When Buffalo Bill starts running and she doesn't shoot him? Seriously you're supposed to be an FBI agent a man who you k
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The_Ultimate_Hippo — 10 years ago(October 10, 2015 07:03 AM)
But Bill started running and she didn't shoot him!!! Why the hell not??? She was perfectly justified. For all she knew he had a damn shotgun in the next room and was going to blow her brains out.
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wylierichardson-966-922691 — 9 years ago(December 20, 2016 02:04 AM)
That may be what a real-life FBI agent would have done in that situation; but remember that this is cinema. The protracted scene in the basement helped to slowly but surely build the tension, putting her in clear danger; when she finally kills Buffalo Bill, it's like a catharsis / relief for the viewer. Many film climaxes work the same way - consider the long denouments of "Titanic", "Lord of the Rings", and "Star Wars".
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shawnmichael15 — 10 years ago(October 10, 2015 03:24 PM)
My point is she should have had backup before even
going
there alone to begin with. They could have waited outside and did something similar to what the other FBI agents were going to do with the undercover flower delivery man, but she took the case personal and took it upon herself. She got lucky, but it was ultimately not a very wise decision on her part.
And Catharine was kept alive there for awhile because he was starving her to make her skin tighter.. Yes, he planned on killing her but not in
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The_Ultimate_Hippo — 10 years ago(January 01, 2016 09:00 AM)
Before she pulled her gun out she knew that guy was Buffalo Bill so don't try to act like it completely took her by surprise, secondly the guy was running from her and was most definitely a threat to others, she was well within her right to shoot him.
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J-Curl-BiggernBlacker — 5 years ago(June 09, 2020 06:49 PM)
Nope! It’s made very clear that she doesn’t know it’s Buffalo Bill she’s talking to until she starts talking to him, then sees the moth flying around that he’s been shoving down the victims throats after he kills them.
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pistrix — 9 years ago(August 29, 2016 07:22 PM)
I think Clarice should have called for backup before going into the house alone it was a stupid decision.
She didn't know Jack Gordon was really Jamie Gum aka Buffalo Bill. She didn't know until she saw the DeathHead Moth on the spool of thread. She had no reason to call for backup yet.
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selenedm999 — 9 years ago(April 14, 2016 12:54 AM)
Also, as good as she was on the shooting range, Clarice is set up all along to be a very sympathetic human being.
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fcolli — 9 years ago(December 04, 2016 09:33 AM)
In the novel, she turned and started firing blindly when she heard the hammer being thumbed back by Gumm, which Harris described as an unmistakable sound. Perhaps Gumm himself was hesitating to fire. He may have been enjoying his cat and mouse game a bit too much. It's also an unnecessary action, since all modern pistols are double action. But all movie makers love those added few seconds of tension that the action adds to the scene.
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grantb-64490 — 9 years ago(August 03, 2016 12:52 AM)
Wrong. It depends on the circumstances, and the situation in the movie was definitely one of those circumstances where use of deadly force against even an unarmed fleeing felon would be justifiable.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fleeing_felon_rule
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Marmadukebagelhole — 10 years ago(February 18, 2016 04:40 AM)
My goodness. It sounds as if Clarice Starling wasn't a hardened, experienced agent. Punch her for me too.
But wait.
Hear me out. Maybe there's a part of the film which conveys that Clarice is NOT an amazing field officer who is flawlessly proficient in these type of situations whilst in training.
Maybe someone who has seen the film might go out of their way to check it out, ooooooooooorrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr, Marmaduke can remember what he saw.
Yep. That's right! They put a scene early in the film to demonstrate that Clarice does not have significant prowess with hostile field situations. Add to that the fact that Crawford is picking up Bill at a location miles and miles away and the fact that this is a suspense thriller, then your post starts to sound like whiny, ignorant load of crap.
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