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The king's speech

Awarded with various academic awards and winner of 4 Oscars, The king's speech is a movie about the King George VI (Bertie) of the United Kingdom, who was suddenly crowned after the scandalous abdication of his brother King Edward VIII. The king George has suffered from debilitating speech impediment all his life. His country was on the brink of war and a leader was needed, his wife Elizabeth looked for an eccentric speech therapist, Lionel Logue, to help him. Through a set of unexpected techniques, and as a result of an unlikely friendship, at the end of the story Bertie found his own voice and was able to lead the country through war, thanks to his final speech. The movie was based on real facts of the royalty when the King George make his first wartime radio broadcast upon Britain's declaration of war on Germany in 1939. 

Analysis

This is one of my favorite scenes where the King George finally gives his speech, the formality and lexicon are very formal in order to reach specific royalty protocols, even though it is a broadcast, the speech is given with certain rhythm, intonation and a formal register. People seem to be at the lookout of what is going on King's speech very respectfully. Everything must to be on time and well-planned, a dress code and protocols are followed for the event. Working royalty team bow to greet him. One of the main features of British people is to be punctual and to pay attention to all the details for the sake of reaching perfection.

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The silence of the lambs

The Silence of the Lambs is a 1991 American psychological horror film directed by Jonathan Demme and the film stars Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins. a young FBI trainee ,Clarice Starling, seeks the advice of the imprisoned Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist and cannibalistic serial killer to apprehend another serial killer, known only as "Buffalo Bill", who skins his female victims' corpses. The film won the Big Five Academy Awards, Best Picture, Best Director (Demme), Best Actor (Hopkins), Best Actress (Foster), and Best Adapted Screenplay (Ted Tally). Also, the film is considered "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant by the U.S. Library of Congress and was selected to be preserved in the National Film Registry in 2011.

The first Clarice's interview with Hannibal Lecter

Analysis

In this movie scene, the language and body language are formal with good manners, because the interview is between an FBI trainee and a   criminal Psychoanalyst, so cultured, both are well educated and behave according to the context, typical American FBI movie scene. They follow a protocol of maximum-security prison. The story takes place in a town, Quantico (Virginia) where the training FBI academy is. Different American cultural aspects are shown, such as FBI protocols in a criminal investigation, living town styles such as where the Buffalo Bill, serial women killer, commits his crimes and the government authorities’ behavior. It is said American people is so direct they always maintain eye contact when they are speaking to someone else; as we can see in this scene they are so direct and cautious during the interview.

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Consulted sources

The king's speech image .Retrieved from https://www.filmaffinity.com/es/film968462.html on May 20, 2020

The King's speech scene video. Retrived from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPLIw64rLJc&t=30s on May 20,2020

Wikipedia (2020). The King's speech movie. Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_King%27s_Speech on May 20, 2020

The silence of the lambs image. Retrieved from https://www.google.com/search? tbm=isch&q=silencio+de+los+inocentes,+El#imgrc=oMQqsQVUz4ZBpM on May 22, 2020

The first Clarice 's interview  with Hannibal Lecter video. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5dA92wqmME&t=8s in May 22, 2020

Wikipedia (2020). The silence of the lambs movie. Retrieved from https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Silence_of_the_Lambs_(película) on May 22, 2020