Who Is To Blame In Silence Of The Lambs?

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Silence of the Lambs is a popular crime drama and thriller film that was released in February of 1991. The movies main character, Clarice Starling, is a student at the FBI National Academy with hopes of working in the FBI’s Behavioral Science Unit. The movie begins with Starling being recruited by the departments head, Jack Crawford, to perform a VICAP questionnaire on famous serial killer and cannibal, Hannibal Lecter. We, along with Clarice, learn that Lecter has ties to serial killer Buffalo Bill. After traveling to the Baltimore State Hospital for the Criminally Insane Starling interviews Lecter in hopes of gaining information on the buffalo bill case. It isn’t much later that Starling accompanies Crawford to the location of Bill’s most …show more content…

However, Lecter takes this with a grain of salt, disregarding the deal and instead promises Starling information in exchange for the retelling of traumatic childhood events. This is what he claims is quid pro quo. Undenounced to Starling their interviews are recorded by other officials. This eventually leads Lecter to learn about the false deal and instead is promised a transfer in exchange for a physical description, past address and the real name of Buffalo Bill. Lecter does so, resulting in his transfer to Tennessee. Starling quickly follows and confronts Lecter about the Bill case and the false information he has provided. Before leaving Lecter returns the case file with his annotations made. After being escorted out of the building Starling returns to analyze his notes. It is then that she realizes the first victim had a personal relationship with Bill; they were both tailors. Starling soon figures that the patches of skin missing from victims is identical to dress templates and Bill is in the works of making a “woman’s suit”. Starling informs her supervisor, Crawford, although he is ahead of her and already on his way to make the arrest, or so he

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