OSCARS '91: The Silence of the Lambs
“Well, Clarice…have the lambs stopped screaming?”
CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of murder, serial killers, torture, graphic murder, transphobia, Nazi symbology, horror, terror, darkness, mental illness, body mutilation.
It’s time for our Oscars series, and we’re kicking our review of the Oscar movies of 1991 with a horror film unlike any other. In fact, this movie really isn’t a serial killer or slasher film at all; it’s more of a psychological journey wrapped in a horror package. In fact, if you only know the cultural signposts from the film, you’d be hard pressed to realize that the film’s main character isn’t it’s iconic anti-hero or its dark, horribly twisted villain. No, it’s the outstanding performance of Jodie Foster and the writing of Clarice Starling that truly make the film come alive. It just helps that Anthony Hopkins gives us a masterful, iconic performance to match and foil. Let’s have an old friend for dinner as we discuss The Silence of the Lambs on Macintosh & Maud Haven’t Seen What?!
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Intro music taken from the Second Movement of Ludwig von Beethoven's 9th Symphony. Licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Hong Kong (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 HK) license. To hear the full performance or get more information, visit the song page at the Internet Archive..
Excerpt taken from “Main Title” from the motion picture soundtrack of The Silence of the Lambs, written and composed by Howard Shore. © 1990 Orion Motion Pictures Corporation; ℗ © 1991 MCA Records, Inc.
Excerpts taken from the film The Silence of the Lambs, © 1991 Orion Pictures Corporation. All rights reserved.
Excerpt taken from “Try Everything” from the soundtrack to Zootopia, written and composed by Mikkel Eriksen, Sia Furler, and Tor Erik Hermansen and performed by Shakira. Copyright 2016 Disney Enterprises, Inc. and Walt Disney Records.
Excerpt taken from “Thelma & Louise / End Credits” from the motion picture soundtrack to Thelma & Louise, written and composed by Hans Zimmer. Copyright 1991 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Music Inc.
