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The Silence of the Lambs — Dissecting a Scene
The Silence of the Lambs — Dissecting a Scene
Lessons from the Screenplay
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hi I'm Michael this
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is lessons from the screenplay
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The Silence of the Lambs is a thrilling film in many respects
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but we tend to remember it for one particular thing
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a census taken once tried to test me I ate
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his liver with some fava beans
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and a nice Chianti
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the tense fascinating scenes between Clarice Starling and dr.
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Hannibal Lecter according to Syd field author
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of screenplay this should come as no surprise
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good scenes make good movies the
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scene is the single most important
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element in your screenplay it
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is where something happens
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where something specific happens the
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place in which you tell your story
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each of the four face-to-face
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interactions between Clarice and dr.
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Lecter are not only pieces of a larger narrative of
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how to catch them carry their
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stories unto themselves so
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today I want to look at the anatomy of one specific
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scene the third interaction
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between Clarice and dr.
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Lecter to examine how this scene follows the same three act structure found in
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most Hollywood screenplays and to
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explore how the structure
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ensures that the scene is fulfilling
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its greater purpose in the narrative
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let's take a look at the
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Silence of the Lambs
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in his book into the woods John
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York seems like acts and like stories have
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their own three act structure and mimic
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exactly an archetypal story shape in a
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conventional screenplay the first act is where were introduced to the protagonist usually
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meet the antagonist and learned
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that information we need to follow the story the
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same is true for the first act of a scene it's
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all about establishing the
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information we need to follow the story of this scene but
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by the third scene between Clarice and dr.
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Lecter we've already met the protagonist and
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antagonist of the scene so rather
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than serving as an introduction to the characters themselves the
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set up is an introduction to
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their desire desire is the driving force behind every
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dramatic scene in this
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scene Clarice wants Lecter to share his insight on the serial killer she's trying
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to track down if
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your profile helps us catch Buffalo
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Bill in time to save Catrin
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Martin senator promises you a transfer a
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VA hospital and own native Park
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New York with a view of the woods nearby maximum
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security still applies of course Lecter
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is tempted by the offer and Clarice
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feels like she has the upper hand Katherine
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Martin dies you get nothing
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but if he simply agreed the
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scene would be boring
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the drama of the scene comes from the obstacle
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standing in the protagonists
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way in this instance the obstacle
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comes as Lecter makes a counter demand an interruption
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to her plan that creates the inciting incident of
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the scene if I help you Clarice it will be turns with
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us too but pro quo I tell you things you tell me
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not about this case though budgets
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vic pro quo now
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there's drama yes and out there is poor
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little Catherine is waiting part
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of what makes this a scary proposition are
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the antecedents of the scene all
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the information the audience has been given about how dangerous dr.
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Lecter is Clarice has seen the precautions
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the asylum staff take when dealing with dr.
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Lecter and she's been warned outright not to engage him on a personal
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level be very careful
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but Anibal left her and
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you did tell him nothing personal
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Starling believe me you don't want Hannibal Lecter inside your head in
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fact we've heard that dr.
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Lecter caused one of his fellow inmates to kill himself simply
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by talking to him the
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orderly heard Lecter whispering to him all afternoon and
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makes crying they found him at bed check he'd swallowed his own tongue
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so now the protagonist must
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make a choice follow
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the rules and protect herself or
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volunteer personal information to a sophisticated
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manipulative serial killer got
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out and with that the
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scene launches into actitude
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confrontation act 2 is where the protagonist and antagonist come
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into direct conflict Clarice
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simply wants information to help her catch Buffalo Bill but
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now she encounters her first obstacle
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artists y'all worst memory
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of childhood death and Wafaa in
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the first half of act 2 Lecter
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relentlessly asks Clarice questions about one of her most painful
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tell me about it and don't lie right
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now he was a town marshal yeah
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one night he surprised
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two burglars coming out of the back of drugstore
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they shot him this
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continues until it seems like he's satisfied a
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very friend arrays I
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think it would be quite something to know even privately
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and she makes a move toward
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her desire quid pro quo down here
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the scene reaches its midpoint as
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the Lecter starts to provide her with useful information about
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Buffalo Bill the significance
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of the Mothe has changed
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caterpillar into chrysalis or pupa
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from thence and the beauty
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our ballet wants to change
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Clarice is beginning to get what she wants but
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the scene isn't over
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this was just a tease it's
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up close to the way you're gonna catch him do you realize that no
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tell me why and
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if she wants to hear the rest she'll
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have to continue to play Electra's
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game after father's murder you are often what
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happened next in the second half of act 2 overcoming
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the obstacle gets harder and as a result the tension increases
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I don't imagine the answer is on those second-rate shoes Gary
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Lecter zeroes in on what seems to be the most painful memory
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Clarice has I went
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to live with my mother's cousin and her husband in
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they had a wreck I
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was at the cattle ranch sheep
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and horses and pushes
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until the cena reaches its crisis
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Lecter is now inside
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Clarice's head Clarice must choose if she's willing to share these details
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with Hannibal Lecter how
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long did you live there
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two months I said
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briefly I ran away by
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although Clarisse doesn't reveal all the details of
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this traumatic event in this scene she's
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taken a big risk and allowed herself to be vulnerable with
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Lecter quid pro quo and
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as a result of this choice the
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scene moves on to Act three
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resolution a scene is resolved when a character either achieves or fails
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to achieve their desire but
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beyond simply resolving the goal of a character a scene
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must serve a greater function in the narrative and here
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at the end of the scene it's easiest to determine
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if it has an screenplay
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Syd field writes the
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purpose of the scene is twofold
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either it moves the story forward
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or it reveals information about
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the character this scene between Clarice
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and Lecter has revealed character
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in two ways the
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most obvious way is how Clarice is forced to share part of her traumatic
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backstory via dialogue but
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deeper character is revealed through
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the choices that both Clarice and Lecter make when
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presented with an appealing offer Lecter
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was more intrigued by learning about Clarice
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and each turning point in the scene the inciting incident the
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midpoint and the crisis essentially
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asks her what are you willing to do to get what you want and
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her decisions reveal character
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the scene moves the story forward
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as well an act
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three Clarice is rewarded
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for overcoming the obstacles
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as the scene reaches its climax and Lecter finally tells her what she needs
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to know and you said that I was very close to the way we
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would catch him what did you mean
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there are three major centers
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for transsexual surgery Johns
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Hopkins University of Minnesota and Columbus Medical Center I wouldn't
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be surprised if Billy had applied for sex reassignment and
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one or all of them and been
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rejected Clarice has the next clue she needs to continue her hunt for Buffalo
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Bill and in the final moments of the scene we
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see that the psychiatrist dr.
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Chilton has been monitoring
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their conversations he has an agenda of his own by
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the end of Act three the
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protagonist has resolved her desire we've
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learned more about each of the characters and the
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story has been moved forward
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every interaction between Clarice and dr.
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Lecter is a story in miniature
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following their struggles to
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obtain their desires some
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scenes come in some
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get out early but
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they all ultimately follow
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a three-act structure and each
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moves the story forward revealing
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character and following Clarice's journey
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at the land stop
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screen or the Silence of the
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Lambs in the case of the Silence of the Lambs there
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are few interesting differences
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between the book and the film in
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the book the story is told from a more omniscient
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point of view but
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for the film screenwriter
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Ted Hawley chose to focus on Clarice as the protagonist if
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