Rules and Regulations
Watched Silence of the Lambs last night and I have to say Anthony Hopkin's acting was dope! But still can't really understand why it's rated higher than Fight Club as a psychological thriller. Maybe because of the authenticity as compared to Fight Club? But okay that's not really the point of why I decided to write something today. Since Silence of the Lambs is a criminal investigations film, it made me think about why rules and regulations are set in general. In the film the antagonist was first portrayed as transsexual, but later on Dr Lecter (Anthony Hopkins) tells us he is not really transsexual but just hates himself and wants to change his appearance as much as possible. Yet there's a scene of him dancing in front of the mirror in his self-sewn women's skin outfit- doesn't that sound like a lot of girls who opt for plastic surgery or cover themselves in thick make up? (Yes I know there are girls who don't hate themselves/ their appearance and still...