Ramin Setoodeh New York Bureau ChiefThirty years ago, “The Silence of the Lambs” terrified audiences worldwide — along with its two stars.As directed by Jonathan Demme, the R-rated blockbuster didn’t just rely on blood and guts to haunt viewers’ nightmares.
It was a cerebral horror movie, one that exorcised our deepest fears to paint a portrait of unadulterated malevolence. By now, the story is familiar to most: Based on the best-selling book by Thomas Harris, the movie follows a young FBI agent, Clarice Starling, tasked with getting inside the head of a serial killer, Dr.
Hannibal Lecter, to catch another vicious murderer.Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins, the actors who played the lead roles, first met at a table read in London just prior.
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