"The movie has an undercurrent of unwelcome male attention toward her character; rarely in a movie..."

Roger Ebert on Agent Clarice Starling, The Silence of The Lambs (3.5/4)

Rewatching and realising how important it is to introduce this film and it’s treatment of Agent Starling to all young men. Subtle, but the gender bias would ring true to so many women. This film is an often under-credited masterpiece with so much symbolism it is extraordinary.

(via dragonfiretwistedwire)

Had to add Christina’s tags here. Via (wallmakerrelict)

#yes yes yes#especially notice the extreme unease the viewer is made to feel when clarice is walking the gauntlet at the mental hospital#and how similar our unease is when clarice is surrounded by her male colleagues#the way crawford treats her at the autopsy scene is only the most obvious example#and please note that when clarice makes the breakthrough that cracks the case#she does it with the help of a fellow woman agent#in one of the few scenes where self-consciousness and male gaze doesn’t ooze off the screen#hannibal#the silence of the lambs