Hannibal: the Book vs. The Movie Since the beginning of the movie, it was a love story between Dr. Lecter and Clarice Starling. The movie began with the dialog between Barney and Mason Verger in which Verger bought the famous mask and they discussed the couple at hand. After this, cinema continues where the book begins.There is a lack of emotion in Starling, created directly from the absence of Ardelia Mapp, her roommate. The …showed first 75 words of 2194 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2194 total…once again it looked bad for the FBI. Now Hannibal wasn't the only fugitive. The Red-Eyed Lamb It is full circle for Clarice as Hannibal is the red-eyed lamb who appears over her bedside to watch over her. His eyes are referred to as red when he brushed her finger in Silence (I read that scene of the book) and when he is called "the devil himself" by the black lady who was pursuing him.