The Psychology of Hannibal Lecter. This video analyzes the most famous villain in cinema, Dr Hannibal Lecter, from his original creation from author Thomas Harris, to his origin story, to the psychological games he uses throughout the three movies (The Silence of the Lambs, Hannibal, Red Dragon).
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1:53 Thomas Harris Creation
4:21 Hannibal Lecter Origin
6:37 Anthony Hopkins
8:18 Psychological Games
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Fun fact about Anthony Hopkins: he liked Breaking Bad so much that he went out of his way to write to Bryan Cranston to applaud him on his acting ability
What a guy. Nice to hear of a great actor complimenting and encouraging another great actor. That's the highest praise for sure.
@@lynsey4224leaders do create other leaders
Bryan Cranston is the ultimate jerk at the end of Breaking Bad
@@badgirlhollywood9741 how so
@@dhirajkumargupta4151 Heisenberg
He is always a step ahead He can predict your behaviour He instructs your mind He pokes around ur psyche, things u resist ''whats ur worst memory of childhood?" Asserts constant control Hes fascinated by human patterns, scent, behaviors
I get the sence that he's fascinated about what makes the good guy tick, about what in Clarice Starling's case what drives her as a straight arrow, Will Graham's ability to almost see through another person's eyes and is disturbed by it whilst Lecter is fascinated by it, and I like how Barney is the only person who is cordial with him, treats him with respect unlike Chilton
I resist ... you.. and containment or .. law ..or commitment being on time .. i resist patterns and people who come into my personal space ..i resist heavy strict intimidating people ..because i like myself ..im very small i like being small and i have to protect myself...from negative thoughts and negative toxic people.
My favorite is when he said, “Jack Crawford sent a trainee - to ME?!” His face during the delivery was perfect.
Definitely one of the greatest performances in acting history.
Totally agree I watch this film every single year. I recently tried to watch manhunter and as much as I love that actor from the Escapist I was just thinking you're not even 10% as terrifying as Hopkins ... I've wondered how much was done in editing to make Hopkins so terrifying because I have seen all the documentaries and making of's and some of Hopkins delegated scenes seem a bit corny but thats WHY they got deleted lol
You can't have this anymore. Millennials write everything currently. What a truly neglected generation. Trying so hard to replicate what made things great. No room for character unless it's political.
Debatable, Heath's Joker...
People often ignore Ted Levine's absolutely brilliant performance as Buffalo Bill, truly Oscar worthy (yet, not even nominated; a true shame for the Academy).
Night and day@@sebas36balles
I actually find the sequel, Hannibal, to be my favorite out of Hopkins portrayal of Lector. In Hannibal, we see Dr. Lector actually free from his incarceration for the entire movie. We get to see more of his motivations and what he enjoys out of life. Which for the most part is still tormenting and eating people of course.
What? No! He mostly just minds his own business and lives peacefully. When people threaten him or his lifestyle, he claws come out! It's self - preservation 😊
Lecter*
the most L take there is. possibly ever.
I love Hannibal solely bc watching him frolic around Italy is so funny like this scary ass cannibal murderer be going out for coffee and shit
I liked it because we get to see him outside of a cell he's not in restraints,no bars or mesh net like the novel cell, we see him on a kind of adventure outside in the world, my favourite segment in the novel is Lecter in Florence as Dr Fell, roaming the library's of the palazzo caponi, I like both the movie adaption as well as the book, though the book has more details of each character and Hannibal's formed memory palace where he can go and live inside his head if his surroundings are unpleasant and if he has to be confined in a plane, I love the little nod to silence of the lambs with Lecter and inspector Pazzi in his room while Lecter taunts him about his ancestor and Pazzi says: in fact I can't remember when someone brought it up,I love the film from start to finish I have a fun time every time I see it and the makeup on Gary Oldman was so good I had absolutely no idea it was the same person who was in the Harry Potter films, I actually tried to find a film with him in it just to see what he actually looked like haha after binge watching the Hannibal Lecter films when I was 17 in 2010 its such a great film to me from the beautiful shots of Florence and the contrast between Italy and the USA are fantastic
I think it's sequels distracted hannibal's appeal. Only Hannibal tv show somehow capture the psychology of Hannibal as good as in TSOL.(thanks to brilliant writing and great cast) Other Movies of the franchise ruined the TSOLs impact. Fantastic video tho, loved it ❤️
YES W take.
