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Freud’s god is sex.

A frustratingly reduced portrait of Elvis mirrors a complex portrait of Priscilla the woman, first reduced to Sila, then enlarged to Mrs Presley before returning at last to herself.

An active serial killer and a senator’s daughter kidnapped. It could be a movie of its own. Instead, while this drama is going on, the real object of attention is Hannibal Lector’s next move. Captivating performances by Anthony Hopkins and Jodie Foster in their moments together drive the film, until the escape scene, where Lector’s intelligence and gruesomeness are are full display in tandem.