Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by mpathus (A) on March 03, 2008 at 14:42:32

In Reply to: RE: Clarification please. posted by Larry I on March 03, 2008 at 12:32:14

...in "Manhunter" didn't manner Lector's madness -- a different approach to insanity/menace was more to my tastes, although Hopkins did tone down his interpretation in subsequent films.

I always liked "Remains of the Day"; is it an example of mannered Hopkins performance?

I suppose not for the reason that you pointed out. His character was a man of few words and impecable restraint, and this manservant's means of expression was chosen by Hopkins to be physical pace, subtle gesture and most delightfully silence/pauses!

I think Lector is a stew best served cold, with a prodigious side of analytic intelligence, all to be lost at a moment of hysterical judgement -- and held in reserve -- not a character to telegraph anything by being scary.

Edits: 03/03/08