Why Is Lecter Movie Important
DIAGNOSTIC IMPRESSIONS
Signs:
Over the course of the movie Lecter not only kills a number of policemen with no signs of regret but also mutilates a number of their bodies post-mortem. This mutilation includes biting the face off a police officer, putting it over his own, and using the disguise to escape imprisonment. It also includes dismembering a police officer and stringing his body up above Lecter’s holding cell. As stated above this killing spree did have an end goal, and that was for Lecter to break himself out of prison. Not only did he break out but he escapes out of the country, as we learn in the end of the film. At the end of the film we also see him committing fraud, taking an alias when he escapes from prison. What makes Hannibal Lecter’s character so creepy is his charm, throughout the movie we see him be cordial, polite, and at all times acting on the highest form of manners. This can been seen in his treatment of Clarice, for example, when one of the inmates throws seamen at her, Lecter, in response, forces the man to swallow his own tongue. While this is also an act of violence, it can be seen as Lecter evening the scale for Clarice’s dignity. …show more content…
Lecter evidently does not have a Border-Line Personality Disorder because it is a disorder that involves lots of self doubt and a lack of stability in ones life. While Lecter does lead a unconventional life and, for a major portion of the movie, is imprisoned, he is meticulously plotting the entire time. This shows an amount of control that would be lacking if there was a Border-Line Personality Disorder was in the picture. Lecter is also very self confident is his intelligence, using it to manipulate most, if not all, the situations he is in, as well as managing to psychoanalyze and find the serial killer the FBI is hunting. Due to these factors we can rule out Border-Line Personality
Signs:
Over the course of the movie Lecter not only kills a number of policemen with no signs of regret but also mutilates a number of their bodies post-mortem. This mutilation includes biting the face off a police officer, putting it over his own, and using the disguise to escape imprisonment. It also includes dismembering a police officer and stringing his body up above Lecter’s holding cell. As stated above this killing spree did have an end goal, and that was for Lecter to break himself out of prison. Not only did he break out but he escapes out of the country, as we learn in the end of the film. At the end of the film we also see him committing fraud, taking an alias when he escapes from prison. What makes Hannibal Lecter’s character so creepy is his charm, throughout the movie we see him be cordial, polite, and at all times acting on the highest form of manners. This can been seen in his treatment of Clarice, for example, when one of the inmates throws seamen at her, Lecter, in response, forces the man to swallow his own tongue. While this is also an act of violence, it can be seen as Lecter evening the scale for Clarice’s dignity. …show more content…
Lecter evidently does not have a Border-Line Personality Disorder because it is a disorder that involves lots of self doubt and a lack of stability in ones life. While Lecter does lead a unconventional life and, for a major portion of the movie, is imprisoned, he is meticulously plotting the entire time. This shows an amount of control that would be lacking if there was a Border-Line Personality Disorder was in the picture. Lecter is also very self confident is his intelligence, using it to manipulate most, if not all, the situations he is in, as well as managing to psychoanalyze and find the serial killer the FBI is hunting. Due to these factors we can rule out Border-Line Personality