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Hannibal is everywhere. I saw the British paper 'The Observer' had a review (not read it) and last night I saw 'Hannibal' in a moviemagazine on German ZDF-channel. They were showing the shooting of the opera-scene. Rather interesting. And Premiere had Julliane Moore on the cover.
Yesterday I bought a German magazine called: Cinema. It seems to be Europe's biggest movie-magazine. 'Hannibal' is released in Germany February 15. It was 7 years ago since my last German class but I managed to translate the review to English for you. The magazine also contained a bigger article (about 7 pages) with a lot of new pictures (see these in the Pictures section) and the article itself was about the three Lecter-movies. Thomas Harris and his research and serial killers in movies and in general. Nothing really new though...
Oh and check out the German Hannibal-site: http://www.hannibal-derfilm.de as well as the site for the movie magazine: http://www.cinema.de
After Manhunter (1986) and The Silence Of The Lambs (1991) the highly intelligent serial-killer Dr. Lecter heads for the big screen a third time in Hannibal. Being just a
Minor figure in Michael Mann’s thriller Manhunter, in Jonathan Demme’s blockbuster The Silence Of The Lambs he developed as one of the most refined psychopaths of movie history. The actor who played Lecter, Anthony Hopkins, was not only left with an Oscar, it also brought him global fame.
So a sequel was inevitable. But when author and creator of Hannibal Thomas Harris delivered his follow-up with a for Hollywood-standards unfilmable ending, both director Jonathan Demme and Jodie Foster (who won an Oscar for her role of Clarice Starling in The Silence Of The Lambs) refused any cooperation. Only Ridley Scott (Gladiator) set himself the challenge and presents us a a shivering fairytale, that rather faithfully sticks to the novel – besides a new but not less tricky finale.
Scott’s Hannibal dives into the dark impenetrable world of Lecter and his antagonist Mason Verger (Gary Oldman). Submerged in Florence the human-flesh lover is not aware of the fact that special FBI-agent Starling (Julianne Moore) and the only surviver of a Lecter-attack, the multimillionaire Verger have traced down his whereabouts.
The reveling in demonic images gives the movie and elegant touch, being perforated with well-dosed bloody effects, that will make visitors shiver and put their stomachs to the test. You will like it.
Original text: Artur Jung, Cinema magazine February 2001 Translation from German: Arjan Welles