Loved it!

Rating: 8/10 (9 December 2014)

I loved this movie and the fact that a woman was the main character. After watching this film in a college class, FILM 240, we discussed why the director made some of the decisions that he/she made. We discussed the recurring image of American flags; I think the director place the flags in there to create a constant reminder of the fight for freedom and justice in the United States. Because Buffalo Bill had been rejected so many times for a sex-change operation, he had desperately turned to kidnapping and skinning his victims. The fight for equality and justice is present throughout the entire movie, with Buffalo Bill wanting a new identity, Jack Crawford wanting take down Buffalo Bill, Clarice wanting to be treated like one of the guys and catch the culprit, and Hannibal wanting to get out of prison.