Can you imagine Hannibal Lecter end like this?
While watching, I couldn't help but to expect him to have this dialog with the nurse:
(Anthony standing straight in his room, as if awaiting Laura; Bach's Goldberg Variations playing on a tape recorder on the bedside table)
Anthony: Who are you?
Laura: I'm here to look after you.
Anthony: You're not really a nurse, are you?
(sniffles deeply)
Anthony: You use Evian skin cream, and sometimes you wear L'Air du Temp..... but not today!
Laura: Okay... can we get dressed now?
Anthony: What did Paul say to you?
Laura: He said, I can smell your ---
Anthony. I see.... I myself cannot...
Laura: What about a little walk in the park? There's a bird watching station nearby...
Anthony: Ready when you are, Laura!
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(SAH, greatest actor of our time, brilliant movie, BTW!)