羔羊

《沉默的羔羊》里，最心动的，还是关于羔羊的意象。孤单的人在沉重的环境下，救起一只羔羊，奋力奔跑。仿佛这样子就能得到自由，仿佛这样子得到的自由就不会孤单，仿佛羔羊和她能一同幸福，羔羊也会懂她。对世界的反抗、自我救赎、对他者的关怀，就这样交织在一只羔羊上。但最后羔羊还是离开了，被动或主动地融入那个磨盘。仍然只留下自己，或者浑浑噩噩，或者心里还期望有下一只羔羊，或者变成食人魔杀出去。都可以啊。

原著小说里 Clarice 听到羔羊的尖叫，但她从农场带走的，是一匹瞎了要宰掉的马，最后马还和她被一起送到孤儿院里，陪小朋友们玩到老死。大概是看电影时先入为主吧，电影剧本里把马和羔羊的角色合并，感觉这样处理更好一些。

Hannibal Lecter: After your father's murder, you were orphaned. You were ten years old. You went to live with cousins on a sheep and horse ranch in Montana. And…?
Clarice Starling: [tears begin forming in her eyes]  And one morning, I just ran away.
Hannibal Lecter: No "just", Clarice. What set you off? You started at what time?
……
Hannibal Lecter: And what did you see, Clarice? What did you see?
Clarice Starling: Lambs. The lambs were screaming.
Hannibal Lecter: They were slaughtering the spring lambs?
Clarice Starling: And they were screaming.
Hannibal Lecter: And you ran away?
Clarice Starling: No. First I tried to free them. I… I opened the gate to their pen, but they wouldn't run. They just stood there, confused. They wouldn't run.
Hannibal Lecter: But you could and you did, didn't you?
Clarice Starling: Yes. I took one lamb, and I ran away as fast as I could.
Hannibal Lecter: Where were you going, Clarice?
Clarice Starling: I don't know. I didn't have any food, any water and it was very cold, very cold. I thought, I thought if I could save just one, but… he was so heavy. So heavy. I didn't get more than a few miles when the sheriff's car picked me up. The rancher was so angry he sent me to live at the Lutheran orphanage in Bozeman. I never saw the ranch again.
Hannibal Lecter: What became of your lamb, Clarice?
Clarice Starling: They killed him.