THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS

I am a huge of lurid American crime fiction. Thus Thomas Harris holds a special place in my heart, as does the spectacular film adaptation of one of his most famous books The Silence of the Lambs. The character of Buffalo Bill as a homicidal false transsexual is so fascinating to me. He is a character obsessed with growth, with transformation and that excites me. The book contains these long passages about the muscular appearance of the killer, and of his unearthly voice. This was captured so well in the film that it transported me to new realms of pleasure. In particular I enjoyed the famous scene where Buffalo Bill dresses as a woman and parades around his room.

This picture for me speaks of that famous cinematic moment, but also of my own gender play, ranging from wearing to women's clothes but identifying as male to play acting at being women when I was a young child. I feel this picture is both glamorous and grotesque, which is how I feel most good things are.