Welcome to the unified analysis of the first three Hannibal Lecter movies: Manhunter, The Silence of the Lambs, and Hannibal. Buttons at the bottom of each post enable navigation through the parts of the analysis. You may want to view the table of contents. This unified analysis is not a compilation or summary of the individual analyses of the three movies just mentioned; rather, it is an extension of those analyses. Regarding the appearance of possible anti-Semitism on this blog, please see the 'Disclaimers' section near the bottom of this page.
We begin by observing that in two of the three movies analyzed in this unified analysis, The Silence of the Lambs and Hannibal, Hannibal Lecter represents, among other entities (including a personification of Satan), the evil elite hermaphroditic Jews who, along with other evil parties (e.g., certain high-ranking Freemasons and Mormons), desire to establish a modern-day 'New Jerusalem' (i.e., a utopia) in southern Indiana. However, in Manhunter, the character's surname is spelled 'Lecktor', and this spelling change indicates that Hannibal does not represent Jews, or any subset thereof, in Manhunter. There will be more on the details of the name change itself later.
From The Silence of the Lambs: Using his right hand, Lecter touches Starling's hand through the cell bars in Memphis. Not long after this, Starling has her revelation about Jame Gumb assembling his 'suit' of skin from various pieces of his women victims' skins.
From Hannibal: Lecter uses his right hand to touch Starling's hair, as he passes her on the carousel in Union Station. The purpose of this 'magic touch' is to help protect Starling when she later encounters Mason Verger and his goons at Verger's boar pen.
