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The Doctor Will Eat You Now
SIngli6 - wrote on 10/06/11
Jonathan Demme displays such an ingenuity in the art of suggestion that it is quite possible to emerge from 'The Silence of the Lambs' with a sensation of utter repulsion, despite the fact that, save for a bullet entering a cadaver, not a single act of violence is directly shown (even the infamous escape of the good doctor from the Tennessee constabulary does not actually depict any acts of violence onscreen). That would be impressive in and of itself, but that the film also has in it's creative arsenal the eerie cinematography of the talented Tak Fujimoto (whom would go on to do equally sterling work for the horror genre with the M. Night Shyamalan masterpiece 'The Sixth Sense'), the penetrating Thespianism of Anthony Hopkins, the virginal qualities of Jodie Foster, and the tightness of Ted Tally's screenplay really just cements its status as a modern horror classic.
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Daniel Corleone - wrote on 01/22/12 at 10:53 AM CT
The Silence of the Lambs Review comment
Great piece of trivia with Fujimoto as the cinematographer of Sixth Sense as well. rarely do you have a best picture in this genre. Loved this review.
