Tag Archives: 1990’s horror

Analysis

Jacob’s Ladder: A Proxy War

The Vietnam timeline continues throughout the entire film, the truth slowly revealed in bits and pieces as it comes back to Jake. In the modern timeline, we're never sure if it's really happening or the entire thing is a fabrication...

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Analysis

The Silence of the Lambs: Interrogating Reality

Clarice demonstrates several of these methods when extracting information from the willfully tight-lipped Dr. Lecter. By assessing these scenes, we can identify real-life practices employed by the FBI, how that reflects current and past practices, and fictional characters displaying admirable traits to which we hope all law enforcement agents aspire.

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