The first time I watched the complete set, my mood changed from excitement to dullness. The second time I watched it, it was the opposite. From the dullness of the first season to a climax, I was very excited when the song "Love Crime" at the end of the third season sounded. During the period, I read Hannibal's original novel. This is the only drama that makes me feel that the film and television works are better than the original novel. Mikkelsen's temperament is even more elegant and aristocratic than what is described in the book. One point in my eyes is beyond the previous film works.
After watching it for the second time, I admire the director's extensive knowledge. He is involved in art, music, psychology, and food. It cannot be said that he is very professional. After all, these fields are not all my expertise, but I have to say This show has deepened my understanding of art.
The first season mainly talks about how Hannibal pulls Will into the abyss step by step, the second season mainly talks about how Will fights back, and the third season is more like the bond between the two. Many small details interspersed in it are Easter eggs in the original work, such as the mentioned Mrs. Purple and various Japanese dishes, traditional Japanese masks, and Hannibal's original "Hannibal Rise", which appeared in the first book of Hannibal's original works. A Japanese samurai sword used to kill the butcher who humiliated Mrs. Purple, and even the origin of everything - Hannibal's sister Misha, but the easter egg that excites me the most is Hannibal's Hall of Knowledge.
Hannibal's setting is a bit like Leonardo da Vinci, an all-rounder, because of his genius and his childhood experience, his judgment of morality and ethics is different from others, or he thinks he is closer to "God" , "Others" are just "things" to him. Instead of using "a pig" and "a sheep" as metaphors in the text, I think the metaphors of "table" and "stool" are closer to "objects". "Others" are more inanimate in Hannibal's eyes, and many of his interventions are just out of "curiosity" or "competitiveness".
The director is a little obscure when dealing with Hannibal's feelings for Will. Hannibal's feelings for Will are more like "Platonic love", a kind of spiritual admiration and possessiveness at the same time. Not surprising for such a deified man as Hannibal, in the first season Hannibal was alone in his studio waiting for Will but Will didn't come (still late, can't remember), this The scene seems a little lonely, and I believe Hannibal has a deep desire to be understood, and it just so happens that Will is the one he thinks can really understand him, and gender doesn't matter much compared to that.
When expressing eroticism and sexuality, the director shot very beautifully. The kaleidoscopic shots express eroticism just right. What impressed Bloom was the scene between Will and Hannibal, which expressed eroticism at the same time. There is also a kind of entanglement, and there is still room for imagination as to which entanglement is with which.
As for solving the case, it did not spend too much thought on it. There is no twists and turns like a traditional suspense detective case, and there is no violent pursuit and resistance. Most of the time, the real culprit is directly found and arrested. This is a matter of opinion, so Handling also has its charm, focusing on the analysis of the psychology of the perverted murderer.
The first time I saw Hannibal, I never understood what the deer meant, but now I realize that maybe this deer is a symbol of Hannibal. Every time a case related to Hannibal appears, or Will subconsciously realizes This black deer appears when it's about Hannibal (including when Will didn't know Hannibal was the Texas Ripper at the start of the show), but Will didn't know Hannibal was the Texas Ripper , this deer is nothing but a black deer. It was not until Will knew the truth that the deer's face turned into Hannibal, and even later, Will's methods to deal with Hannibal became closer and closer. When Hannibal, he hallucinated himself into the deer. The use of black deer to symbolize Hannibal is actually quite appropriate, black, mysterious and dark, the deer travels through the forest so vigorously, it is difficult for hunters to catch it, just like Hannibal, but the long horns of the deer are so sharp and visible to the naked eye. Dangerous, while the deer is associated with the perverted serial killer Hobbs taking Abigail on a hunt in the first episode of the first season, and also with the first case that Hannibal committed in the show (Mingzhou Birds) -- -- associated with the naked girl's corpse with antlers.
I have recommended the show Hannibal to many people, but maybe not many have watched it. I like this show, and I don't want to simply describe it as "perverted".
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