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The Red & Black | Wednesday, February 14. 2001 [ 7
'HANNIBAL’: Tastes great, less filling than ‘Silence’
By GARDNER LINN
glinn@randb.com
At the end of 1391’s “The Silence of the Lambs,”
escaped serial killer/cannibal Dr. Hannibal Lecter
(Anthony Hopkins) calls his FBI nemesis Clarice
Starling to let her know he’s “having an old friend
for dinner.”
This closing sick joke, no matter how perversely
delightful, feels a little out of place as the ending to
the compelling portrait of evil that preceded it.
The Hannibal Lecter at the end of “Silence” is an
altogether different creature than the one in the
rest of the movie — no longer the very face of evil,
but an eccentric old uncle who just happens to
enjoy the taste of human flesh.
It’s this second Hannibal who appears in the
sequel, puttering around Florence in a jaunty white
hat. He’s still got his appetite, and he’s still as
robotically creepy as ever, but now he’s something
of a protagonist — a hero, even. There are worse vil
lains to be had: unctuous Justice Department goon
Paul Krendler (a hissable Ray Liotta) and the only
one of Hannibal’s snacks who survived, the venge
ful, insane and insanely rich Mason Verger (Gary
Oldman with about six pounds of latex on his face).
When Hannibal disemboweled a cop and cruci
fied him in “Silence,” it made for one of the most
disturbing movie images of the ’90s, a reminder of
the brutality that lurked behind Lecter’s civilized
intelligent fagade.
HANNIBAL
Director: Ridley Scott
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Julianne Moore, Ray Liotta
Playing at: Beechwood, Carmike 12, Commerce Drive-In
Grade: B
The lowdown: (R) Juicier than “Silence of the Lambs,” but
ultimately not as satisfying.
When he does nearly the same thing in
“Hannibal,” a few people in the audience actually
cheered — finally, the old kook’s getting back to
what he does best.
It’s surprising and gratifying that “Hannibal” is
as good as it is, especially since it had nearly every
thing going against it.
How would you like to make a sequel to one of
the most commercially and critically successful
movies of the last twenty years?
A sequel to one of only three films to win the Big
5 Oscars — Best Picture, Director, Actor, Actress
and Screenplay.
A sequel to a film that has been endlessly dis
cussed, imitated and parodied, a film whose villain
has become a cultural icon?
It doesn’t help that Thomas Harris’ novel
“Hannibal” alienated nearly everyone who loved
“Silence.”
And without director Jonathan Demme, screen
writer Ted Tally, and the original Clarice played by
Jodie Foster, the sequel seemed doomed.
?§ 'MOVIE REVIEW
“Hannibal” is a peak of pulp entertain
ment, bloody and funny and shocking
and entertaining but lacking its prede
cessor’s emotional resonance.
Credit new director Ridley Scott (“Gladiator”),
writers David Mamet (“Glengarry Glen Ross”) and
Steven Zaillian (“Schindler’s List”), and a new
Clarice played by Julianne Moore with making
“Hannibal” a very good — though not great —
movie.
Whereas Demme used startling close-ups and a
less-is-more philosophy to create the original’s
excruciating tension, Scott ratchets everything up
to near-parody levels.
The killings are bloodier (the final scenes will
make you forego dinner), the settings are grander
(cinematographer John Mathieson makes the city
of Florence look like a painting in one of its
Renaissance museums), the action scenes are more
furious, and the two villains teeter on being over-
the-top.
And our old pal Hannibal is no longer the HAL
9000 of serial killers, but an affable, if unsettling, art
historian toying with detective Rinaldo Pazzi (a
wonderful Giancarlo Giannini) who’s tracking down
the good doctor for Verger.
Hannibal’s jokes are funnier, his gestures are
grander and he’s more indulgent with his appetites
— including Clarice.
Disgraced by a botched raid, Clarice is reas
signed to the Lecter case when Verger supplies
some new information about the doctor. Hannibal
soon joins the party, sending Clarice a letter with
clues leading her to Florence.
The relationship that Clarice and Lecter devel
oped in “Silence” is expanded here — but not
expanded enough, since it’s their relationship that
made “Silence” great.
The two are kept apart for nearly the entfre
movie here, and when Lecter finally purrs “Hello,
Clarice” over a cell phone, it’s a chilling, thrilling
moment.
Unfortunately, the absence of Jodie Foster
means the moment isn’t as chilling as it could be.
Julianne Moore is a great actress, perhaps a better
actress than Foster, but the “Silence” phenomenon
is about Hopkins and Foster as much as it is about
Hannibal and Clarice.
Moore does a fine job in “Hannibal,” but She
doesn’t have Foster’s connection with Hopkins. )
Had Foster reprised her role in “Hannibal,” it
might have joined “Silence” as a movie that tran
scends its pulpy origins to become art. As it IS,
though, “Hannibal” is a peak of pulp entertainment,
bloody and funny and shocking and entertaining
but lacking its predecessor’s emotional resonance.
V-Dfflf: Stopping violence against women
By JAIME SARRIO
jsarrio@randb.com
Although many national holi
days are created by gift card con
glomerates to make an extra dol
lar on grandparents or secretaries,
National Vagina Day (V-Day)
serves to inform rather than profit.
Taking place annually on
Valentine’s Day, V-day was estab
lished in 1998 in correlation with
Eve Ensler’s “The Vagina
Monologues.”
Aside from other holidays
wliich occupy the February 14th
slot, such as National Condom
Day, V-day has little to do with
safe sex. Rather, it’s a global move
ment to end violence against
women and girls.
The organizers stage a variety
of local and national theatrical and
artistic events. The goal of these
festivities is to raise money for
gl ass roots groups whose mission
js to end rape, genital mutilation,
incest and battery.
A recent episode of “The Oprah
Winfrey Show,” reported that there
are countries across the world
where it is legal to murder a
woman for wanting a divorce or
even being raped. There are also
cases of a man throwing acid on a
woman’s face after she denounced
his approach, an act that is seen as
completely justified and therefore,
resulting in no sanctions.
Celebrities such as Susan
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A National Vagina Day seeks
to end female oppression.
Sarandon and Winona Ryder per
formed pieces from Ensler’s work
to raise awareness. A performance
of “The Vagina Monologues” is
coming to Athens in March.
Although this year’s rally was
held on February 10th in Madison
Square Garden, the organization
does take donations year-round.
There is an undeniable need to
make everyone aware of the horrid
violence against women.
The Bureau of Justice
Statistics states that the South
has one of the highest rates of sex-.
ual assault amongst women above
the age of 12.
In addition, the Georgia
Network to End Sexual Assault
states that not only is rape the
fastest growing violent crime in the
United States, but women between
the ages of 16 and 24 are four times
likelier to become victims.
Mary Carruth, assistant direc
tor of the Women’s Studies pro
gram at the University, said that
alongside student protest, V-day is
a respectable event.
“This day is a continuation for
the awareness,” she said. “The
protest organized in the fall against
rapes (that were taking place at
that time) was a great start.”
She was optimistic that while
the University had not organized
any events in honor of this year’s V-
day, next year would be different.
“The Women’s Studies program
supports this effort to raise aware
ness about the violence against
women,” Carruth said.
Jessica Gillis, a junior from
Snellville, knew very little about
the nature of the day, but after
learning about it, wholeheartedly
gave her support.
“This is a problem that many
women in our age group
encounter, and while counseling is
important, prevention is the key,”
Gillis said.
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