Why does cat point to the answer/safety/salvation in the Silence of the Lambs?
The cat seems to have a very significant role in the movie the Silence of the Lambs which does not make a lot of sense to me as I have always seen this movie as a narrative about the role of woman in the society. Women in the movie seem to be guided by cats in the following scenes:
- The cat in the window (this one even gets a close-up) meows to Catherine Martin, a Buffalo Bills target, as she is about to fall into his trap.
- A cat is cleaning itself under a chair in Mr. Bimmels (father of Bills first victim Frederica Bimmel) kitchen.
- A cat statuette is found in front of the casket that reveals Frederica Bimmels nude photos.
- A cat meows and attracts the attention of Clarice to Fredericas workshop that makes her realize Bill is making a suit out of women.
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Buffalo Bill owns a dog, so the cat could be seen as the symbol of the victim. The dog as animal stands also for “man”, the cat for “woman”. The little white dog could refer to the transgender of Buffalo Bill. There are a lot of these symbolic animals in the movie. Starlings (the name of Clarice) eat moths (the symbolic animal of Buffalo Bill). All the butterflies in the background... And so on...
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What do the bugs mean in Silence of the Lambs?
Even after he's finished with his victims, Bill leaves a symbol of death within them; most likely left in their throats because these moths can squeak, thus mocking the unlucky souls' fearful screams.Why does Lecter save Clarice?
Evidences: At first, Lecter agrees to help Clarice, presumably after one of the inmates threw semen at her, which Lecter considers "unspeakably ugly". Later, he forms a personal bond with Clarice, in a scene where he asks her of her uncle's ranch, revealing that Clarice only desires "the silence of the lambs".What does the poster of Silence of the Lambs mean?
The movie poster for Silence of the Lambs famously features Clarice's face, with her mouth covered by a moth. It is a death's head moth, so named because it has what appears to be a skull on its back. It's the kind of moth that obsesses Buffalo Bill, because, again: total nutcase.Why does Hannibal look away?
He was asking Clarice a question about her past life. To indicate the question about past, he was looking at back side instead of looking into her eyes (as she was infront of him).Example of Parallel Editing in \
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