Was This Film Made To Boost The Career Of That Gold-digger Jodie Foster?

Rating: 10/10 (23 February 2011)

I wonder....
I see Jodie Foster so many times in the film, to the point that her presence begins to really annoy me. The real star of the film is Ted Levine who didn't win anything at all. All the hard work he put into the character of Jamie Gumb a.k.a. Buffalo Bill went to waste.
In short Ted Levine was robbed blind.
His portrayal of the character is very realistic. When he expresses his anguish and frustration to Catherine Martin that is the greatest scene in the film. Another scene is where he is in the nude and showing of his dress, wearing lipstick and blush and exclaiming,"I'd f*ck me! I'd f*ck me really hard!" The background score to the scene is also excellent.
The other star is of course Sir Anthony Hopkins. But his characterization is dangerously misleading. Cannibals are passive. They never show emotion or anger and are quite normal-looking. It is this trait that enables them to fool their unsuspecting victim. In Michael Mann's film Manhunter, Brian Cox played Dr. Hannibal Lecktor beautifully. He was exceedingly soft spoken and polite. His victims were beautiful women who lured with his CHARM.
Now Anthony Hopkins portrayed his version as rude, arrogant and psychotic. Any Hollywood actor could perform what Hopkins did in the film. Take for example actors: Jack Nicholson, W. Forsythe, Brian Dennehy, Willem Dafoe, Ed Harris etc. The list is endless....
The reason why the film succeeds is mainly due to the clever direction by Jonathan Demme, photography By Tak Fujimoto and excellent music by Howard Shore. With these three in combination anything is possible.
List Of Serial Killer Movies: Manhunter(based on Red Dragon) 1986, To Catch A Killer 1992 TV, Dahmer (2002), The Secret Life of Jeffrey Dahmer (1993), The Gray Man (2007), Resurrection (1999), Bone Daddy (1997), Albert Fish (2007), Marian Dora's Cannibal (2005), Deranged (1974), Jack The Ripper, Henry Portrait Of A Serial Killer (1986), and H. H. Holmes: America's First Serial Killer (2004).
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