[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

Re: Silence o' the Lambs



Mary Jo:

You wrote:

> My theory is that Lecter embodies a sort of Nietzschean Apollonian
> aesthetic.  For Lecter, Gould's playing is the quintessence of beauty.
> I'm sure the juxtaposition would have horrified Gould, but it's an
> interesting book philosophically...

Could the use of GG in Lambs have simply been a musical/cinematic joke,
i.e. GG and Slaughterhouse Five?

Richard F. Makse
dickm@bigfoot.com
Member, HTML Writers Guild