I watch movies and television too and I have not seen any
that fit your criteria either ... maybe some examples here
too would work. SotLs goes into the motivation of the killer
(Buffalo Bill) to great detail drawing on the historical
record from Ed Gein's life. Hannibal is less developed, but
then he is a plot device not a prime character ... that
antagonist characteristics of his presentation are a red
herring to the actual antagonist Buffalo Bill, who we learn
enough to catch a glimpse while our imaginations are used to
accent the overall gruesomeness of the character.
Now the movie "Bag of Bones" is a bad movie where the
elements are just tossed in there, but then again considering
the conclusion of the plot that's the point ... in the end I
just didn't enjoy the movie though.
Even the serial killer of the week plots from both Millennium
and The Profiler went into the why of the motivation behind
the killers actions.
volente Deo,
Anthony Dauer Alexandria, Virginia
"I know. We are ... the lucky ones." Bif Naked, 1999
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Blumenthal
> Sent: Saturday, March 04, 2000 2:31 PM
>
> The original thread began when I agreed with Etienne
about his dislike of
> this type of villain. In that I stuck to movies of
which I have
> seen many.
> I said then movies are more important in influencing
popular culture. It's
> only when I mentioned a Harris work as an example
that you sprung to life.
> If you think Harris is the greatest thing since
sliced bread
> that's fine. I
> have read enough reviews, comments on this list and
seen the Oscar winning
> film
> made of his book to know I don't wish to read
anything by " one
> of the most
> critically aclaimed
> authors of our time." Gee, I guess others on this
list are wasting their
> time debating about Hemingway and Conrad. They
should discuss Harris
> instead.
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