i would never pit two baddies against each other. in the simplest terms, this film and silence of the lambs are two sides of the same coin and everyone has their preference. manhunter is mine
the colors? beautiful. the score? wicked. the performances? devoured. i feel like this was such an inflection point for the genre in 1986. again, very simply, i love this movie so much because it is an elite combination of all my favorite cinematic tropes and themes
and mild spoiler: i can't stop laughing at the jogger scene. "what you movin in slow motion for man? i'm being mugged"