Agree.
The lion analogy is spot on.
You didn’t mention Hopkin’s choice not to ever show Lecter blinking
Wrong. He’s blinking multiple times as he’s killing the guards.
Your videos are high quality and insightful,keep up the good work
Learning about the true story of the doctor in Nuevo León makes me wonder how good of a twist it could have been to have the first novel And first film follow the investigation of a serial killer, only to find out that the psyquiatrist helping the investigation had been responsible for far worse and numerous crimes.
I remember (basicly) Everyone mentioned that Hopkins Never blinked during his scenes. As a young (well, I was atleast younger back then then today (no joke intended...) I rewatched the movie and I couldn´t find any blinking of the eyes. It was haunting in a way. Wrote this before the video started, I know there will be more deeper and more profound (??) thoughts about the character development on the study. This channel deserve so many more subs. Shame on you (take that lightly, but still) if you allready haven´t. Great study on all the movies that I have seen so far. Be safe Everyone and have a great day. Or else Lecter might.. no wait..
Hopkins definitely did a great performance and because of that I was so attracted to rewatch the movie. The psychology, the games and intelligence make it so interesting for me as I love psychology movies. Not necessarily the story of the movie but mostly the behaviour of some characters. Thank you for this channel
Your video is brilliant simply because you reference Harris’ encounter with “Dr. Salazar” in the prison. It’s unmistakeable the impact he had on Harris.
What made him stand out was his complete rejection of social norms, even if he used them at times. It's the thing that really makes him scary, you locked him up but you still have no control over him.
Fantastic video man
After Sir Anthony Hopkins, if someone truly portrayed the subtle insanity of Hannibal then it was Mads Mikkelson. It had a profound impact on me as a young teenager who watched all of it on TV when Netflix and all were not around. I still can't wait for a Season 4 or a reboot of the Hannibal Franchise with Mads returning to play our favourite psychopath.
Nah Brian Cox was way better than the femboy
@@chronic4632 😂 😂 I'm dying laughing of the thought of Cox playing an accent, or attempting an aristocratic sneer 😂
Manhunter was Red Dragon under an alternate title. So it was the film to introduce the character.
Hopkin’s portrayal is masterful but I also really admire the aspects that Brian Cox and the script bring to the character in “Manhunter.” He still has the veneer of sophistication and charm but the facade is more apparent because he isn’t trying to manipulate and impress an inexperienced investigator like Clarice, and there are two important scenes where Graham reacts to Lecter’s world view. In the supermarket scene he makes it clear that his physical recovery after being attacked by Lecter was less difficult than recovering from adopting Lecter’s worldview during the investigation - “The thoughts hurt so bad?” “They’re the ugliest thoughts in the world.” In the final scene with Lecter, Hannibal grandiosely compares killing to being like God, and Graham moves the telephone receiver from his face in disgust as Lecter banally rattles off the death tolls of tragedies he read in the daily news. Cox’ Lecter only cares about vicariously enjoying suffering; everything else about him is a smokescreen.
Your videos are AWESOME!!! Please include captions on the next ones, it helps so much for people like me who is learning english as a second language. Anyways, thank you for this amazing content!!
Thank you. There are always English subtitles but no other languages as you have to upload the subtitles separately
Im surprised you dont have at LEAST 100k yet
Well the channel is less than a year old so yeah that’s understandable
It sure is interesting
Great job on the video as usual. This channel is fantastic! Keep up the great work
Great video as always bro, I actually learn a lot of real life lessons whenever I watch you content. Keep up the good work. 🙌🏿🙌🏿.
I'm sure someone has already mentioned that Brian Cox was Lecter first, well the before Silence of the Lambs movie, in 'Manhunter', which was based on the Red Dragon novel by Harris. Cox's portrayal was much more like the novel, but as a short simplistic side story, used in the book and movie to emphasize Will Graham's emotional unbalance.
Brian Cox's portrayal of Lector was both more subtle yet more direct than Hopkins'. I still think it's the superior performance. Manhunter is one of those films that divides an audience - it is very 80s, but even during the 80s it made audiences uncomfortable.
Manhunter is on my list of movies to watch. I want to compare Manhunter and Red Dragon, see the similarities and differences.
