Friday, May 8, 2009

Silence of the Lambs analysis - part 38: References to the bodily senses

CATEGORY: MOVIES

In the below are listed Lecter's references to the bodily senses, during Starling's first visit to him.
















SIGHT: "Closer, please. Closer."















HEARING: "[Miggs] hissed at you. What did he say?"















SMELL: "You use Evyan skin cream, and sometimes you wear L'Air du Temps, but not today."















TASTE: "I ate his liver with some fava beans, and a nice Chianti."


The sense of touch (i.e., skin sensation) is being referred to during the first meeting, when Lecter says to Clarice, "That's rather slippery of you, Officer Starling."


      

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