| My favourite scene from the movie "The Silence of the Lambs", directed by Jonathan Demme. Clarice tells Lecter why she left the range where she lived when she was a child. The chemistry between Hopkins and Foster in this scene is incredible. A masterpiece. Hannibal Lecter: [shouts] No! [normal voice] Hannibal Lecter: I will listen now. After your father's murder, you were orphaned. You were ten years old. You went to live with cousins on a sheep and horse ranch in Montana. And...? Clarice Starling: [tears begin forming in her eyes] And one morning, I just ran away. Hannibal Lecter: No "just", Clarice. What set you off? You started at what time? Clarice Starling: Early, still dark. Hannibal Lecter: Then something woke you, didn't it? Was it a dream? What was it? Clarice Starling: I heard a strange noise. Hannibal Lecter: What was it? Clarice Starling: It was... screaming. Some kind of screaming, like a child's voice. Hannibal Lecter: What did you do? Clarice Starling: I went downstairs, outside. I crept up into the barn. I was so scared to look inside, but I had to. Hannibal Lecter: And what did you see, Clarice? What did you see? Clarice Starling: Lambs. The lambs were screaming. Hannibal Lecter: They were slaughtering the spring lambs? Clarice Starling: And they were screaming. Hannibal Lecter: And you ran away? Clarice Starling: No. First I tried to free them. I... I opened the gate to their pen, but they wouldn't run. They just stood there, confused. They wouldn't run ... |
