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The Silence
Film
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The Silence of the Lambs
Directed by Jonathan Demme
Clarice Starling is a top student at the FBI's training academy. Jack Crawford wants Clarice to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist who is also a violent psychopath, serving life behind bars for various acts of murder and cannibalism. Crawford believes that Lecter may have insight into a case and that Starling, as an attractive young woman, may be just the bait to draw him out. From TMDB
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| TMDB reviews * | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 6 |
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The Silence of the Lambs is a 1991 crime thriller drama film, directed by Jonathan Demme, starring Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins and Scott Glenn.
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60 of 264 · most liked firstI don't believe I've ever seen Ted Levine speak so candidly about his regrets of portraying Buffalo Bill in THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS. He and some of the crew on the film were asked about the film's cultural transphobia by The Hollywood Reporter. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
neutral · AI labelView post →ANTHONY HOPKINS is on screen for only16 minutes but gives such a superb performance that he somehow dominates the entire movie. THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (1991) Apparently he studied spiders & snakes in order to master that unblinking, predatory gaze that captivates Agent Starling.
neutral · AI labelView post →35 years ago today THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS was released in theaters and the pull quote it received on this newspaper ad has never been topped.
neutral · AI labelView post →If the people who made THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS can recognise it as transphobic, so can you www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
neutral · AI labelView post →i hate transphobes not only for wanting to deny other human beings the right to self determination and freedom but also bc their existence interferes with my enjoyment of the film THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS
positive · AI labelView post →JODIE FOSTER promoting the Movie that would win her an Oscar THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (1991)
neutral · AI labelView post →I haven't heard too many specifics about banned film texts yet, but I know of at least three: Alien (by Scott) The Silence of the Lambs (by Demme) ...and Bugs Bunny cartoons. Yes, really. And yes, it's because he dresses in drag.
neutral · AI labelView post →@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Feb 16 Page6: Actor Ted Levine has denounced his role of "Buffalo Bill" in The Silence of the Lambs in which he played a serial killer who murdered women to sew their skin into a female suit. The movie declared he wasn't trans but was universally understood as such.
neutral · AI labelView post →Favourite horror movie for every year of the 1990s: 1990 The Exorcist III 1991 The Silence Of The Lambs 1992 Dracula 1993 Army Of Darkness 1994 In The Mouth Of Madness 1995 Lord of Illusions 1996 From Dusk Till Dawn 1997 Event Horizon 1998 The Faculty 1999 Ravenous Always subject to change.
neutral · AI labelView post →Watching The Silence of the Lambs for the umpteenth time because it's ace 🐑🐏🐑🎬 #filmsky #moviesky #cinema
positive · AI labelView post →I think it's amazing that Precious from The Silence of the Lambs was born in 1975. Truly one of the great late in life performances ever captured on film. Prior to that moment she starred in Pee-Wee's Big Adventure, Coming to America and The 'Burbs. I dare you to find a better filmography
neutral · AI labelView post →Tonight I'm planning to watch the family comedy film "The Silence of the Lambs." A nice doctor invites an FBI agent for a quiet meal that ends with fava beans and hilarity.
positive · AI labelView post →I'm excited to announce that I have a video essay in the upcoming Arrow release of THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS on 4k. This film has been released numerous times, but this is the first time that trans historians and critics have been prominently involved. www.arrowfilms.com/4k/the-silen...
neutral · AI labelView post →Alternative movie poster of the day 🎥😍 The Silence of the Lambs (1991) By Nick Charge
neutral · AI labelView post →#Mornday #MornintheMovies #StarTrekMemes #StarTrekDS9 #TheSilenceoftheLambs
neutral · AI labelView post →I just heard a film student couldn’t get into THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS — one of the GREATEST MOVIES OF ALL TIME — because none of the characters used cell phones. We might have to go full Hannibal Lector on the children.
positive · AI labelView post →JODIE FOSTER promoting the Movie that would win her an Oscar THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (1991)
neutral · AI labelView post →Alternative movie poster of the day 🎥😍 The Silence of the Lambs (1991) By Paul Mann
neutral · AI labelView post →Proto-serial killer Ed Gein upon his arrest in 1957. Gein was the inspiration (such as it was) for the novel and film Psycho, the Texas Chainsaw Massacre, the Silence of the Lambs, and more. An influential dude, to say the least.
