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Hannibal Lecter
DoctorHannibal Lecter is a fictionalserial killer. He is a character in books by the crimedramawriterThomas Harris. Several of these books have been made into movies. Lecter was also the main character in an NBC television show called Hannibal.
Lecter himself
[change | change source]Lecter is a cannibal, meaning that he eats people. He is also highly intelligent, so that he can talk to people in a way that makes them afraid or disturbed. He employs this unusual technique most famously in The Silence of the Lambs, a novel featuring him that was made into a movie starring Anthony Hopkins as Lecter.
The movie became very popular, and won many awards.
Lecter is Lithuanian. He is cultured, and his reasons for killing people are often that he thinks they are annoying, rude or corrupt.
Lecter avoided reconstruction of his nose to protect his uncanny perception of fragrances. He had trained himself previously by administering self-hypnosis in case he was ever administered hypnotic drugs. In the novel The Silence of the Lambs , Lecter is described through Starling's eyes: "She could see that he was small, sleek; in his hands and arms she saw wiry strength like her own. Il Mostro operated in Florence, killing couples in the s and s, arranging their bodies as art tableaux and taking anatomical trophies.He is a psychopath, a predator who does not feel empathy. Thus, he feels no guilt about his actions.
List of novels and movies
[change | change source]- Red Dragon (novel, )
- Manhunter (movie, ) Brian Cox as Lecktor (an unexplained name change), William Petersen as Will Graham and Dennis Farina as Jack Crawford.
- Red Dragon (movie, ) Anthony Hopkins as Lecter, Ralph Fiennes as the killer, Edward Norton as Will Graham and Harvey Keitel as Jack Crawford.
- Silence of the Lambs (novel, )
- Silence of the Lambs (movie, ) Hopkins as Lecter, Jodie Foster as Clarice Starling, Scott Glen as Jack Crawford and Ted Levine as the killer.
Five major Academy Awards.
- Hannibal (novel, )
- Hannibal (movie, ) Hopkins as Lecter, Gary Oldman as the killer, Julianne Moore as Clarice Starling, Ray Liotta as Paul Krendler and Giancarlo Giannini as Chief Inspector Rinaldo Pazzi.
- Hannibal Rising (novel, )
- Hannibal Rising (movie, ) Gaspard Ulliel as young Hannibal and Gong Li as Lady Murasaki.
She, his aunt, becomes his companion. Intended as a 'prequel' to the series, it portrays the early life of Hannibal, and how he became a killer.
History of the character
[change | change source]Red Dragon
[change | change source]Thomas Harris first wrote about Lecter in his novel Red Dragon, which shows how Hannibal Lecter was caught by the FBI, and ends up using his intelligence to help the agent who caught him catch another killer named Francis Dolarhyde.
Will Graham, the agent who caught Lecter, is at first very offended by Lecter's demeanor, but comes to appreciate his help when Lecter gives him insight into the way Dolarhyde's mind works. Dolarhyde believes that he is a god, and that he is unaffected by laws and rules.
Hannibal lecter He bears comparison, indeed, with such other movie monsters as Nosferatu , Frankenstein Psychiatrist Surgeon former. Fell Mr. Hopkins wrote a screenplay for another sequel, ending with Starling killing Lecter.Two movies were based on this book. Manhunter () starred Tom Noonan as Dolarhyde and Brian Cox as Hannibal Lecktor. In Red Dragon (), Anthony Hopkins played Hannibal Lecter and Ralph Fiennes played Dolarhyde.
Silence of the Lambs
[change | change source]Lecter returned in The Silence of the Lambs, the sequel to Red Dragon.
The movie based on this book became very popular. The book is about an FBIagent named Clarice Starling (played by Jodie Foster in the movie), who, like Will Graham from Red Dragon, is trying to catch a serial killer, who calls himself "Buffalo Bill" because he skins his victims like buffalo. Starling makes a deal with Lecter in which she will try to get him transferred to another prison (Lecter hates his cell) if he will help her understand Buffalo Bill's mind.
In the end, Starling catches Bill, but Lecter escapes from prison, fleeing to Jamaica.
Hannibal
[change | change source]Harris' next novel was Hannibal. It was a sequel to Silence of the Lambs. The book told the story about what happened to Hannibal Lecter after he escaped from prison. Lector was hiding in Italy.
He used a false name and driver's license so he would not be caught.
He committed a series of nine brutal cannibalistic murders and was eventually caught by Will Graham , who later consulted him for advice on capturing the " Tooth Fairy ". According to The Guardian , before The Silence of the Lambs , films portrayed psychopathic killers as "claw-handed bogeymen with melty faces and rubber masks. On the advice of Crawford, Starling offers Lecter a fake transfer offer. Through the classifieds of a tabloid called The National Tattler , Lecter provides Dolarhyde with Graham's home address; Dolarhyde later uses this information to break into Graham's home, stab him in the face, and threaten his family before Graham's wife Molly shoots him dead.The book is about a victim of his, named Mason Verger. Verger survived when Lecter tried to eat his face. He now wants to get revenge on Lecter. Mason Verger captures Lecter. He tries to kill him with attack hogs, but Lecter escapes with the help of Clarice Starling. Lecter was again played by Hopkins in the movie.
Dr hannibal lecter biography samples What real-life models did Harris use in creating him? Robert Lecter died from a heart attack during a further confrontation with Momund. However, he did at least entertain the possibility of a God. Will Graham came out of retirement in to offer his insight on the "Tooth Fairy" case and upon arriving at a dead end, went to Lecter for help.Hannibal Rising
[change | change source]The final book in the series was Hannibal Rising. It shows Lecter as a child. It tries to explain why he is a murderous cannibal by describing the death of his family during World War II. The critics did not like Hannibal Rising as much as they liked the first three books.
This was mainly because people thought that the story was unrealistic. They also felt it was not true to the characters.
Hannibal lecter birthday: When Graham left to call in reinforcements, Lecter snuck up behind Graham, gutted him, and escaped for a brief period before authorities ultimately caught him. When arrested for his murders in America, he lied about his age and that he tortured animals as a child, in order to confuse the authorities. Jack Sparrow. Fearing for his life, Barney leaves Buenos Aires immediately, never to return.
Thomas Harris has said in many interviews that he only wrote the book because he was afraid that someone else would write a book about Lecter as a child. This book was also the basis for a film of the same name, with Gaspard Ulliel as young Hannibal.
Impact on popular culture
[change | change source]The character of Hannibal Lecter has become very popular in Americanculture.
This is mainly because he is so scary. Lecter is often thought to be one of the best movie villains of all time, next to Freddy Krueger and Norman Bates. AFI listed him at #1 on their list "Top 50 Movie Villains of All Time"[1]