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Podcast: Houselights: A Film Director Podcast
Episode: House of Demme - 91 - The Silence of the Lambs
Description: Released in 1991 and turning Sir Anthony Hopkins into a household name, The Silence of the Lambs remains a cultural landmark of filmmaking with an influence thatβs lasted decades. Houselights starts its 1990s Demme retrospective with the essential question: Does it still resonate, or is it a great work βfor its timeβ?