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A 5 page paper which compares how the cinematic version differs from the novel and the motivations behind whatever changes that may have been made. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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and there is an even greater likelihood that nightmares followed for nights afterwards. Harris has become to psychological-thriller novels what Alfred Hitchcock was to suspense cinema: A contemporary master
of the craft without peer. This was actually a sequel to the equally spine-tingling 1981 novel, Red Dragon, with a repeat performance from the same villainous antagonist, murderous psychiatrist
Dr. Hannibal "The Cannibal" Lecter, whom the feds seek out when they are interested in developing profiles of mentally disturbed killers. However, in the sequel, male FBI Special Agent
Will Graham has been replaced by female FBI trainee Clarice Starling. The best-selling success of Silence of the Lambs meant it would only be a matter of time before
the novel was adapted for the big screen. Stylistic filmmaker Jonathan Demme was more than capable of handling the challenge, but was at first uncertain it was one he
wanted to tackle. The director observed, "I was repelled by the idea of doing a film about a serial killer... [Then] I started reading the book... and I leapt
at the chance to get involved with characters of such dimension, and a story with so many complicated and interesting themes" (Bliss and Banks 109). Theatrically trained and critically
acclaimed screenwriter Ted Tally impressively translated Harriss text onto celluloid, and added a few memorable touches of his own, including Hannibals oft-quoted closing line, Im having a close friend for
dinner. The cinematic partnership between Demme and Tally made powerful use of Hitchcocks trademark point-of-view storytelling style as a way of establishing an
affinity and identification between the audience and Clarice, with her views predominating throughout the film (Bliss and Banks 110). However, in certain key climactic scenes such as her encounter
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