Why Hannibal Lecter Murders to Bach
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Hannibal Lecter's murders in the courthouse scene in second act of The Silence of the Lambs are some of the most violent things we will see in the film. But, for me, one of the most disturbing things about the scene isn't what Lecter is doing, but what he's listening to whilst he's doing it. He's listening to two movements from J.S. Bach's Goldberg Variations. Let's find out why Lecter murders to Bach.
FURTHER READING/RESEARCH
Dr Lecter's Taste for ‘Goldberg’, or: The Horror of Bach in the Hannibal Franchise [Dr Carlo Cenciarelli]: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02690403.2012.669929
Glenn Gould: The Performer in the Work: A Study in Performance Practice: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Glenn-Gould-Performer-Performance-Practice/dp/0198166567
The Sound of Evil [Theodore Gioia,The American Scholar]: https://theamericanscholar.org/the-sound-of-evil/
Playlist of the Lambs: psychopaths may have distinct musical preferences: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/sep/26/playlist-of-the-lambs-psychopaths-prefer-rap-over-classical-music-study-shows
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