Recorded over the past weekend and watched today; it had been awhile. This movie won the Big 5 at the Academy Awards:
Best Picture;
Best Director, Jonathan Demme;
Best Actor in a Leading Role, Anthony Hopkins;
Best Actress in a Leading Role, Jody Foster;
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published.

Interesting how everything can come together like it did in this picture. Jonathan Demme never did anything approaching the success achieved in this movie. He came close with Philadelphia, but that had more to do with a support for the subject matter than anything else, otherwise. Unremarkable.

Great movie. Great performances. If you have Showtime, look for a showing of the movie. If you have one of the streaming services, maybe it’s available.

One of the bests in so many ways for sure.

Hopkins is one hell of an actor.
Easily one of my favorites.

He was excellent In Silence of the Lambs. A pretty convincing psychopath!

Well, Clarice, have the lambs stopped screaming?

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Originally posted by wxdave:
Well, Clarice, have the lambs stopped screaming?

"I'm meeting an old friend for dinner"

More chilling, especially in its plausibility, than the omen for me. But exorcist still rules my fearsome film.

Textbook film. I remember one of my professors in a film class would love to use it for teaching. I also remember seeing it in the theater with my good friend at around 17/18 years of age and dying laughing at the Buffalo bill guy and the lotion in the basket while everyone else was absolutely frozen in fear.

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Originally posted by konata88:
More chilling, especially in its plausibility, than the omen for me. But exorcist still rules my fearsome film.

"Chilling" is a good word for it. Along with its plausibility, as well as the categories of Oscars it won (they could have added cinematography; very well filmed. And, hell, why not...music score; very effective) makes it, for me, one of the very best psychological thrillers of all time. Great movie.

I’m a big fan of Demme’s Stop Making Sense. An excellent concert film. Even better if you’re a Talking Heads fan.

I think that the acting displayed by Jody Foster in that scene where she's in the basement looking for the killer was superb and the best I've ever seen by a female actor. It's the reason I always have a flashlight with me now,lol.
Edited to add- and why I dumped my revolvers and went to semi-autos. More rounds.

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Originally posted by Rolan_Kraps:

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Originally posted by wxdave:
Well, Clarice, have the lambs stopped screaming?

"I'm meeting an old friend for dinner"

"I'm having an old friend for dinner."

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Originally posted by Bulldog7972:
I think that the acting displayed by Jody Foster in that scene where she's in the basement looking for the killer was superb and the best I've ever seen by a female actor. It's the reason I always have a flashlight with me now,lol.
Edited to add- and why I dumped my revolvers and went to semi-autos. More rounds.

More rounds and a flashlight, but I still couldn’t recommend going down into a basement like that.

I’ll add that while his role wasn’t critical to the success of this movie, I’ve always thought Scott Glenn in a supporting role adds to a movie. I’m rarely disappointed when he’s involved.

I was wrong about this movie being on Showtime, it’s on HBO and will be broadcast 3 more times: Saturday, 3/31 at 9:20 MDT and twice on Wednesday, 4/11 at 12:20a and 3:20a MDT

Lambs was my favorite film the year it came out. It was one of the few times a genuinely gritty and bleak suspense/horror film found mainstream success. I thought Jodie Foster rocked it.

I've never been a fan of Anthony Hopkins in that role, however. I thought he was way too hammy and theatrical to be believable. I much preferred Brian Cox's Hannibal portrayal from Manhunter. Even later, I liked Mads Mikkelsen's Hannibal from the NBC TV show. It seemed more believable that a true super-genius psychopath would be more laid back and matter-of-fact than all sneering and glaring.

Because of that, I thought Hopkins did a better job in Ridley Scott's Hannibal. He toned it down and became more sinister and less scenery-chewing.

One of the few times the Academy called something right....

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Originally posted by TMats:

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Originally posted by Bulldog7972:
I think that the acting displayed by Jody Foster in that scene where she's in the basement looking for the killer was superb and the best I've ever seen by a female actor. It's the reason I always have a flashlight with me now,lol.
Edited to add- and why I dumped my revolvers and went to semi-autos. More rounds.

More rounds and a flashlight, but I still couldn’t recommend going down into a basement like that.

I’ll add that while his role wasn’t critical to the success of this movie, I’ve always thought Scott Glenn in a supporting role adds to a movie. I’m rarely disappointed when he’s involved.

I agree. Scott Glen always adds to a movie.And you are right about the second part. Don't go into the basement by yourself. Call for back up and wait,lol.

Watched it last night on HBO.
It was great to watch a truly good movie.Unfortunately it reminds you how much crap we watch on Netflix and at the theater.