Hannibal Lecter is a fictional character created by Thomas Harris . Featured in the novels Red Dragon , Silence of the Lambs , Hannibal , and Hannibal: Ascension . First appears in Red Dragon as a brilliant forensic psychiatrist , serial killer and cannibal . He shows the features of a psychopath , but has an outstanding intellect. Intelligence brings him fame in medical circles, and cannibalism among ordinary people. The first actor to play this role was the Scot Brian Cox in the 1986 film “The Manhunter, ” based on the novel “The Red Dragon”. But the Welsh actor Anthony Hopkins created the most recognizable image of Dr. Lecter. Hopkins performed in this role in the films Silence of the Lambs (1991), Hannibal (2001) and Red Dragon (2002). In 1992, Anthony Hopkins received the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as Lecter in Silence of the Lambs, although he was on screen for only 16 minutes. The role of the young Lecter in the 2007 film “ Hannibal: Ascent ” was played by the French actor Gaspard Ulliel .
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| Creator | Thomas harris |
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| Date of Birth | January 30, 1938 [1] |
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| The role is performed | Anthony Hopkins Brian Cox Gaspar Ulliel Mads Mikkelsen |
In 2003, the American Institute of Motion Picture Arts named Dr. Hannibal Lecter, performed by Anthony Hopkins, the number one movie villain of all time [2] .
Danish actor Mads Mikkelsen played in the Hannibal television series produced by NBC . In 2014, Mikkelsen received the Saturn Award for this role.
Description
In Harris’s novels and their adaptations, Lecter is a very educated, culturally and intellectually developed psychiatrist and surgeon, at the same time a monstrous serial killer who practices cannibalism on his victims.
Hannibal Lecter was caught in the book “The Red Dragon” after the murder of Raspai, a flute player whose game Hannibal did not like and who paid for the “fake” performance of the work with his life.
In Harris’s novels, Hannibal Lecter had a polydactyly , namely its rarest form. There were six fingers on the doctor’s left hand, and the sixth, middle, exactly copied his fellow.
Harris said that he was inspired by a prison doctor from the Mexican city of Monterrey in Nuevo Leon . This became known from the writer's preface to the new edition of “Silence of the Lambs,” dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the publication of the book. Nevertheless, Harris did not disclose the name of the doctor, preferring to call him the fictitious name "Dr. Salazar" [3] .
Hannibal Lecter is actually a very interesting figure. I think we secretly admire him. He embodies the inexpressible part of ourselves, the desires, fantasies and dark sides of our souls, and we can be truly healthy only if we acknowledge their existence. We probably want to be the same daredevils as he is. - Anthony Hopkins [4] . |
Harris said that he met with Dr. Salazar in prison, where he came to interview an American prisoner convicted of killing three young people. Harris does not remember the exact date of the meeting - presumably this happened in 1964. Harris met with Dr. Salasar after he saved the life of the criminal, from whom the writer was going to interview. The prisoner was injured while trying to escape from prison, but the prison doctor managed to cure him. The writer recalls talking with Dr. Salasar about a wounded American prisoner and childhood psychological injuries that could push him to kill. “Dr. Salazar was a small, flexible man with dark red hair. He was very calm, and there was a certain elegance in him, ”says Harris. This conversation served as a prototype for the scene in The Silence of the Lambs, where Hannibal Lecter asks FBI intern Clarissa Starling about her childhood injuries [5] [6] .
It has been suggested that the doctor’s real name is Alfredo Ballí Treviño, who was released from prison in the 1980s and died in 2009 or 2010 [7] .
In his commentary on the Silence of the Lambs DVD, Hopkins argued that his character’s speech patterns were greatly influenced by the ominous HAL 9000 computer from Stanley Kubrick ’s 2001 movie The Space Odyssey of 2001 , and he borrowed an unblinking look from documentary filming of Charles Manson’s interrogations.
Criticism and reviews
- According to the version of the British edition of Empire, Lecter performed by Hopkins ranks twenty-first in the ranking of the hundred greatest movie heroes [8] .
- The IGN website put Hannibal Lecter in 6th place on the list of “25 Best Villains in Horror” [9] .
In 2016, Rolling Stone magazine placed Lecter from the Hannibal series at number 18 on his list of “40 Greatest Television Villains of All Time” [10] .
Notes
- ↑ According to the page about Hannibal Lecter on the list of especially dangerous criminals in the movie “Hannibal”
- ↑ America's 100 Greatest Heroes & Villains . Filmsite . AMC Networks . Date of treatment May 24, 2016.
- ↑ Daily Mail Reporter. The REAL Hannibal Lecter . MailOnline (July 27, 2013). Date of treatment July 30, 2013. Archived on August 14, 2013.
- ↑ Life Rules Anthony Hopkins
- ↑ Hannibal Lecter Prototype Disclosed
- ↑ Hannibal Lecter based on doctor in Mexican jail
- ↑ Hannibal Lecter es de Monterrey | VICE México
- ↑ The 100 Greatest Movie Characters
- ↑ Jesse Schedeen. The Top 25 Horror Movie Villains (October 31, 2013). Date of treatment April 11, 2013. Archived April 15, 2013.
- ↑ Collins, Sean T. 40 Greatest TV Villains of All Time . Rolling Stone (February 9, 2016). Date of treatment July 17, 2017.