BEHIND THE SCREAMS: The Silence of the Lambs

Based on a True Crime by Chelsea and David

Mar 19, 202090:18Society & Culture

Hello, Clarice! In this episode, we discuss the chilling adaptation of the best-selling novel 'The Silence of the Lambs' by Thomas Harris and how the astonishingly versatile director Jonathan Demme crafted a taut psychol...

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