- Anthony Hopkins only appeared in the film for 16 minutes, becoming the shortest performance to win the Oscar for Best Actor.
- A skull appears on the butterfly in the film poster. If you look closely, you can find that the skulls are actually 3 naked women. They were inspired and photographed by Dali’s paintings with Philip Halsman. The photographs from 1951 are very similar.
- The film said that Clarice majored in criminology and psychology at the University of Virginia, but there has never been a major in criminology at the real University of Virginia.
- Gene Hackman once bought the filming rights for the film. Not only did he plan to direct himself, but also plan to play the role of Jack Crawford, but after "Mississippi is Burning" he was deeply worried about his role as violent again. So give up shooting.
- John Hurt, Louis Gesette Jr., Robert Duval, Jack Nicholson and Robert De Niro are all expected to play Hannibal.
- The tobacco hawkmoth that appears in the film is well treated. They were placed in the first-class cabin of the flight and came to the studio. The room where they lived could be adjusted for temperature and humidity, and the costumes were also exceptionally exquisite.
- The Buffalo Bill in the film originated from three serial killers in reality, namely Ed Gaine who is fond of skinning, Ted Bundy who lured the murdered women into the truck, and imprisoned the kidnapped women in the cellar. Gary Heidnick.
- At least six directors appeared in the film, namely Judy Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Casey Lemmons, Roger Coman, Dan Butler and George A. Romero .
- Mickey Rock and Kenneth Branagh were both candidates to play Jack Crawford.
- Judy Foster, Jonathan Demi and Scott Green and some other crew members visited the FBI Agent Training Center in Quantico, Virginia, and learned many weapons and agent courses.
- The film was originally scheduled to be released in the fall of 1990, but the distributor decided to postpone the film's release date to January 1991 in order to support the Oscar competition for "Dancing with Wolves".
- Although Orion, the company responsible for distributing the film at the time, has declared bankruptcy, it still spent $200,000 to send the film to the Oscars.
The Silence of the Lambs behind the scenes gags
2021-10-13 18:32
Extended Reading
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Josie 2022-03-23 09:01:03
Just like sung in "The Sound Of Silence", when silence becomes a kind of sound, it makes the world mistakenly think that everything is normal, but can we tear away this layer of appearance. Isn't it a blazing hell execution ground?
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Federico 2021-10-20 18:58:03
In just ten minutes of playing time, Anthony Hopkins has rendered an ogre psychiatrist, Dr. Hannibal, elegant and evil, terrifying and charming. His acting skills are superb, and his gestures are all dramas, he deserves to be the Oscar actor, calling Anthony Hopkins!
The Silence of the Lambs quotes
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Hannibal Lecter: First principles, Clarice. Simplicity. Read Marcus Aurelius. Of each particular thing ask: what is it in itself? What is its nature? What does he do, this man you seek?
Clarice Starling: He kills women...
Hannibal Lecter: No. That is incidental. What is the first and principal thing he does? What needs does he serve by killing?
Clarice Starling: Anger, um, social acceptance, and, huh, sexual frustrations, sir...
Hannibal Lecter: No! He covets. That is his nature. And how do we begin to covet, Clarice? Do we seek out things to covet? Make an effort to answer now.
Clarice Starling: No. We just...
Hannibal Lecter: No. We begin by coveting what we see every day. Don't you feel eyes moving over your body, Clarice? And don't your eyes seek out the things you want?
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Miggs: I can smell your cunt.