The Silence of the Lambs Resources
Websites
Clarice uses a microfiche machine in the movie because the Internet didn't exist yet, so it's no surprise the website is pretty bare bones. Nice trailer, though.
Check out Rotten Tomatoes for an amalgam of critical response to the film.
IMDb has the Slovenian title of the film and everything else you always wanted to know about SOTL but were afraid, very afraid, to ask.
Book of TV Adaptations
The movie is adapted from the book by the same name, a book with hundreds of pages of additional gruesome content!
Kelly Ripa loves the musical parody adaptation of The Silence of the Lambs called Silence! The Musical
Mad magazine has their own special take on the film.
Articles and Interviews
Ted Tally, screenwriter, compares a book and a screenplay to apples and oranges. We'd think he'd use more gruesome imagery, like hamburgers and lamb chops, but we're not an Oscar-winning screenwriter, so what do we know?
Tally wants anything he adapts to come ready-made with a good ending.
The Times notes all the bulletproof glass used in the film, but doesn't believe the film itself is exactly bulletproof.
Film critic Michael Henley thinks Hannibal's not all bad.
The late great Roger Ebert thought that the outstanding performances made for an outstanding film despite the presence of every terrifying cliché you can think of.
Video
Ted Tally talks about just how darn good everyone is in this movie.
Anthony Hopkins, who still has hair in this interview, talks about meeting Clarice as Lecter for the first time.
The Silence of the Lambs gag reels teaches us that gloves are hard to put on, Jodie Foster wants her enemies to be sassy, and Anthony Hopkins has a horrible Sly Stallone impersonation.
No actors were eaten during the making of this movie.
Siskel hates it! Lecter's going to bite his thumbs off after this critically panning review.
Here's some video of Anthony Hopkins screen-testing different masks for his role as Hannibal. Very, very creepy.
Audio
This is the Tom Petty song sung by Catherine Martin (Brooke Smith) before getting kidnapped so Buffalo Bill can use her skin to transform himself into a real-life American Girl doll.
Clarice and audiences are both repulsed and attracted to Hannibal Lecter. Just don't get too close.
Images
Ted Levine, who plays Buffalo Bill, adorned with moths: still creepy even behind the scenes.
Hopkins makes Lecter's iconic mask look downright happy in this behind-the-scenes photo.
Hopkins gets a taste of directing.
You couldn't tell from the original movie poster for the film. But note that it's Clarice, not Hannibal, on the poster.