Comments on: New Classics: Die Hard and Silence of the Lambs http://illwatchanything.com/2009/10/05/new-classics-die-hard-and-silence-of-the-lambs/ Exploring the darkest depths of the filmic underbelly Sat, 10 Dec 2011 01:38:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Timothy Parfitt http://illwatchanything.com/2009/10/05/new-classics-die-hard-and-silence-of-the-lambs/#comment-27 Thu, 08 Oct 2009 22:44:53 +0000 http://illwatchanything.com/?p=325#comment-27 I feel like Die Hard has been influential beyond the world of cinema. In the build-up to the invasion of Iraq, Bush often fell into a bad John McClane inpersonation, as if he was some ballsy everyman, violence was unavoidable and the US had to step in.

When I was a kid living in Hannover Germany, my family and I went to see JFK and there was a Silence of the Lambs poster, in the lobby. It scared the hell out of me. Unfortunately, I watched the regrettable sequels (including Red Dragon at the Appolo) before SOTL. Not a good idea. But such praise, I might have to give it another try…

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