Thank you for mentioning it, both Cox’s performance and the movie are very underrated, Manhunter is both a much better movie and book adaptation than Red Dragon. Also one key difference is that Cox plays maybe less elegant but more natural Lecter, one that wouldn’t stand out and would blend much easier than somewhat eccentric one by Sir Hopkins.
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Jim Carrey said that Anthony Hopkins based his performance on a spider and a crocodile. Waiting and striking.
Please do one for Anton Chigurh.
Great stuff...thank you...thoroughly enjoyed. Personally, the greatest acting is the ability to mesmerize just by speaking; Anthony Hopkins did such a remarkable job in Silence....just a man's face, speaking.....Of course, the script is essential, but I can't imagine anyone else doing a better job.
another banger bro, Hannibal lecture is just such an intelligent, intriguing but yet despicable and terrifying character
Yes, the most enchanting villain and performance of all times.
I liked Silence best, but Rising is extremely good. I feel Rising offers a plausible explanation for his character, but nothing can really be known with certainty - it must remain a mystery.
Now do Mads's Hannibal
Another influence on Hopkins characterisation, was an acting teacher called Christopher Fettes, who taught at RADA, & who would be absolutely precise when teaching his students
Great analogy. His portrayal is truly chilling. Fantastic series of movies.
It's the tale of the Scorpion and the frog. The scorpion is telling the frog what it wants to hear, what it NEEDS to hear. But the scorpion can't being the scorpion.
Aye thanks for this video bro
I personally didn't feel like the character Hannibal was "diminished" in the sequels, even the Origin made sense for him. His family was loving, and he cared deeply about his sister when he was a kid. But the upbringing of the monster within was due in large part because of the monsters that took his sister from him; he became worse than them without really realizing it til it was too late. That scene involving Grutas and Hannibal, his aunt trying to convince him to walk away, and he says "He ate my sister", then Grutas laughs "So did you! You ate her too!" Hannibal is hit with a powerful betrayal, trying to deny it, but he knows Grutas isn't lying. "You have to kill everyone who knows, don't you? So why don't you kill yourself! Half-conscious. Greedy little lips on the spoon!" In that moment, you knew, Hannibal was going to go super dark on him. Not only did he take his sister from him, but also fed his sister to him without him being aware. That level of psychological shock would break most people, but for Hannibal, it merely made the monster within him even worse. Even his excuse for killing the Butcher made sense for his character "Rudeness is an epidemic". In all Hannibal's films, he has a deep animosity towards "rude" people. His mind games in the origin story also mimic his personality in the other films, he can read people really well, "You knew exactly what he wanted. That he wanted his crucifix to remain with his brain, not his heart." And other people who saw the origin story act like he doesn't hiss, when it's like he definitely does, Anthony did hissing sound in all the Hannibal films. In truth, most don't like it because they misremember Hannibal, as though he's not as Menacing as he was in his origin story, even though he definitely is. And besides, the other bits that weren't in his origin story that are in the other films is his analyzation of his prey. That can easily be explained with time. I didn't have the experience and knowledge when I was a kid or teen, I picked up that knowledge an experience later an over time. Same with Hannibal. How it distracts or detracts from him is an unknown to me, cause I don't see it. No one is born a monster, even Psychopaths can live in society without becoming a monster. And many monsters are not psychopaths.
Excellent video, hope you blow up soon!!!
Yes, Hopkins played him in the first 3 mentioned here, but you can't ignore or forget that Manhunter was made in the 80's and Red Dragon was simply a remake of that.
Great analysis.
This Hannibal Lecter Psychological Profile is Awesome! Anthony Hopkins Best Performance in All Memories. What makes The Silence of the Lambs (1991) a Great Masterpiece, is the Rivalry between Clarice (the Hero) and Lecter (the Antagonist) Face to Face.🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 Dr. Hannibal Lecter looks at you, like a Dragon fixes his Prey. Protecting his Treasure, Knowledge.🐲🐉
Very interesting decomposition of one of the best villain of all times. I am crazy enough to subscribe.
