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Care for some more CHIANTI?

November 30th 2006 22:19

Or perhaps another helping of lima beans? They go so well with the rare and succulent flesh on your plate I so lovingly prepared. It’s so delicious to have guests for dinner, I must say. And, may I add, your taste is impeccable.

Yes, you guessed it, the fifth chapter in the criminal life and wayward career of psychiatrist and exotic chef extraordinaire Hannibal Lector will hit cinemas next year. Hannibal Rising is scheduled for release in Australia on February 15th.

It is a prequel and tells of the early years in Hannibal’s life, from his childhood in Lithuania to his teenage years in France and up to his time in America. It is a dark tale of tragedy and loss, but most significantly, revenge.

Producer Dino de Laurentiis, who brought Manhunter (1986), Hannibal (2001) and Red Dragon (2002) to the screen (but not The Silence of the Lambs, 1991), says “It is a revenge story that shows why he became a cannibal, but he kills people audiences want to see killed. So while there is a natural revulsion, the sympathy toward Hannibal remains …”

Author Thomas Harris hurriedly penned the novel, which had several original titles (Behind the Mask: The Blooding of Hannibal Lecter, The Lecter Variations, The Story of Young Hannibal Lecter) and then requested to write the screenplay as well, which surprised Laurentiis, who discovered Harris had enough material in the first draft for two movies.

WARNING SPOILERS AHEAD! (But don't worry the flesh is fine!)

The story tells how Lecter was born in the late 1930s into a wealthy Lithuanian land-owning family. His parents were killed by the Nazis when he was six and during the harsh winter of 1944, he and Mischa, his elder sister, had to fend for themselves. They lived in a barn until starving soldiers found them. The men decided to eat one of the children and chose Mischa because she was fatter, killing her with an axe.

It was a truly defining moment for Lecter, a moment of extreme psychological trauma and horror that would gnaw away at him for the rest of his life.

The move is directed by Peter Webber (The Girl with the Pearl Earring) and stars mostly unknowns. Playing the adolescent Lecter is newcomer Gasbard Ulliel, while sultry Gong Li will play Lady Murasaki, the woman who takes in the young Hannibal after his escape from an orphanage and unwittingly becomes a pawn in a revenge plot of Hannibal’s.

This all sounds frightfully tantalising, with the movie’s mouthwatering locales and the tale’s delectable moments of horrific perversity. From the stills it looks like production values are high and the mood and atmosphere will be suitably dark-hued and prickly, like the outer flesh of a well roasted lamb.

young Hannibal Lecter practicing his carving skills

The Hannibal Lecter saga is undoubtedly cinema’s most sophisticated villain franchise. I trust the filmmakers have made sure the cutlery remains as polished and sharp as ever.

Now, how about that glass of Chianti …?

* the images on this page are courtesy Universal Pictures

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Comment by katyzzz

November 30th 2006 23:53

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Bryn,

I didn't mean THAT kind of lunch, although it would, indeed be very expensive.

This looks as if it will be an incredible movie depending on how it is done.

I am not sure if I have the anatomy for it. I avoided the first one but one does see clips from time to time so can't be ignorant of its images and suggestions. Scary stuff. Very Scorpio....oops, sorry!

There's a lot of feeling in that youngster's face.

Your baby horror sister,

katyzzz

Comment by KylieW

December 1st 2006 01:00

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Ohh, it looks good. I love the character of Hannibal Lecter. To be able to make a character so revulsive, yet likeable at the same time is such a feat.

I didn't love the movie Hannibal. Anthony Hopkins was the only person in that movie I actually liked. The rest was a bit average. So I hope it's on a par with Silence of the Lambs

Comment by Cibbuano

December 1st 2006 01:17

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We'll see if they do a good job with this one... it'll be freaky, no doubt!

Comment by Bryn

December 1st 2006 01:50

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Kylie,
It got a very mixed reception, but I really enjoyed Hannibal. Although I didn't particularly like Julianne Moore in the Clarice role (not a huge fan of hers anyway) ... I loved the mood. And the gruesomeness of it all. Did you recognise Gary Oldman?

Comment by The Voices in my Head

December 1st 2006 03:14

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Bryn,
I ADORE Hannibal Lecter. I think we need a real life him cloned and shipped to every continent to rid us of the bad guys. He makes me feel safe and there is something very sexy about that. (My mother thinks I need to see a shrink. Hannibal scares the bejesus out of her. I don't get it.)

I agree with your Julianne Moore statement. Who would make the perfect Clarise in your dark and fearsome mind? I didn't care for Jodie Foster, either. Her accent was so over the top, it was distracting. I think I might like Cate Blanchett for the role. Not an obvious choice, but there is something about her that would make her a perfect match for Hannibal. Perhaps it would become a romance between the two of them! OR we could make it a bloody comedy and have Ellen Degeneres. *smile*

Voices~

Comment by K.L. Almeroth

December 1st 2006 03:21

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I actually really liked Jodie Foster in it...I don't know why!

I love Voices' Cate Blanchett idea...she would be great!

K.L.

Comment by LaurenD

December 1st 2006 04:45

Very much looking forward to this.

I've read Harris' books and must say the man knows how to make the reader a tad paranoid when the book is put down and the night is long.

Very exciting. Thanks!

LaurenD

Comment by Sisi

December 1st 2006 11:11

Goodness this looks scary. I've never seen any of the Hannibal Lecter movies...

Comment by Pilgrim

December 2nd 2006 03:34

A movie worth seeing. I can hardly wait, love the smoothness and calculated viciousness of the man....very Scorpio indeed.....

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Comment by Ashish

December 2nd 2006 17:01

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I had seen this movie! Damn i was bouncing out of my chair every now and then and guess what i was watching alone o god......Nice Blog

Comment by Bryn

December 3rd 2006 23:32

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I didn't mind Jodie either .... Not sure about Cate, great as she is ... I can't stand Ellen Degeneres though, so I'm giving the big thumbs down to a horror comedy with her in it ... For my pick on horror comedy, see my Shaun of the Dead post

Comment by **suitably*wounded**

December 12th 2006 03:43

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This actually might be the first preview I've seen in a bit that looks absolutely, well, appetizing. And I would have no problem what-so-ever seeing someone like Laura Linney. Scrumptious. Pass the wine.

Comment by Werewolf wanabe

August 18th 2008 00:55

Chianti? I would love some. Who is the meat? Whoever he/she is, they're delicious. My compliments to the chef and the doner. Hanibal Lector is such an amazing character, and a very inquiring person. The meat was delicious. Maybe next time I'll bring the food.