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Mad Doctors of the Movies: Strangelove and Lecter
Hannibal Lecter
Claim to fame: the psychiatrist who takes an interest in what makes people tick, then wonders what they might taste like. Impeccable manners. Poor boundaries.
Mad pedigree: In The Silence of the Lambs, Anthony Hopkins plays Lecter as a man who can take charge of an interview from the wrong side of a locked door. FBI trainee Clarice Starling needs his help to catch a killer. He’ll offer clues, but the price is a little more of her own story each time. Before long, you’d be forgiven for wondering which of them came for a consultation. Psychiatrist as gourmet, reads your mind…
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