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The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
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Conversations are contests over what each person is willing to reveal. Jodie Foster's concentration gives them a human centre, while the camera repeatedly makes looking at a face an uncomfortable experience.
The investigation is gripping, but Clarice's need to keep working in rooms where she is constantly being assessed gives the danger another dimension. It is a revealing thriller to see in full: the famous antagonist is only one part of a film whose power comes from attention, vulnerability and a woman determined to remain capable under scrutiny.
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About The Silence of the Lambs
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.