The Silence of the Lambs Themes
Cunning and Cleverness
Nuns Canceling Venders. Cunning Scanner Delves. Nuns Cancel Given Nerds. These are all (terrible) anagrams of "cunning and cleverness." In The Silence of the Lambs, Hannibal Lecter sometimes feeds...
Gender
The Silence of the Lambs deals with complicated gender issues, and not just trying to figure out the difference between a ram and a ewe. (That's not very hard, guys. Look for the horns.) Clarice St...
Respect and Reputation
As far as initialed government organizations go, the FBI is pretty well respected. No one wants an IRS agent coming to their door. The DEA parties with drug lords instead of arresting them. And the...
Identity
In some movies, you have to figure out the identity of the characters. Who is Keyser Soze? What's Rosebud? Who is afraid of Virginia Woolf? In The Silence of the Lambs the identity of the character...
Manipulation
We live in a world where people try to manipulate us every minute of the day. Advertisers want to sell you stuff. (This body spray makes you irresistible!) Charities want you to donate money (Dump...