Go Into The Story Script Reading & Analysis: “The Silence of the Lambs”
The entire 10 part series breaking down the 1991 Best Picture screenplay.
The entire 5-part series breaking down the 1991 Best Picture screenplay.
Screenplay by Ted Tally, novel by Thomas Harris.
IMDb plot summary: A young F.B.I. cadet must receive the help of an incarcerated and manipulative cannibal killer to help catch another serial killer, a madman who skins his victims.
Scene-By-Scene Breakdown
Plot
Characters
Themes
Dialogue
You can download a PDF of the script here.
For my 7-part series on How to Read a Screenplay, go here.
For the archives of over 70 Go Into The Story Script Reading & Analysis Series posts, go here.
Years ago, I came up with this mantra: Watch movies. Read scripts. Write pages. A link to my reflections on that here.
Cannot emphasize enough the importance of reading movie scripts.