Mad Duck Posters first release of 2021 is this hauntingly beautiful new movie poster for The Silence of the Lambs by artist Greg Ruth featuring Jodie Foster’s Clarice Starling! It will go on sale in a Regular Edition and a special “Buffalo Bill” Night Vision Variant at 12pm ET today, Tuesday, January 19th, at MadDuckPosters.com. The Silence of the Lambs by Greg Ruth is a 24”x36” hand numbered screen print. The Regular Edition is limited to 225 pieces and will retail for $65, while the Night Vision Variant is limited to 125 pieces and will retail for $85.
“Silence of the Lambs was always a tricky one I avoided these last few years for being both almost over obvious in its temptation to focus on Anthony Hopkins’ Hannibal, or that so many have made excellent alt posters for it already. Having the opportunity to use Jodie’s likeness and keep it focused on Clarice was the game changer. To me this film was always about her rather than anyone else. It’s her evolution, her becoming that the film is about as a parallel alongside Buffalo Bill’s. The moth is a symbol speaking to Clarice, whether she knows it or not. Bill then is a more incidental dragon she has to slay in order to complete her warrior’s evolution, with the aid of the captured dragon in Hannibal. It’s why the film ends with her graduation. But this moment in Bill’s lair, on his turf deep in the cave of his depravity, at this particular moment where she turns and fires... that volcanic scene was what I wanted to focus on. This is the last thing the villain ever saw. It seemed a perfect place to land, and perch and watch.” – Greg Ruth
