Daily Dialogue — April 14, 2016

“A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti.”

— The Silence of the Lambs (1991), screenplay by Ted Tally, novel by Thomas Harris

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Villain. Today’s suggestion by Rashonda.

Trivia: Jame “Buffalo Bill” Gumb is based on real life serial killers Gary Heidnick, who kept his victims in a pit in his home, Edward Theodore Gein who would skin his victims and Theodore Robert “Ted” Bundy who wore a fake cast to lure his victims into his car.

Dialogue On Dialogue: Commentary by Rashonda: “Dr. Lecter isn’t even the primary villain, yet this dialogue from his first meeting with Clarice establishes him as a greater potential threat to her than an at-large serial killer. He’s intelligent, cultured, horrifyingly insane, and a mortal threat to anyone who underestimates him. Even though he’s behind bars, we fear him and this fear raises the tension of every scene in which he appears.”