My two bits. Good essay, but I think it misses a couple of things, although to be fair this is made more explicit in the books, where he makes an interesting journey. (I'm ignoring "Hannibal Rising" - origin stories for psychos are bad ideas since it removes their mystery and power.) In "Red Dragon," Lecter has no problem killing innocent people, but he underwent a shift in "Silence," and maybe it was the shift from a male to female protagonist. In "Silence," in the book more than the movie, he actually functions more like a dark father, helping Clarice see that there are people around her who have no problems using Lecter's crimes to advance their own careers, making them, in some ways, worse than him. (Remember that Lecter doesn't kill Mason Verger, but his nurse does after Lecter tells him that he can kill him and blame it on Lecter.) In "Hannibal," it's made even more clear that although Lecter will kill anyone he sees as a threat, his real targets are opportunists and hypocrites. The movie also makes a critical change from the book, where Clarice joins him in the end as a companion after she's betrayed by the FBI. The less said about the tv series, the better. Mads is always watchable and it was certainly one of the strangest and goriest shows on tv; but it was overseen by a gay showrunner that reimagined the story as a gay love story where Lecter spent three seasons trying to seduce fluffy nutcase Will Graham away from boring heterosexuality. It also made it seem like Lecter does nothing but eat people from his well-stocked freezer, where in the films it implies that eating people is a special treat reserved for his enemies, his victory feast, so to say. Harris lost film and television rights to the character so he had no say in how Lecter was presented, but his silence about the show doesn't seem an endorsement of the direction the character took. As the part is too "juicy" to leave forever, we'll probably see Lecter again someday (it would be fun to play "flip the part" and have Johnny Depp play him after Mads got his part in "Fantastic Beasts") and have him carry on by different actors like the Joker. Time will tell. Bon Appitite...
Outstanding!! Go deeper please!!
Well done. 👏
Loved all of the movies. Great video, books are great.
Crazy that he only had 15 minutes screen time, feels like he is in the movie as much as Clarice..
Great video! I found Hannibal and Hannibal Rising to be entertaining but unnecessary; Red Dragon & TSOL were quite sufficient. Hell, TSOL could've been the only film and it still would be an all-time great. And I liked Brian Cox's interpretation of Lecter in Manhunter (a very good film, but not as good as TSOL in my opinion). Lecter is an evil genius, and both Cox & Hopkins portrayed that well. Hopkins did a better job in my opinion, but Cox's performance was a worthy effort. Cox emphasized the evil a bit more, whereas Hopkins played up the genius aspect. Just my opinion. You've gained a new subscriber!
Try the tv series, Mads Mikkelsen is brilliant as Hannibal.
That´s a very good analysis. I´m glad the tv-series and Manhunter only got shown once.
Lecter is the ultimate villain because he can see right through you, always one step ahead.
I subscribed cause your analysis was brilliant I have only watched one of his movies. And I like lamb and then goat. Human meat just doesn’t seem very appetizing!
I think that the things that Hannibal rising added didn't really help the character and to my understanding Harris didn't want to do it but the movie was going to be made regaurdless so he decided to write it
By the time he wrote the Hannibal book I think Harris liked the Hannibal character too much and started portraying him as an anti hero rather than the villain he was in Red Dragon and Silence. Giving him the stupid backstory of Nazis killing his sister, feeding him what was left of her and him ending up liking cannibalism because of that further ruined the character. The more mysterious character he was in the first 2 books who told Clarice that nothing had happened to him but he'd happened was better.
@@Xehanort10 More of an anti-villain, since Lecter is never the antagonist in the plots in any of Tom’s novels. But you are correct. I think Tom was genuinely afraid of Lecter but grew to enjoy exploring his world.
@@Xehanort10 - I quite agree with you. The childhood traumas Harris invented for poor widdle Hannibal undermined the power of the character. I doubt the doctor Harris met in that Mexican prison had been born in a castle or had been fed his sister. Portraying what Arendt well tagged as the banality of evil would have been far more compelling to read and watch.
I luv this channellllllllll
I may sound stupid, but I would be okay with being in the same room as this guy, having an intelligent conversation with him, hopefully talking about Florence, art and music, psychology etc. and not human meat
How about an observation of the TV Series with Mads Mikkelsen?
