From: "Lita Coucher" <lita_coucher-AT-hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: Hannibal, was lost dawg
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2001 13:14:28 -0500


Thanks, Earl.  I agree about the technique.  In the DVD commentary with
Demme, Hopkins and Foster, Demme noted that in the final "seduction" scene,
where Clariece reltes the lamb slaughter to Hannibal, that when she is
speaking, Hannibal cannot look her in the face.  His head remains straignt
(at a 90 degree angle to her), and his eyes move towards her or away.  As if
the pain she felt was too strong even for him to deal with...or too similar.

If I remember correctly, I
> seem to remember his expression when he looked at Starling was often one
of
> something near sympathy, even when he was acting to make her more
> uncomfortable. But that is something I can't put my finger on, so...
>
> Anyway, just a few ideas.
>
> Earl Messer
>
> From: Lita Coucher <lita_coucher-AT-hotmail.com>
> > Now, this might be a bit out of the blue, and maybe too "movie"
> disucssion,
> > but I was thinking about "Hannibal" last night.  I had mentioned that
the
> > character had seduced me, in a way that I find very distrubing.  Any
> > aspiring screenwriters or directors out there who have any idea WHY this
> > character is so alluring?
> >
> > My guess is that he combines power with a sensitivity to those he finds
as
> > "equals."  Were there techniques in the film (Silence...) that made us
see
> > this?
> > Jenna
>
>
>
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