neutral · AI labelView post →#NowWatching THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (1991). Director: Jonathan Demme. Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins. Never heard of this one. Supposed to be any good? 🤪 Obviously, a joke. One of only 3 films in history to win all 5 top-line Oscars: Picture, Director, Screenplay, Actor & Actress. #filmsky 📽
positive · AI labelView post →I should be watching a Halloween movie, but I just realized that THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS is on Prime and I can't help myself. This movie is a masterpiece. 🎥 #filmsky #horrorsky #NowWatching
positive · AI labelView post →JODIE FOSTER promoting the Movie that would win her an Oscar THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (1991)
neutral · AI labelView post →“Manhunter” is a fucking amazing movie. It’s not quite “The Silence of the Lambs,” but it’s close. If you haven’t, check it out. Michael Mann at his best, William Petersen at his best, Brian Cox as Hannibal Lecter.
neutral · AI labelView post →Remembering classic 199️⃣1️⃣ horror film The Silence of the Lambs 🎬 a psychological thriller🍿with Jodie Foster🇺🇸 as Clarice Starling🚨who is hunting Buffalo Bill 🦋and Anthony Hopkins🏴 as Hannibal Lecter🍷a cannibalistic serial murderer🧠 #Hannibal #SilenceOfTheLambs #JodieFoster #BuffaloBill #AnthonyHopkins
neutral · AI labelView post →#NowWatching (For the millionth time) The Silence of the Lambs (1991) #FilmSky #MovieSky #Films #Movies
positive · AI labelView post →The Silence of the Lambs - the film was so much better than the book.
positive · AI labelView post →#OscarsMonth #filmsky #moviesky Day 19. S. The Silence Of The Lambs (1991) The Silence of the Lambs (1991): The only horror/thriller film to win Best Picture, it also won all "Big Five" major awards (Picture, Director, Actor, Actress, Screenplay).
neutral · AI labelView post →Books to film 📚=🎞️ The Silence of the Lambs (1988) by Thomas Harris was adapted to film (1991) by J.Demme. The film is quite similar though Lector is an almost preternatural menace in the novel. The movie focuses more on action while the book delves into character details.🩸🤫🐑 #filmsky #booksky
neutral · AI labelView post →The Silence of the Lambs is the more popular film, but Michael Mann's 1986 thriller Manhunter was the first to introduce Hannibal. Stylish and definitely 80s, it turns a serial killer story into a tragic meditation on what it costs to understand evil. www.youtube.com/watch?v=39Di...
neutral · AI labelView post →The last 4 movies I watched... The Silence of the Lambs Train to Busan Pee Wee's Big Adventure Marty Supreme #lastfourwatched #letterboxdfriday #letterboxd #filmsky #moviesky boxd.it/Iqj
neutral · AI labelView post →Books to film. 📚=🎞️ The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris #booksky #filmsky
neutral · AI labelView post →#MusicChallenge #ScoreTheStill - a song inspired by a still from a movie. Day 19 | The Silence of the Lambs Dog Eat Dog - Adam and Ants youtu.be/FXJD0pF5A8k?...
neutral · AI labelView post →I don't know if you guys know this but THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS is a perfect fucking movie
positive · AI labelView post →The last 4 movies I watched... Mary Poppins The Nice Guys Michael Clayton The Silence of the Lambs #lastfourwatched #letterboxdfriday #letterboxd #filmsky #moviesky boxd.it/Iqj
neutral · AI labelView post →#ScoreTheStill 7/19 Film: The Silence of the Lambs “Here I am, little lamb…”🎶 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds (A gorgeous live version!) Your funeral… My trial 🎶 youtu.be/cOEdIkiOWCI?...
neutral · AI labelView post →What’s your all time favorite needle drop in a movie, the kind where the scene would never be the same without that track? Mine is Goodbye Horses by Q Lazzarus in The Silence of the Lambs. I want to know yours.
neutral · AI labelView post →Picking a random film from my collection to show off for no real reason! Day #143 "The Silence of the Lambs" (Jonathan Demme/1991) Not much I can say about this one that hasn't already been said. It's a phenomenal horror film. Keep your eyes peeled for the George Romero cameo! So damn good!
positive · AI labelView post →Underrated movie creep is the Silence of the Lambs entomologist who gets weirdly excited describing how someone took care of the death's head moth found in a murder victim's mouth
neutral · AI labelView post →Art post of the day: This is "Clarice" (2021), paying homage to the film "The Silence Of The Lambs". You can see more of my artwork at tracyeckstein.com.
neutral · AI labelView post →a movie from the year you turned 18 The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
neutral · AI labelView post →It's actually the movie people think "Psycho" and "The Silence of the Lambs" are, even though both of those movies go out of their way to have a character essentially look at the audience and go "the killer isn't trans"
neutral · AI labelView post →This is a nice fact I learned today. In “The Silence of the Lambs” (1991), the skull on the movie poster is actually made of naked women – Salvador Dali’s “In Voluptas Mors.”