Kitch very kitch compared to Anthony's interpretation.
hannibal series was lit af
A true legend of acting in his finest role. I have to say I was also very impressed with the more recent Tom Cavanaugh as Eobard Thawne (The Reverse Flash) in the The Flash Barry Allen tv show. Particularly in the first season and his cameo episode in season 2. He is a very interesting type of psychopath. It’s almost as though he has bonds and connections with others but still completely disregards those and kills without emotion and even at times with sadistic pleasure. It makes for a very unique experience, because we get to feel the fatherly connections he forms with the others as Dr. Wells, and then see that some of those emotions were actually real, yet he still kills just as coldly, and in that story, the character is actually far more cunning and intelligent than Lector, because he literally uses his own knowledge and understanding of quantum mechanics to create his own reverse speedforce to give himself superhuman speed that he learns how to manipulate to go back and forth through time and erase people from ever having existed to rewrite history to his liking. He manages to manipulate the viewers, much like Hopkins as Lector, with the subtlety of his expressions and mannerisms to indicate that the monster is indeed there under the surface even when he seems so fatherly and caring. It gives that same sense of knowing that he is always the most powerful one in the room. Not just because of his powers, but mostly because of his incredibly razor-sharp mind.
Hopkins was superb as Lecter. However, Michael Mann's 1986 movie "Manhunter" was supposedly based on Harris's book "The Red Dragon."
The first movie to feature Hannibal Lecter was called Manhunter Lecter was played by Brian Cox. Manhunter was based on the red dragon novel.
this video is so underrated
Thank you
Its definitely due to how its performed. All of Anthony Hopkins's performances in movies kind of lures you in.
I’d say it was Dr. Lecter’s charm - the way he winks at Clarice while turning the page of the questionnaire for example…he has an innate ability to make himself very likeable
Charm, charisma, intelligence and psychopathy at its “best” or “worse”
Great video, Anthony Hopkins was great, but Mads Mikkelsen role in the tv show Hannibal was the masterpiece...
Wow I am early
The TV show with Mikkelsen expands on this, I think. It clearly shows Hannibal's narcissism. He thinks of himself as smarter and more sofisticated than the common people, enjoying fine art adn food, and you see him visibly disgusted by people's weakness multiple times. When meeting Will, he believes he found someone of similar intellect and believed Will had an inner killer as well. He forcibly tried to turn Will into basically an extension of himself, so he could freely share his dark side with a like-minded indivdual he deemed of near equal standing and worthy of his attention. He wants that intimiacy here too. As for the other criminals, I think he merely finds them psychologically fascinating while also primitive in their actions. To him they are easily manipulated and he often eats them afterward to show his dominance. He talks about dark subjects all the time, hinting at his secret with the detective, playing with him, but also testing to see who really has a dark side like him. I think, while he feels superior, he also craves some connection, if not in a twisted way. It's just that regular people bore him and he wants that intellectual challenge, which is why he very much enjoys playing the game of wit with Will. He loves seeing himself in Will.
Can you make a video about harry potter
When I first saw Silence of the lambs by myself I thought who is this man who has such a violent back story yet he is acceptable and even appealing had he been free and wasn't going to kill me he'd would have been a great friend because he's manipulated the situation from fear of him to liking him to a degree as to where you end up rooting for him when he escapes via probably one of the most ingenius ways that I've ever seen next Shawshank, by wearing the guards face and uniform and gets a free long distance ride in the ambulance and in the end is walking in a brand new white suit right behind his former captor in the sunset is outstanding, I could talk about this character all day because there are so many things about him that are captivating
I enjoy/ed Hannibal Rising despite what's mostly been said 😁. I think the cast and everyone did a fantastic job overall. Although it was weird seeing Gong Li there, having grown up watching her in other roles. Plus, she was a household name in my household 🤭😄.
My daughter very much enjoyed seeing Lecter's childhood and watching his metamorphosis, in fact feels Hannibal Rising is the best of the four stories, but I purposely never watched them. I saw most of Red Dragon because I happened to walk in on it but otherwise avoided them. I have a vivid imagination and coming up with my own back story is half the fun. It can change and twist as I rewatch or reread something and notice a new detail. That gives me an infinite supply of side stories. Sometimes the reader/viewer needs to be left to mentally deal with the nonanswer. It's generally much more disturbing because of how personal it is. Very Lecteresque.
