Most scenes together: Will Graham & Hannibal Lecktor (4)
You want to know how he's choosing them, don't you?
I thought you might have some ideas.
Why should I tell you?
You'd get to see the file on this case. And there's another reason.
Pray tell.
I thought you might be curious to see if you're smarter than the person I'm looking for.
Then, by implication, you think you're smarter than me, since you caught me.
No. I know that I'm not smarter than you.
Then how did you catch me?
You had disadvantages.
What disadvantages?
You're insane.
Freddy Lounds How does working on this case affect your sex life?
Mine? It doesn't affect mine. It affects yours. Go **** yourself.
Hello, Will. I want to congratulate you on the job you did on Mr. Lounds. I admire that enormously — oh, what a cunning boy you are!
I'm sick of you crazy sons of bitches, Lecktor. You got something to say, say it.
I want to help you. You would be more comfortable if you would relax with yourself. We don't invent our natures; they're issued to us, along with our lungs and pancreas and everything else. Why fight it?
Fight what?
Did you really feel so depressed after you shot Mr. Garret Jacob Hobbs to death? I didn't know you then, but I think you probably did. But it wasn't the act that got you so down. Didn't you feel so bad because killing him felt so good? And why shouldn't it feel good? It must feel good to God. He does it all the time. God's terrific. He dropped a roof on 34 of His worshipers last Wednesday night as they were groveling through a hymn to His majesty. Don't you think that felt good?
Why does it feel good, Dr. Lecktor?
It feels good, Will, because God has power. If one does what God does enough times, one will become as God is.
This is a very shy boy, Will. What were their yards like?
Big back yards. Fences, hedges. Why?
Because, my dear Will, if this pilgrim imagines he has a relationship with the moon, he might go outside to look at it. Have you ever seen blood in the moonlight, Will? It appears quite black. If one were nude, it would be better to have privacy for this sort of thing.
That's interesting.
No, it's not. You thought of it before.
I considered it.
You came here to look at me, to get the old scent back again, didn't you?
I want your opinion.
I don't have one right now.
Well, when you have one, I'd like to hear it.
Can I keep this?
I haven't decided yet.
I'll study them. When you get more files, I'd like to see them, too. You can call me. When I have to call my lawyer, they bring me a telephone. Would you like to leave me your home phone number?
No.
Do you know how you caught me?
The reason you caught me, Will, is we're just alike. [Will keeps knocking. A prison guard opens the door] Do you understand? [Will leaves] Smell yourself.
Jack Crawford Look, admit we struck out this month. The Lear jet is standing by. The basic lab stuff is on it. You, Zeller, Jimmy Price, the photographer. Anywhere he hits, we can be there in an hour and fifteen minutes. We get the call, we roll. The scene will be fresh. Fresher then we've ever had it.
It's not over yet.
Jack Crawford Oh, for Christ's sake, it's a foregone conclusion! It's 11:30 P.M., the full moon is happening tonight. Give it up. Forget this month. It's too damn late.
I gave it up! Till you showed up with pictures of two dead families, knowing goddamn well that I'd imagine families three, four, five and six. Right?
Jack Crawford You're **** right I did! And I'd do it again!
Great! But don't talk to me about late, pal! I'll tell you when it's too **** late! Until then, we go as late as I wanna take it!
Reba McClane Who is it?
It's me.
Reba McClane Who? Who is it?
It's me.
Reba McClane Oh. Francis?
No. Not Francis. Francis is gone. Francis is gone forever.
I need your help, Dr. Lecktor.
Why should I?
There are things you don't have — library privileges, computer access. I'd speak to the chief of staff. And there's another reason.
Pray tell.
I thought you might enjoy the challenge — find out if you're smarter than the person I'm looking for.
Then, by implication, you think you're smarter than I am, since you caught me.
I know that I'm not smarter than you.
Then how did you catch me?
You had disadvantages.
What disadvantages?
You're insane.
I thought I had to work things out and call you after.
I thought I wouldn't wait.
This started from an abused kid, a battered infant. There's something terrible about...
Jack Crawford You're sympathizing with this guy?
Absolutely. My heart bleeds for him, as a child. Someone took a kid and manufactured a monster. At the same time, as an adult, he's irredeemable. He butchers whole families to pursue trivial fantasies. As an adult, someone should blow the sick **** out of his socks. Does that sound like a contradiction to you, Jack? Does this kind of thinking make you uncomfortable?
Freddy Lounds No. I don't want to know who you are.
According to you, I'm a pervert — an animal, you said. You know who I am now?
Freddy Lounds Yes.
Do you feel privileged?
Freddy Lounds I'm very scared.
Open your eyes. Mr. Lounds, you're a reporter, I want you to report. That's why you're here. Open your eyes or I'll staple your eyelids to your forehead!
Well, here I... am.
Before me, you are a slug in the sun. You are privy to a great becoming, but you recognize nothing. You are an ant in the afterbirth. It is in your nature to do one thing correctly: Tremble. But fear is not what you owe me. No, Lounds... you and the others — you owe me awe!
Have you ever seen blood in the moonlight, Will? It appears quite black.
If one does what God does enough times, one will become as God is.
It's just you and me now, sport. And I'm going to find you, goddamn it.
Take my word for it. I'm smiling.
