It was a remake of the earlier film,Manhunter (1986), directed by Michael Mann - seehere.The title "Red Dragon" referred to William Blake""s painting calledThe Great Red Dragon and the Woman Clothed With the Sun.Clyde Lockert (David Niven) introduces himself to Sam.Over dry martinis at a table, Lockert flirtatiously offers compliments o Sam""s "lovely" and attractive wife, although Sam is strangely unaware and dismissive of the amorous attention.He commanded his thugs, who were outside unloading a metal crate (containing a missile launcher) from a van (marked with bullet holes), to "modify it, and attach it to the stern" of the yacht (although the instructions were in Russian).]During the projection of the film in the theater, he Boy/Projectionist tired, dozed off and fell asleep in the projection room - he would experience a wish-fulfillment dream offering solutions o the mystery while imagining himself as a heroic and accomplished sleuth...Why can""t the English teach their children how to speak?Norwegians learn Norwegian, the Greeks are taught their GreekIn France every Frenchman knows his language from ""A"" to ""Zed"" -The French don""t care what they do, actually, as long as they pronounce it properly.