Hannibal is a very classic image in film and television dramas. He is a perverted cannibal and an elegant genius doctor. He has a very high IQ and kills countless people, but he is also knowledgeable and charming. In the classic movie "Silence of the Lambs", Hannibal is middle-aged. He is mysterious and powerful. He has already been honed to become a hidden serial killer. People can no longer touch his spiritual world. Can be both terrified and amazed.
And this film called "The Silence of the Lambs" prequel film "Young Hannibal" tells about Hannibal's tragic childhood experience, dissects how he became an "ogre" step by step, and removes his The mysterious veil allows the audience to have a deeper understanding of this character, and also makes the classic character "Hannibal" more three-dimensional and realistic.
Hannibal was born in a noble family and lived in a castle with his parents and sister. If he followed a normal growth trajectory, he would be a proper high-quality, rich and handsome. However, all this was ruined by the war.
In the winter of 1944, a German bomber blew up Hannibal's family's house to escape the war, killing his parents directly, leaving only his sister Misha and 12-year-old Hannibal to depend on each other.
They still can't escape their fate, and the Nazi remnant takes the treasure of Hannibal's family and the brother and sister together. When heavy snow fell in the cold winter, they hid together in the hut without food supply. Under the condition of extreme hunger, the Nazi party and his party set their sights on Misha.
This is the root cause of Hannibal's blackening. His sister was divided in front of him. Unable to bear, Hannibal chose to block some of the most painful memories. The seeds of hatred spread in his heart, and the torture all day and night distorted his mind, making Hannibal grow from an innocent boy to a sinister youth.
At this time, he met Mrs. Zi (played by Gong Li), his aunt, a woman from Japan. She was full of the subtle charm of an oriental woman. She was charming but not vulgar. The door to a new world.
The Japanese spirit of Bushido and the sense of ritual of death deeply influenced Hannibal, who used Mrs. Purple's samurai sword for the first time to kill. A fat and clumsy butcher who insulted Mrs. Purple, Hannibal enjoyed the pleasure of torture, the killing process was long and calm, and the smile on his face made people shudder.
The huge contusion of childhood cannot heal itself, Hannibal chooses to provoke the scar and start his revenge plan. Since it is the theme of Hannibal, the indispensable plot of the film must have an "elegant killing show". Although the young Hannibal was also smart and calm, he lacked the experience and accumulation of experience in life, and did not have the perfect talent for penetrating people's hearts. Flaws and brutality.
But I have to say that the French actor Julier who plays Hannibal is very good. His handsome face with perfect lines like a sculpture and his evil temperament add a lot to Hannibal's charm. His superb acting skills are very successful. Contradictory Hannibal.
The hysterical madness, the calm and composed restraint, the intelligent and bold calm, and the ruthless and absolute power are the reasons why so many fanatical fans support Hannibal, deep in hell and shining brighter than the sun.
Gong Li plays a Japanese lady in the film. This is the second time she has played a Japanese since "Memoirs of a Geisha", the same oriental woman with the same charm. She is Hannibal's aunt, a guide in his spiritual world, and it seems to be expected that the poor people who have also suffered from war are attracted to each other.
The pliable and beautiful young woman and the precocious and shadowy teenager, the dim light and the ambiguous breath all make people suddenly have the idea that they are each other's redemption. However, the audience is still too idealistic.
Mrs. Zi failed to pull Hannibal out of the abyss, just like a person who lived in the dark for a long time. Seeing the sunlight would stab his eyes, and immersed in the thrill of killing for a long time, Hannibal was already in hell. . So when she tried to stop him, they actually went down different paths.
The devil walks alone in the world.
The reason why Hannibal started serial killing was to avenge his sister, but after all the revenge objects had been killed by him, he still could not stop his bloody steps.
It turned out that the deepest pain that was hidden by Hannibal was that he also shared the broth of his sister, and he survived, and then the devil accompanied him. He was avenging his sister, but also protecting himself. He killed all the "informers", and this secret will never be known to others.
As an independent film, "Young Hannibal" is very good, but if you look at it as a predecessor of "Silence of the Lambs", it is a little lacking. Hannibal's motive for murder is described in this film too flat, and it is purely classified as revenge, which fails to reflect his artistic fanatical worship of death and corpses, so it is difficult to make people feel the sense of ritual in middle age Particularly strongly associated with behaviorist serial killers.
But if there is a sequel to continue the story, it would be better. Personally, I really want to watch Hannibal's food show.
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