Movie Analysis
Hannibal Rising
Lim Sing Yee (1328175)Gooi Lih Joe (1328169)Regina Hoo (1327813)
Hannibal Rising
• A horror film.• Produced in 2007.• The 5th film of the
Hannibal Lecter franchise.
• It’s the prequel of the Hannibal series.
Genre
• Horror- Designed to shock & frighten
• Literary Adaptation- Screenplays are adapted from novels
Director- Peter Webber
• A British director.• Have been active in the
film industry since 1992.
• Well known film: Girl with a Pearl Earring and Hannibal Rising.
• Girl with a Pearl Earring directed by Peter Webber in 2003.
• Starring Scarlett Johansson & Colin Firth.
• Thomas Harris – born on April 11, 1940 in Jackson, Tennessee, US.
• Well known American author and screenwriter.
• The genre of his novels is based on crime, horror, and suspense.
• He wrote the screenplay for Hannibal Rising.
Author- Thomas Harris
Example of Thomas Harris’ Notable Works:
• Gaspard Ulliel – born on November 25, 1984 in Paris, France.
• He is a French film actor and model.
• In 2004, his film - A Very Long Engagement, won him a Cesar for the Most Promising Actor in 2005.
Actor’s Background
• Gong Li (巩俐 ) – born on December 31, 1965 in Shenyang, China.
• She is a Chinese actress.• Her debut film Red
Sorghum directed by Zhang Yimou in 1987 won an award at the Berlin Film Festival.
• This helped her gain international prominence.
Actress’ Background
Character’s Background
Hannibal Lecter:
After a traumatically eventful childhood, Hannibal escaped the confines of his orphanage to unite with his aunt in Paris.
Despite getting his life back in order (he had obtained a work scholarship in a medical school in France), he could not escape his past.
• Thus driven to seek revenge, he begins hunting down the men responsible for his sister Mischa’s death to avenge her through means of violent torture.
Lady Murasaki:• She is his uncle’s wife.• A Japanese.• She taught Hannibal
martial arts amongst other skills.
• His first kill was in order to defend her honour.
• She helped Hannibal gain perspective in life.
• Although she tries reasoning with his obsession to hunt down the Lithuanian Hilfswillege involved with Mischa’s death, she eventually becomes his unwilling accomplice.