FILM SCREENING
Introduction
Clarice Starling was undergoing a physical training regiment in the FBI Academy, located in the edge of a misty forest in Quantivo, Baltimore. For her training, she had to overcome several physical obstacles. There were board signs with writings on them: “Hurt, Agony, Pain—Love It”, and “Pride”, next to “No, These aren’t the 7 Deadly Sins.” Starling continued her training.
Starling was troubled and found the town she was living in uneventful and uninteresting, but one case changed her life. It was a horrible serial murder case which the city had been kept under secret for a while.
Hannibal Lecter, a serial killer, spoke behind bars, “They would slaughter the lambs.” Starling, the detective who was assigned to dig information from the criminal replied, “Yes, and they were all screaming.” Lecter smiled a little and continue the questioning, “And you just ran away?” Starling replied by shaking her head, “No, I tried to set them free. I opened the cage, but they did not move. They stood still, puzzled.”
Scenes above contain important moments in Silence of the Lambs, a movie directed by Jonathan Demme in 1991, adapted from the novel by Thomas Harris with a similar title. Before the scene, Starling was always following the psychological games set by Lecter, who were full of charisma and self- assurance. The detective even opened up about her childhood trauma. Only after the scene Starling understood what had been occupying her mind. She started to take her own initiatives, including releasing herself from Lecter’s psychological tricks. Starling was no longer part of the traumatizing “lambs”.
In my observation, those “lambs” are urbanites who deny their dwelling spaces. In recent times, the meaning of change is narrowly understood as tangible achievements, denying processes that support the life of society. Urbanites are very eager to give their positive reactions for their own inventions, from their culture of consumption to patterns of political participation, forgetting the big picture behind these innovations. In reality, they could not only act as burdens for collective living supports, but also wreck the pillars altogether, assasinate them altogether.
/ Samuel Bagas
Starling was troubled and found the town she was living in uneventful and uninteresting, but one case changed her life. It was a horrible serial murder case which the city had been kept under secret for a while.
Hannibal Lecter, a serial killer, spoke behind bars, “They would slaughter the lambs.” Starling, the detective who was assigned to dig information from the criminal replied, “Yes, and they were all screaming.” Lecter smiled a little and continue the questioning, “And you just ran away?” Starling replied by shaking her head, “No, I tried to set them free. I opened the cage, but they did not move. They stood still, puzzled.”
Scenes above contain important moments in Silence of the Lambs, a movie directed by Jonathan Demme in 1991, adapted from the novel by Thomas Harris with a similar title. Before the scene, Starling was always following the psychological games set by Lecter, who were full of charisma and self- assurance. The detective even opened up about her childhood trauma. Only after the scene Starling understood what had been occupying her mind. She started to take her own initiatives, including releasing herself from Lecter’s psychological tricks. Starling was no longer part of the traumatizing “lambs”.
In my observation, those “lambs” are urbanites who deny their dwelling spaces. In recent times, the meaning of change is narrowly understood as tangible achievements, denying processes that support the life of society. Urbanites are very eager to give their positive reactions for their own inventions, from their culture of consumption to patterns of political participation, forgetting the big picture behind these innovations. In reality, they could not only act as burdens for collective living supports, but also wreck the pillars altogether, assasinate them altogether.
/ Samuel Bagas
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