On today’s adventure, Adolfo and Mark sit down with some fava beans and a nice chianti as they discuss Jonathan Demme’s horror classic THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (1991)   On this week’s show:   The Polar Vortex Mark’s mother subjects him to the horrors of Hannibal Lecter Brian Cox: always a bad guy Gene Hackman… director? RIP Jonathan Demme Original casting choices including Michelle Pfeiffer and Sean Connery The “real life” Jack Crawford: John Douglas Buffalo Bill is Captain Stottlemeyer??? Demme puts us in Clarice’s shoes with characters directly addressing camera How Lecter’s plexiglass cage was conceived Lecter never says “HELLO CLARICE” Lecter has super powers The Courtship of Clarice and Hannibal The hidden joke of the “fava beans” quote Why does Bill even need night vision goggles? The 3 serial killers that inspired Buffalo Bill The unsung real life actress, Chris McGinn, who was the autopsy victim BOB THE GOON! Addressing the controversy over LGBT representation (or misrepresentation) in the film “Where will it tickle you?” “Get this THING out of here” The beauty of the cinematography and direction of the final meeting between Clarice and Lecter. The terrifying sequence of Hannibal Lecter’s “face off” escape The masterful suspense of the climax Hopkins wins a Best Actor Oscar for only being on camera for 16 minutes   FILMS REFERENCED:   PSYCHO (1960) THE EXORCIST (1973) THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE (1974) JAWS (1975) THE ELEPHANT MAN (1980) STOP MAKING SENSE (1984) CONAN THE DESTROYER (1984) MANHUNTER (1986) SOMETHING WILD (1986) MARRIED TO THE MOB (1988) THE ACCUSED (1988) BATMAN (1989) TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY (1991) PHILADELPHIA (1993) MATILDA (1996) INDEPENDENCE DAY (1996) THE SIXTH SENSE (1999) HANNIBAL (2001) RED DRAGON (2002) MONK (TV Series, 2002-2009) HANNIBAL RISING (2007) BLACK SWAN (2010) HANNIBAL (TV Series, 2013-2015) GET OUT (2017) CONVERSATIONS WITH A KILLER: THE TED BUNDY TAPES (TV Series, 2019)   SOCIAL MEDIA TWITTER: @EssentialFilms, @FPMoviePodcast, @Adolfo_Acosta, @Sportsguy515 FACEBOOK: The Essential Films