Synopsis:

The main goals of this edit are to: • rescue these characters (and us) from drowning in a sea of expository dialogue • remove excessive setups and flashbacks • reduce over the top moments and dialogue? • refine the story progression without revealing too much too soon? • trim overacting, especially of Dortlich and to a lesser degree, Hannibal ?• make Hannibal’s parents more likable (or at least less annoying).

Intentions:

This alternate cut allows the viewer to be surprised at the natural turns and twists of the story, rather than being punished by much too early revelations, a cacophony of repeated flashbacks, and extensive expository. The original release was a textbook example of how not to tell a story and how to assault the audience's intelligence.

Change List:

Change List: 1. Cut original title and added new title, “Hannibal’s Requiem.” 2. Cut young Hannibal’s VO line “let’s go” as the bombs start dropping. His voice sounded different than the rest of the film. 3. Cut the father nervously pointing to the obvious spot where supplies needed to be loaded. 4. Cut the father stating during the evacuation of the Lecter castle, “The cart is packed. Everything is ready.” 5. Reduced shots of the letters in the bedroom drawer. 6. Cut the father’s weird military briefing dialogue to his children during the wagon ride. 7. At the lodge, trimmed the father’s practice [gulp, here’s my next line] acting, telling the peasant to hurry back to the castle. 8. Cut the mother’s sing-song line “mamma’s pearls.” 9. Cut the mother’s “pearls before swine” line. She was acting bizarre and explaining the film’s amateur symbolism. 10. Grutas doesn’t have to signal for the peasant to surrender, motioning, wide-eyed with his already pointed gun. The peasa.

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