Krendler, as we might expect, advertises himself as a much worse sort of bad guy than the Florentine. That's why the audience cheers when Hannibal neatly removes the top of Krendler's skull as if it were a boiled egg and feeds his own brain to him. Such punishment is not enough for such a bigot. The part of the brain he is fed, by the way, is one he won't miss, Hannibal assures us, as it is the bit that controls manners. Good manners are much more important than morality for such an aristocrat.
Good manners are morality.
She may have been joking, but this is unquestionably a clue to the reaction of what has turned out to be a record-breaking audience, who are as charmed by Hannibal as she is. He will, eventually, too, and we know already that she will be to him, as she once was to the wicked squire, a redemption. Return to top . Sweet November I should say that I have not seen the original film of 1968 which inspired the remake of Sweet November, written by Kurt Voelker and directed by Pat O'Connor. Though set in the present day, it has about it the authentic musty smell of the 1960s, a decade in which it was possible to enjoy a certain amount of theatrical success merely by having your hero tell off his boss, or not wear a suit to work one day.