The Silence of the Lambs took the Academy Awards by storm in 1992, winning all five major categories, direction, screenplay, acting and Best Motion Picture; beating the odds in more ways than one. Dark psychological thrillers rarely win Best Picture (the last occasion was back in 1940, Hitchcock’s ‘Rebecca’). The film had been released early in 1991, a date thought to be beyond the traditionally short memories of most Academy members. Why this happened is not hard to explain on a more detailed inspection.
The film embodies the ultimate in its genre. The dark imagery and intense mind play once seen makes it very hard to forget. In fact it wasn’t just Academy voters that were affected by the film, it became a major worldwide success, gr
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