It was this deleted scene where Azrael explains the dire failings of mankind and the true birth of Hell that truly gave us a glimpse into what it means to hate what we are.
Demme also continues to size his subjects appropriately, first by making Lecter a giant during his final attack, and then by ending the scene with a shrinking Clarice literally walking away from camera.
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It is also the climax for the entire sequence.
And when that child questions the very merit of that decision, expect to get an earful. Yeah…he’s in the details. Synopsis.
Motivation is key. Finally, this stretch continues along the motif of distancing the audience from these characters, as nothing is shot in a POV or features direct looks to camera. It is preparatory: as the singular example of doubling the audience’s exposure to Lecter, his upcoming waylay is subtly foreshadowed. Dennis Hopper, True Romance 1993 – “Sicilians”. What do you do? The emotional resonance that the audience feels for Clarice may have begun in the offices of Crawford, Chilton, and Barney, but it is here that Demme cements that empathy forever, and even encourages a similar response to Dr. Hannibal Lecter, the presumed villain of the story.
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Jules Winfield, a vicious, cold-blooded, afro-sporting hitman confronts and confounds his enemies with a religious diatribe that he spouts with a wicked crescendo. This is an introduction and sizing up of each character. The first J-cut centers on Clarice’s suggestion to take the questionnaire, while Lecter’s sarcastic response comprises the second J-cut and the L-cut. The composition of the shot further suggests that Lecter will begin this tilt with the upper hand, a dominance which will be continuously communicated by the eye-lines of the respective characters. (http://www.starburstmagazine.com/reviews/eventsupcoming-genre-events/6960-event-review-centurion) I also wrote an episode for online comedy series Supermarket Matters in 2012.
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But when a group of vigilante DEA agents pull Wilson aside to figure out his angle in the strange events surrounding their case, it inspires one of the strangest and most con-man heavy cockney dialogues you’ve ever heard.
Though Demme begins with the first medium shots of Lecter, he eventually cuts to the POV close-up shots that are so common throughout this sequence.
-Andrei Tarkovsky. In these 60 shots, comprising six minutes and three seconds, Jonathan Demme, Anthony Hopkins, and Jodie Foster establish the bedrock from which the rest of The Silence of the Lambs will spring. Jack Nicholson, A Few Good Men 1992 – “You Can’t Handle the Truth”. When we enter POV shots of other characters, Clarice looks slightly to the side, keeping us out of the minds of the other characters. But when the demon Azrael decides to unmake existence utilizing a loophole in Catholic Dogma, few really stopped to wonder why. Kevin Spacey, American Beauty 1999 – “The Second Before You Die”. The Time Has Come to Make a Choice, Mr. Anderson: “The Matrix” and Romantic Realism, Classic Review – Jonathan Demme’s “The Silence of the Lambs” (1991) – Plot and Theme, “The Silence of the Lambs” Script Analysis: Scene-by-Scene Breakdown – Plot and Theme, Plot and Theme’s Very Favorite Films of 2019, The Ignominious Return of My Questionable Opinions, “BlacKKKlansman” and its Multi-layered Performances Pop Off the Screen, “Train to Busan”: Effective Zombies with Ethical Subtext, "The Silence of the Lambs" Script Analysis: Scene-by-Scene Breakdown.