Clarice review – surprisingly effective Silence of the Lambs TV sequel
over 4 years in The guardian
Focus shifts from the cultured cannibal to the FBI agent he analysed in a thoughtful and entertaining new thriller series
After Clarice’s lambs were silenced back in 1991, the years since Jonathan Demme’s landmark thriller have given us nothing but noise within the world of Hannibal. The bad doctor’s creator, Thomas Harris, published two more books which were soon turned into movies along with another adaptation of his pre-Silence novel, followed by a three-season NBC series and even a parody musical. The fear of the unknown (Anthony Hopkins memorably won an Oscar for just 16 minutes of screen time) rapidly became exhaustion at knowing too much, a potency that had been diluted by greed.
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