The novels, Red Dragon and The Silence of the Lambs, gripped me more than any novels I've ever read. I've not read many thrillers - I study English literature, so my required reading eats up my time, but I've not encountered anything else like them. I'd love to though for sure. Hannibal didn't do it for me at all, and I've not had the time or desire really to read Hannibal Rising.
Interesting video, but there are a few errors. Manhunter was the first film version, even if it bears a different title than the book. Also, Hopkins’ performance was indeed short, but 16 minutes is oft cited incorrectly. It’s closer to 23 minutes.
wrong order. Red Dragon came out first. Michael Man's Manhunter (1986).
In Silence of the Lambs, in one exchange with Clarice, Hannibal tells her she will find no pathology in his background growing up. I wish Harris had kept this for the origin story. It then becomes more of a Bad Seed type story which imho is a far more interesting story. That movie came out before the code was dropped. So they added the lightening strike at the end, but subsequent remakes show that evil lives. Missed opportunity.
Yes, exactly. Trauma does not explain criminality. Far more people are traumatized than commit crimes and some of the most traumatized live their lives with boundless compassion. Further, the traumas Harris concocted for Hannibal are ridiculously overblown, I guess on the theory that since Hannibal is really extra bad something really extra bad had to have happened to him. But his power as a villain is his enjoyment in being evil, the power he's found in it, and how as the years of his life went by, he took it further and further to keep wringing pleasure out of it.
Check out Michael Mann's Manhunter 1986
My favorite Hannibal is Mads Mikkelsen. But I like sir Hopkins too.
Those sequels are amazing, pure fan service of what society demands, the most intresting charachter of all time, surpassing micheal corleone in my opinion
Does anyone know the name of the doctor/surgeon whom Tom Harris interviewed in the Mexican prison? The one Hannibal is based on?
Harris called this man Dr. Salazar to protect his identity. Unfortunately I suspect this person is long since deceased and we will never know his true name.
According to the Daily Mail, Vice, and other online sources, it was Alfredo Balli Treviño, who died in 2009 or 2010 at 81. He was convicted of killing his male lover, also a doctor, in 1959 and chopping up the body, burying the pieces in an attempt to hide the murder. He was referred to as the Wolfman of Nuevo León.
Very much inspired by the cultured villain of the classic short story The Most Dangerous Game. General Zoraff.
Silence of The Lambs, Manhunter, and , OK, Red Dragon are the only acceptable movies.
im sorry im still trying to figure out how the nurse from one flew over the cuckoos nest is 5th on the top ranked villains of all time
Jodie Foster revealed on an interview with other premier actors that she never spoke to Anthony Hopkins during the entire filming. NEVER !!! He terrified her so completely. He was so Hannibal Lecter she would not go near him. He was Hannibal Lecter. The other premier actors were dismayed and visibly astonished, and uncomfortable at this admission. They these actors shifted gears and while watching them made a leap and made an artistic personal astonished realization we can't.. Jodie said on the last day Anthony Hopkins approached her and mentioned breifly he admired her performance. That is it, this was the only time they spoke. Imagine you watching this movie at a safe protected distance,and you are completely unnerved, seriously upset and uncomfortable at the horror's intimacy. Now be Jodie Foster live on set, right over there is the real Hannibal Lecter in the flesh. Even as an adult you can't wrap your head around it. Like the fear of knowing he's taken it too far. And maybe I should be afraid. Best wishes.
Hannibal the show was the best installation.
Harris wrote Lecter like a magnificent "patchwork" of several serial killers.
What happened to the "Manhunter 1986" version?
It was kitch compared to Anthony's interpretation.
He devours you; mind, body, and soul. He may as well be a vampire, but it's that he's human that makes him terrifying. If he _were_ a vampire, it might even be considered too on-the-nose.
It might seem strange now after so many serial killer films and TV shows but when SotL came out Hopkins performance was genuinely disturbing and frightening.
I don't watch this genre of movie or read books designed to frighten my psyche/mind. When climbing the spiritual ladder the more your mind is purer, the easier it is to have genuine spiritual experiences and go into deeper meditations. I thank GOD for keeping me safe from at least 7 serial killers (that I know of) in my midst thus far. More about that in my upcoming 📖 BEHOLD THE FEAR MACHINE & it's succession plan.
Do you plan to make a video on Lucifer??
Haven’t watched it yet
We never see him blink. That's what makes him unnerving and captivating.
