Movies · 1991
A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti.
— Hannibal Lecter • The Silence of the Lambs
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
Lecter turns an account of murder into a polished description of a meal. The cultivated manner intensifies the horror instead of softening it, showing how deliberately he uses conversation to unsettle another person.
- AFI100 Movie Quotes, number21; selected film wording and same-film synopsis.Reference checked
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