"Break The Silence"
Directed by Ridley Scott
Produced by Dino De Laurentiis, Martha De Laurentiis, Ridley Scott
Screenplay by David Mamet, Steven Zaillian
Based on "Hannibal" by Thomas Harris
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Julianne Moore
Music by Hans Zimmer
Cinematography: John Mathieson
Edited by Pietro Scalia
Production companies: Dino De Laurentiis Company, Scott Free Productions
Distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Universal Pictures
Release date: 9 February 2001 (United States)
Running time: 131 minutes
Country: United States
Budget: $87 million
Box office: $351.6 million
"Hannibal" is a crime thriller drama film directed by Ridley Scott and adapted from the novel of the same name by Thomas Harris. It's the sequel to "The Silence of the Lambs" in which Hannibal Lecter tries to reconnect with now disgraced FBI agent Clarice Starling and finds himself a target for revenge from a powerful victim.
Cast
- Anthony Hopkins as Dr. Hannibal Lecter
- Julianne Moore as Clarice Starling
- Gary Oldman as Mason Verger
- Ray Liotta as Paul Krendler
- Frankie Faison as Barney Matthews
- Giancarlo Giannini as Chief Inspector Rinaldo Pazzi
- Francesca Neri as Allegra Pazzi
- Željko Ivanek as Dr. Cordell Doemling
- Hazelle Goodman as Evelda Drumgo
- Robert Rietti as Sogliato
- David Andrews as FBI Agent Pearsall
- Francis Guinan as FBI Asst. Director Noonan
- James Opher as DEA Agent John Eldridge
- Enrico Lo Verso as Gnocco
- Ivano Marescotti as Carlo Deogracias
- Danielle de Niese as Beatrice
Well, well, well... The second part is more focused on Hannibal himself and that's interesting to see Anthony Hopkins during almost the whole film. Julianne Moore's Clarice is more vivid than Jodie Foster's one but don't forget "Hannibal" is the sequel to "The Silence of the Lambs" and Clarice has changed. As for Gary Oldman who is one of my favourite actors, I barely recognised him because of his Mason Verger's grease-paint. But the fact didn't influence on acting which is central.
Advantages
- The story
- Music
- Ridley Scott
- Anthony Hopkins as Dr. Hannibal Lecter
- Julianne Moore as Clarice Starling
- Gary Oldman as Mason Verger
Disadvantages
- Less exciting than the first part
"Strangenesses"
- The story between Hannibal and Mason not totally told
Clue Moments
- Eating brains
- Wild boars
- Bowels in or bowels out?
- Meeting of Hannibal and Clarice
- Mason Verger
Soundtracks
- Hans Zimmer - Dear Clarice (feat. Anthony Hopkins)
- Hans Zimmer - Aria Da Capo
- Hans Zimmer - The Capponi Library
- Hans Zimmer - Gourmet Valse Tartare
- Hans Zimmer - Avarice
- Hans Zimmer - For A Small Stipend
- Hans Zimmer - Firenze Di Notte
- Hans Zimmer - Virtue
- Hans Zimmer - Let My Home Be My Gallows (feat. Anthony Hopkins)
- Hans Zimmer - The Burning Heart (feat. Anthony Hopkins)
- Hans Zimmer - To Every Captive Soul
- Hans Zimmer - Vide Cor Meum
Quotations
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Hannibal Lecter: Tell me Clarice, would you ever say to me "Stop. If you loved me, you'd stop"?Clarice Starling: Not in a thousand years.
Hannibal Lecter: "Not in a thousand years"... That's my girl.
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Hannibal Lecter: As your mother tells you, and my mother certainly told me, it is important, she always used to say, always to try new things.
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Hannibal Lecter: People don't always tell you what they are thinking. They just see to it that you don't advance in life.
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Hannibal Lecter: Bowels in or bowels out?
* * *
Hannibal Lecter: Now you're being rude, and I hate rude people.
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Hannibal Lecter: ...would they have you back, you think? The FBI? Those people you despise almost as much as they despise you. Would they give you a medal, Clarice, do you think? Would you have it professionally framed and hang it on your wall to look at and remind you of your courage and incorruptibility? All you would need for that, Clarice, is a mirror.
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Hannibal Lecter: Is this coincidence, or are you back on the case? If so, goody-goody.
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Mason Verger: When the fox hears the rabbit scream he comes a-runnin'... but not to help.
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Barney: Do you ever think he might come after you? You ever think about him at all?Clarice Starling: Well, at least thirty seconds of everyday. I can't help it. He's always with me, like a bad habit.
* * *
Hannibal Lecter: Given the chance, you would deny me my life, wouldn't you?Clarice Starling: Not your life.
Hannibal Lecter: Just my freedom. You'd take that from me.
* * *
Hannibal Lecter: On a similar note I must confess to you, I'm giving very serious thought... to eating your wife.
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Clarice Starling: This is from the Guinness Book of World Records, congratulating me on being the female FBI Agent who has shot and killed the most people.
* * *
Hannibal Lecter: People don't always say what they're thinking... they just see to it that you don't advance in life.
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Hannibal Lecter: Have you met my friend Mason Verger?Clarice Starling: Yes
Hannibal Lecter: Face to face, so to speak?
Clarice Starling: Face to face
Hannibal Lecter: Attractive, isn't he?
* * *
Hannibal Lecter: What if I did it for you?Clarice Starling: Did what?
Hannibal Lecter: Harmed them, Clarice. The ones who've harmed you. What if I made them scream apologies? No, I shouldn't even say it because you'll feel - with your perfect grasp on right and wrong - that you were somehow accompli- even though you wouldn't be.
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Paul Krendler: Jesus, Starling, what are you doing sitting in the dark?Clarice Starling: Thinkin' about cannibalism.
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Hannibal Lecter: Mason Verger doesn't want to kill me any more than I want to kill him. He just wants to see me suffer in some unimaginable way. He is rather twisted, you know.
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Clarice Starling: How did he end up at your house?Mason Verger: I invited him of course... to my pied-à-terre. I came to the door in my nicest come-hither outfit. I was concerned... that he'd be afraid of me. But he didn't seem to be. Afraid of me. That's almost funny now.
* * *
Mason Verger: You know, I thank God for what happened. It was my salvation. Have you accepted Jesus, Agent Starling? Do you have faith?Clarice Starling: I was raised Lutheran.
Mason Verger: That's not what I asked.
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Mason Verger: The good doctor approached me with a piece of broken mirror. "Try this,"Hannibal Lecter: Try peeling off your face...
Mason Verger: "... and feeding it to the dogs."
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Cordell Doemling: One's eyes adjust to the darkness.
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You may see the trailer here.
Plot: 7/10
Entertainment: 9/10
Acting: 7/10
Originality: 7/10
Music and Sound: 6/10
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