2:06 - There is nothing new under the Sun
(why the nutcracker music in the background?)
Actually a little correction. ManHunter was released before Silence of the Lambs and was a faithful adaptation of the red dragon story, just without Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal Lector. Red Dragon is a 2002 REMAKE of that movie with Hannibal being portrayed instead by Hopkins. Your point kind of still stands, as Manhunter was no where near as popular as SotL BUT technically some audiences already had experiences with the character on cinema, though you could argue they’re only the same character by name, as the actors portray him differently.
Incorrect . Manhunter(red dragon) was filmed in 1986 . The poorer remake, named red dragon came later
Missed out Manhunter at 1:29
PS: Great video nevertheless!
I swing back to it later but yes. Ps thanks
I liked all of the Lecter movies, Hannibal most, Rising least, and I also thought Mads Mikkelsen did an excellent job on the TV series! As good as Anthony Hopkins? I'd say comparing would be like chocolate brownies vs. deep dish pizza - both great, but different, although the show was hurt by too much of Will Graham's bizarre thoughts and hallucinations, whereas people were watching for the doctor!
I adore the films, books and the Hopkins portrayal of Hannibal. He is an almost perfect anti hero I think.
"Adore" is a strange way to describe your appreciation of this particular series.
@@jacktorrance2633 No it isn't really.
Jesus whom is the one and only true God and Creator came to earth 2000+ years ago to go to the cross to pay our sin debt in full. His sacrifice was sufficient to pay the penalty for the sins of the world (1 John 2:2). A created being could not pay the infinite penalty required for sin against an infinite God. Only God could pay such an infinite penalty. Only God could take on the sins of the world (2 Corinthians 5:21), die, and be resurrected, proving His victory over sin and death and that true and only God is JESUS! And He did all that because He loves us and wants to save us and have a relationship with us. JESUS is the only way to Heaven, only He can save us from sin and from hell ( Luke 5:32, John 14, Romans 6:23). Jesus is waiting for you to come to Him, He won't cast you away from Himself if you come to Him. He calls us all to repentance, He loves us and wants to save us. believe and have faith in God then the Holy Spirit will come in and lead you to repent of your sins and God will forgive you of your sins and cleanse you by the blood of Jesus and you'll get born again by His Holy Spirit and have His salvation, you will become a new creation (John 3:3-19). God bless
@@jesusfollowerswomenministries Hail Odin!
@@NikkiEvernight Only Jesus will be hailed and praised All hail the power of Jesus name ( Philippians 2:9-11), Praise God in the highest for He is all Holy all Just all Good, He's infallible and perfect in all His ways. but not the devil, pathetic odin, thor, shiva etc aka demons and Loserifer has been defeated by God Almighty, and Jesus will return and will cast the devil in hell, satan will die as well ( Isaiah 14:9-17). and Jesus will also cast death and hell and the demons into the lake of fire for all eternity with the devil's followers ( people whom were sadly deceived by the devil), once there there'll be no escape and they'll suffer and be tortured day and night for all eternity ( Revelation 20:10). they will righteously be judged by God and be in His wrath forever. Don't follow satan into the everlasting fire. Jesus is the only way to Heaven only He's the way to to be saved, only He can save us from God's wrath and from sin and from hell, Jesus is the only way to Heaven, He's the only way truth and life! He's the right choice ( John 14:6)! always remember God offers salvation and forgiveness of sin and redemption to anyone and everyone who will believe in Him and trust in Jesus Christ for salvation and then repent of all their sins and Jesus will save them and make them born again by His Holy Spirit ( John 3:3-8). John 3:16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whosever believeth in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life.
ive studied this movie for 5 hours straight today for my horror game...
In my head canon Lector is an ancient vampire and silence of the lambs is a vampire love story. Hate that subsequent backstory. Much better to let your imagination fill it in.
I dont think saying people were seeming to lose their appetite for the character as the only film arguably given bad ratings was Hannibal rising, which probably had lower ratinga more so to do with the lack of Anthony Hopkins, a lower budget and appearing more like a b movie by comparison. With the tv show being a massive success and red dragon favouring better reviews than Hannibal, i dont think audiences ever became fatigued by or lost their appetite for Hannibal lecter as a character.
1:28 Don't leave out Manhunter. That's the first.
Let's not forget Manhunter