g., the scene of the gathering of the Klan)expert story-telling, with the cumulative building of the film to a dramatic climaxThe film looks remarkably genuine and authentic, almost of documentary quality (like Brady""s Civil War photographs), vividly reconstructing a momentous time period in history - and it was made only 50 years after the end of the Civil War.And I""ve had all the rough-house I can put up with around here.You want to kill each other? Kill each other, but you ain""t gonna do it on my beat.Are there any questions?Bernardo: Yes, sir.Would you mind translating that into Spanish?Schrank: Get your friends out of here, Bernardo - and stay out -please.Lecter psychically knew that Graham was there to ask advice about the two separate murders: "You want to know how he""s choosing them, don""t you?" Graham tempted Lecter with computer access and knowledge of the case file in exchange for information, as well as meeting the challenge "to find out if you""re smarter than the person I""m looking for.[Homage was paid to it with George Lucas"" pod-race inStar Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999).