The silence of the lambs /
The 1991 film The Silence of the Lambs, based on Thomas Harris's bestseller, was a game-changer in the fields of both horror and crime cinema. FBI trainee Clarice Starling was a new kind of heroine, vulnerable, intuitive, and in a deeply unhealthy relationship with her monstrous helper/opponent...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Leighton Buzzard :
Auteur,
2013.
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| Series: | Devil's advocates.
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
| Summary: | The 1991 film The Silence of the Lambs, based on Thomas Harris's bestseller, was a game-changer in the fields of both horror and crime cinema. FBI trainee Clarice Starling was a new kind of heroine, vulnerable, intuitive, and in a deeply unhealthy relationship with her monstrous helper/opponent, the serial killer Hannibal Lecter. Jonathan Demme's film skillfully appropriated the tropes of police procedural, gothic melodrama and contemporary horror and produced something entirely new. The resulting film was both critically acclaimed and massively popular, and went on to have an enor. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (102 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. Includes filmography. |
| ISBN: | 1906733988 9781906733988 9781800346901 1800346905 |
