{"product_id":"9781839023675","title":"The Silence of the Lambs","description":"Author: Tasker, Yvonne\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781839023675\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Bloomsbury\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 02 Dec 2021\u003cbr\u003ePages: 104 Format: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReleased in 1990, \u003ci\u003eThe Silence of the Lambs\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the defining films of late twentieth century American cinema. Adapted from the Thomas Harris novel and directed by the late Jonathan Demme, its central characters are now iconic. Jodie Foster is Clarice Starling, an FBI trainee investigating 'Buffalo Bill', a serial killer who flays his victims. Anthony Hopkins plays Hannibal Lecter, a serial killer and former psychiatrist who assists Starling in exchange for personal details.\u003cbr\u003eWith its pairing of a perverse, invasive anti-hero and a questing, proto-action heroine, \u003ci\u003eThe Silence of the Lambs\u003c\/i\u003e unfolds as a layered narrative of pursuit. In this study, Yvonne Tasker explores the film's weaving together of gothic, horror and thriller elements in its portrayal of insanity and crime, drawing out the centrality of ideas about gender to the storytelling. She identifies the film as a key genre reference point for tracking late twentieth century interests in police procedural, profiling and serial murder, analysing its key themes of reason and madness, identity and belonging, aspiration and transformation.\u003cbr\u003eA new afterword explores the legacies of \u003ci\u003eThe Silence of the Lambs\u003c\/i\u003e and its figuring of crime and investigation in terms of gender disruption and spectacular violence.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46629810929822,"sku":"UBD-9781839023675","price":26.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781839023675.jpg?v=1774221698","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781839023675","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}