I've always thought it would've been a far better idea never to let the audience actually see or hear Hannibal. It's like from the moment you actually see him he's kind of demystified. Although I prefer Cox's version in Manhunter I still think the film as a whole would've been better without him. Just have him as some kind of diabolical unseen presence. It's the same for me with Marlon Brando's Kurtz, in Apocalypse Now.
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