Monday, April 13, 2009

Silence of the Lambs analysis - part 19: The final scene - Lecter 'joins' the audience

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Above: At the end of the movie, just before the credits roll: Hannibal Lecter walks off into the on-screen crowd, as the Silence of the Lambs audience leaves the theater - it is as if Lecter is walking outside with the audience. This means that although Starling has saved her own life, and Satan's pupil, as represented by Jame Gumb, has been killed, evil, being represented by Lecter (evil hermaphroditic Jews) here, continues to be present in the world.

This completes the 'basic' analysis, which consists of parts 1-19.


      

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