the film Manhunter (and Mads Mikkelsen on tv of course) 😊

Yeah but I mean, it's Silence of the Lambs. It's basically a perfect movie.

Yea but I do agree that silence of the Lambs is better. Next would be the fugitive.

I would put Fargo and the Departed a little higher, but it’s all neck and neck, given that those four movies are basically an all-star league.

Yeah, Democracy. But, some of this is bad voting. But hey, what can you do?

let her know Harrison Ford is in the Fugitive, she likes him :)

I’ve always found that a bit weird. I would have thought he would get a supporting.

Manhunter is better.

SKIP RED DRAGON...... MANHUNTER THE ORIGINAL (RED DRAGON) IS WAY WAY BETTER!!! NO DOUBT ABOUT IT!

@@sobe9ball I totally agree.

@@indridcold3762 I EVEN like BRIAN COXS interpretation of HANNIBAL much better then HOPKINS, much less theatrical, more similar to an actual serial killer and the TOOTH FAIRY Tom Noonan is the scariest serial killer in the whole series by far!

@@sobe9ball Tom Noonan was so damn creepy in that character.

All the books are great but I definitely like the movie ending of Hannibal much better than the book.

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🤣😂👌🏻 couldn’t have said it better!!! Damn

Exactly. He is an anti-hero you can actually root for.

@@lumpyfishgravy I would rather be friends with Dexter than Hannibal, though. I'd like to keep a safe distance from Lecter.

@@speakstheobvious5769 I mean if you’re on Hector’s good side, you’re kinda totally fine.

@@JasonZakrajsek I think that's a really short list. I mean, Will Graham was on his good side and look how that turned out.

That's really deep. I never would have connected the dots like that. That's an awesome perspective!

Remind me. What closure did it give Clarice to kill Jame Gumb?

@@dboypompeyreturns its not about killing buffalo bill. Its about saving that girl. She was carrying guilt because she couldn't save the lambs in her childhood. This time, she saved one.

It’s kind of on the nose, the dog even looks like a lamb..

Book was way better. Red Dragon, the book before this, best of this series

theres lots of stories about how sweet Hopkins is in real life, this doesn't surprise me at all

The way I interpreted it was that he considered his quid-pro-quo with Clarice to be different than the fake deal she presented him from the FBI. He was helping her, specifically, not them. Early on in the movie, he claims he can tell if she lies. If he is as good as he claims, he may have known and helped her anyway.

Exactly! You treat him cordially and with respect he'll treat you the same. He will test you though but if you keep a level head and prove yourself in a courteous and respectful manner he will open more and more up to you but he won't let you try to take advantage of this and he expects you to do the same! He only kills those who are rude, arrogant and ultimately evil. Hannibal respects intelligence, culture and especially manners!

@@thenickhelms84 The EMT from the ambulance would like a word with you

Astral Muffin Oh yeah! You caught me there! Well things were getting desperate for Hannibal and he'd do anything to get away and get back at Dr. Chilton. Still for the most part it seems he doesn't kill people at random. The EMT sadly was at the wrong place at the wrong time.

Lol

Third

I am impressed that you saw this all the way through. I don't know how far along your "mind-broadening" is, but I would be very interested in your reaction to "12 Angry Men". Another great movie.

Yeah. Sometimes you don't have to do a long performance to be strong.

Duaffy is sweeter.

She's an incorrigible sweetie. I want to bring her trinkets and pies. ...That's a weird thing to say, but I stand by it.

She is, she’s very sweet. Very endearing.

Cassie is either the greatest actress ever, or as she claims an innocent sweetheart that only ever watched RomComs before. Her reactions are amazing because she genuinely comes off as just the purest girl ever being shown the worst and horrific for all of us to enjoy. It's a really good channel.

Its cause she is a mormon dude. Think about. From Alberta Canada (the Utah of Canada), never swears or says Oh my God, and is always modest. That's just how most mormon girls are.

Yes, and the scene in first thor movie when Odin takes Thor power and sends him to Earth is amazing!

man's got range

@@bipstymcbipste5641 He also does the narration for the Jim Carey version of How the Grinch Stole Christmas. Always weird to think of Hannibal Lecter reading Dr. Seuss

@@eduardoumbelino3803 And when he cuts loose on Loki reminding him he was destined to die in infancy if not for his intervention.

To watch real acting and art watch the Father instead.

The happy birthday thing made me laugh out loud, sometimes she reminds me of Millhouse or something lol

Almost Billy’s willy.

“Goodbye horses!” “I’m flyin’ over you!!!”

Bill was such an amazing performance by Ted Levine, sadly overshadowed by Tony Hopkins' Hannibal.

@ maybe intentionally so?

Or was it less? #mantuck

I snuck into the cinema as a young teen to see SotL and I’ve watched it about 100 times since - never once made that connection. Bravo

@@WheresWaldo05 connection, foreshadowing, irony, coincidence, who cares? It’s a fun piece of trivia

@@kevinp2722 ​Don't worry, about the asinine comment from attention seeker '@D LLL' ... He's talking as if he knows the answers, when he's really just covering up for his own ignorance and lack of awareness. This is revealed in his comment, stating: "there is 0% connection until After The facts." ... i.e. The 'facts' that 'he' as a viewer was unaware of while watching. But of course not the 'fact' that the scriptwriters who wrote and adapted this screenplay, who' knew' every word that was to be spoken (and why they were to be spoken) before even one single camera had begun rolling. He's the kind of troll who likely found the notorious "Martha!" scene in Batman v Superman, to be an amazing coincidence, instead of being the cheesy cringefest that it actually was by Hack Snyder.

@@WheresWaldo05 I had heard this long ago. Lecter knew who the killer was, because he had heard the name through his patient, Benjamin Raspail, who was killed by Buffalo Bill. Lecter had likely heard the name in therapy sessions, as well as where Buffalo Bill lived. Lecter was smart enough, and cagey enough, to put a not-so-obvious clue on the wall of his cell, drop the name Belvedere, should anyone ask about the sketch, and take delight in knowing that he had given anyone asking about the murders the name of the city where the murdered lived, without giving any indication that that is what he had just done. Also, in a movie/book like this, there is no wasted dialogue. All the pieces matter (if I may borrow an axiom from The Wire.) And this movie was designed so that you get more out of it the more you watch it. Maybe you don't remember the sketch of The Belvedere from the beginning of the movie when they get to Belvedere, OH at the end of the movie. But when you watch it a second, or third time, you're more likely to pick it up. Consider Lecter's sketch in his cell to be an Easter egg. And if that isn't enough for you, here's an article from Roger Ebert in 1992. Look at #16. www.rogerebert.com/roger-ebert/22-secrets-gleaned-from-silence

@@MyCrazyDogs32 You know it was Lester FREEMAN who said, "All the pieces matter", on The Wire, right? The Belvedere, Belvedere, Freeman Freeman. I'm sensing a pattern...............

Sir.

They first offered the role to Gene Hackman if I am not mistaken. Hard to imagine anyone else in this role after Sir Anthony.

@@susanalexander6721 It was hard to imagine until Mads Mikkelsen was even better.

@@susanalexander6721 Ronald Cox played lector in manhunter. He is also great and terrifing.

As a kid I used to watch those AFI specials whenever they aired. They were my introduction to classic films.

Epic performance. I still flashback to Hannibal whenever I see him in something else.

Red Dragon was directed by Brett Rattner. Ridley Scott directed Hannibal.

Don't forget the show had a new actor too,Mads Michelson. I'd swear more men have played hannibal than have been on the moon but people always quote Hopkins