neutral · AI labelView post →Hannibal Rising, released in 2007, is terrible. Horrible. Awful. Where do I even start?. Hannibal Rising, released in 2007, is terrible. Horrible. Awful. Where do I even start? Audiences seemed to like it. Critics hated it. Sometimes, I think critics get things wrong, but in this case, they were right. The audiences were wrong. Hannibal Rising is a film that shouldn’t have existed. The movie tries to offer a rationale for why Hannibal Lecter became a violent psychopath. Guess what? It’s…
neutral · AI labelView post →Tonight’s viewing: ‘The Silence Of The Lambs’ #FilmSky 🎥 #Movies 🎬
neutral · AI labelView post →The most recent releases of The Silence Of The Lambs for example have video essays by trans film critics, which I think is a necessary thing for a deeply transphobic film which is also an important one in cinema history.
neutral · AI labelView post →Chianti AND fava beans?! On the latest @midnightmasspod.bsky.social, Peaches and I are celebrating 1991's THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS! We're joined by drag artist Dakota D'Vil and film superstar Clea DuVall to talk Jodie Foster, problematic tropes, & more! midnightmass.buzzsprout.com/1796691/epis...
neutral · AI labelView post →#MusicChallenge #ScoreTheStill 7/19 The Silence of the Lambs (1991) - Jonathan Demme The Fall - "Hip Priest" youtu.be/RaiTbI0M7w0?... This song WAS in this film, but this performance is allegedly the first - written earlier during soundcheck.
neutral · AI labelView post →The 10 best noir horror movies, ranked. > Through the years, classic film noir has evolved into new territory, expanding into other notable genres that keep audiences interested in the game-changing subgenre. While the original film noir and neo-noir reign supreme, noir horror and noir psychological horror films such as Nightmare Alley, Angel Heart, and The Silence of the Lambs also qualify as high-ranking contenders for movie-goers. > > Noir horror is a subgenre that is essentially a…
neutral · AI labelView post →TRIVIA: Michelle Pfeiffer and Jodie Foster were originally chosen for the leads. During pre-production the two dropped out, with Pfeiffer going on to star in ‘Love Field’ and Foster in ‘The Silence Of The Lambs’. Pfeiffer later said she regretted passing on the film. (1/2)
neutral · AI labelView post →Name a film you would call PERFECT. Any genre. 🎬 The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
neutral · AI labelView post →A horror movie from every year I've been alive Day 35 - 1991 - The Silence of the Lambs - "I’m having an old friend for dinner." #moviechallenge #moviesky
neutral · AI labelView post →Post a film from your birth year - The Silence of the Lambs (1991) #filmsky📽️
neutral · AI labelView post →TRIVIA: 'Black Swan' was the fifth horror film nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture, after 'The Exorcist' (1973), 'Jaws' (1975), 'The Silence Of The Lambs' (1991), and 'The Sixth Sense' (1999). Of these five, only 'The Silence Of The Lambs' won. (IMDB) 🖤
neutral · AI labelView post →The Silence Of The Lambs is an Easter movie
neutral · AI labelView post →#MovieMadness #MovieChallenge #MovieSky #FilmSky Day 17: The movie with the greatest villain The Silence of the Lambs
neutral · AI labelView post →Favorite horror film from each year of the 1990’s: 1990: Tremors 1991: The Silence of the Lambs 1992: Candyman 1993: Jurassic Park 1994: In the Mouth of Madness 1995: Tales from the Hood 1996: Scream 1997: The Relic 1998: Blade 1999: Deep Blue Sea #filmsky #movies #horrormovies
neutral · AI labelView post →We all know there are questionable lifestyle and beauty products pushed by influencers like #GwynethPaltrow and the #Kardashians Someone said #KimKardashian's "Skims face wrap" looked like something out of the movie #TheSilenceOfTheLambs So #AnthonyHopkins made this post with Kim's product in character as Dr. #HannibalLecter 🤣 Unfortunately in our fucked world this probably means more sales 😵 He captioned it "Thank you, Kim. Don't be afraid to come over for dinner"…
neutral · AI labelView post →#ScoreTheStill 7/19 Film: The Silence of the Lambs Gorky's Zygotic Mynci - Poodle Rockin' youtu.be/SfvoDfY8HhE?...
neutral · AI labelView post →about to watch The Silence of the Lambs ... on film!
neutral · AI labelView post →The increasingly-misnamed Summer Film Festival for my Daughter continues as we and my son watched THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS, with pre-feature of Demme’s video for New Order’s “The Perfect Kiss.” Daughter on Gillian Gilbert: “Her makeup is giving Chapell Roan.”
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