電影資訊
導演：喬納森·戴米編劇：Thomas Harris / Ted Tally主演：朱迪·福斯特 / 安東尼·霍普金斯 / 斯科特·格林 /安東尼·希爾德 / 布魯克·史密斯型別：犯罪 / 驚悚製片國家/地區：美國上映日期：1991-02-14片長：118分鐘又名：The Silence of the Lambs
★英文導讀The Silence of the Lambs is can thriller film that blends elements of the crimeand horror genres. It was directed by Jonathan Demme and stars Jodie Foster,Anthony Hopkins, Ted Levine, and Scott Glenn. It is based on the novel of the same name by Thomas Harris, his second to feature Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist and cannibalistic serial killer.In the film, Clarice Starling, a young FBI trainee, seeks the advice of the imprisoned Dr. Lecter to apprehend another serial killer, known only as "Buffalo Bill".The Silence of the Lambs was released on February 14, 1991, and grossed over $272 million. The film was the third film to win Oscars in all the top five categories: Best Picture, Best Actress, Best Actor, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay. The film is considered"culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant by the US Library of Congress and has been selected to be preserved in the National Film Registry.Anthony Hopkins, Jodie Foster and Ted Levine garnered much acclaim for their performances, even though Hopkins' screen time is only a little more than 16 minutes.The Silence of the Lambs was a sleeper hit that gradually gained widespread success and critical acclaim;Rotten Tomatoes records that The Silence of the Lambs received a 96%"fresh"rating. Roger Ebert specifically mentioned the "terrifying qualities" of Hannibal Lecter and has since recognized the fiUpon its release,The Silence of the Lambs was criticized by members of the LGBT community for its portrayal of Buffalo Bill as bisexual and transsexual. In response to the critiques, Demme replied that Buffalo Bill "wasn't a gay character. He was a tormented man who hatedhimself and wished he was a woman because that would have made him as far away from himself as he possibly could be." Demme added that he "came to realize that there is a tremendous absence of positive gay characters in movies." as a "horror masterpiece", alongside such classics as Nosferatu, Psycho, and Halloween. However, the film is also notable for being one of two multi-Oscar winners disapproved of by Ebert's colleague, Gene Siskel, the other being Unforgiven.見習特工克拉麗斯（朱迪·福斯特Jodie Foster飾）所在的城市發生了一系列專剝女性皮的命案。克拉麗斯奉命前去訪問被收監的精神有問題的精神病學家漢尼拔博士（安東尼·霍普金斯Anthony Hopkins飾），以獲取罪犯犯罪心理資料。漢尼拔要求克拉麗斯說出個人經歷供他分析以換取他的協助。克拉麗斯的思維完全不是博士的對手，臨陣敗走了。又一名女子被殺，一人被綁架。這次被綁架的是參議員的女兒，克拉麗斯只得再次找到漢尼拔，漢尼拔給了克拉麗斯一些提示，他們的提示被漢尼拔的醫生聽見，醫生立功心切，對漢尼拔實行嚴刑逼供，但漢尼拔什麼也沒透露。克拉麗斯在漢尼拔的提示下，一步步向兇手逼近。
★精彩對白重現 Colorful SentenceHannibal 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?漢尼拔：克拉麗斯，首要的原則簡易。讀馬可·奧勒利烏斯吧。每遇到特殊的事情都會問：它是什麼？它的本質是什麼？你尋找的這個人，他做什麼？克拉麗斯：他會殺害女人……漢尼拔：不，那是次要的。他首要做的是什麼？他殺人是為了滿足什麼？克拉麗斯：憤怒，嗯，社會認可，性挫折，先生……漢尼拔：不是！他貪圖。那是他的本性。克拉麗斯，我們怎樣才會開始貪圖？我們是否去尋找貪圖的東西？嘗試回答吧。克拉麗斯：不。我們只是……漢尼拔：沒。我們看見日常的東西就開始貪圖。克拉麗斯，難道你沒有感到有一些眼睛在盯著你嗎？而你的眼睛，難道沒有在尋找你想要的東西嗎？單詞短語隨手記 Vocabularygenre [ˈʒɔŋrə] n．型別；流派；風俗畫cannibalistic [ˌkænibəˈlistik] adj．同類相似的apprehend [ˌæpriˈhend] v．理解；逮捕；憂慮buffalo [ˈbʌfələu] n．[畜牧][脊椎] 水牛category [ˈkætigəri] n．種類，分類；[數] 範疇aesthetically [iːsˈθetikəli] adv．審美地；美學觀點上的preserve [priˈzəːv] v．儲存；保護；維持；醃；禁獵terrifying [ˈtərifaiiŋ] adj．令人恐懼的；駭人的portrayal [pɔːˈtreiəl] n．描繪；畫像，肖像torment [tɔːˈment] v．折磨，使痛苦；糾纏，作弄frustration [frʌsˈtreiʃən] n．挫折