Stephanie Bunbury12:05, Jul 18 2021
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Clarice is now available to stream on TVNZ OnDemand.
It is one of the most quoted lines from a cult film, although it never sounds quite as ominously honeyed as when Anthony Hopkins delivered it. “You still wake up sometimes, don’t you, Clarice?” asked the monstrous Hannibal Lecter. “You wake up in the dark and hear the screaming of the lambs?” Jodie Foster, a small but resolute figure sitting in the jail corridor where he can’t reach her, looks haunted, controlled, compelled and repelled all at once. When she answers ‘yes’, the single word conveys a lifetime’s stoic suffering.
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Those Who Wish Me Dead is an action-packed neo-Western thriller and I had a million thoughts racing through my head while watching it.
# 1 This movie was made to be seen in theaters
I’ve watched most of
Taylor Sheridan
Those Who Wish Me Dead from there, as well. Boy, was I wrong.
Before a single image even appeared on screen I was regretting not seeing this flick on the big screen. The film begins with
Brian Tyler
’s beautiful score over a series of opening credits against a black screen. Although I had my surround sound on and the volume jacked up, I just couldn’t do it justice. The opening score is incredible and demands to be heard on cinema speakers.
Thirty years ago,
The Silence of the Lambs was released, creating a sensation for several reasons. The following year, it swept the five major categories at the 1992 Academy Awards while queer activists protested in droves outside the venue over its depiction of its serial killer Buffalo Bill/Jame Gumb. Now the CBS series
Clarice has introduced a storyline featuring trans actress Jen Richards (also a consultant on the show) to counter and reframe the dangerous narrative that painted Buffalo Bill as “transsexual,” although “not a real transsexual,” Anthony Hopkins’s Hannibal Lecter tells Jodie Foster’s Clarice Starling in the film.
It’s been 30 years since
The Silence of the Lambs was released and created a sensation. The following year, it swept the five major categories at the 1992 Academy Awards while queer activists protested in droves outside the venue over its depiction of its serial killer Buffalo Bill/Jame Gumb. Now the CBS series
Clarice us about to introduce a storyline featuring trans actress Jen Richards (also a consultant on the show) to counter and reframe the dangerous narrative that painted Buffalo Bill as “transsexual,” although “not a real transsexual,” Anthony Hopkins’s Hannibal Lecter tells Jodie Foster’s Clarice Starling in the film. Richards (