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Hannibal Lecter also drops a little Easter egg in Silence of the Lambs when he tells Clarice that he murdered a census taker and enjoyed the man’s liver “with some fava beans and a nice Chianti”. Aside from the fact that this line simply works for Lecter’s character, there might have been an even deeper meaning behind it. In 1988, the time the original novel was published, many psychiatric patients were being treated with antidepressants known as monoamine oxidase inhibitors, or MAOIs. In combination with certain foods, these drugs could lead to fatal increases in blood pressure. Three foods in particular that patients taking MAOIs could not enjoy were liver, fava beans and red wine. And Hannibal Lecter, who was a psychiatrist himself, would have definitely been aware of these side effects. So aside from just delivering a cheeky line to make Clarice uneasy, Lecter could have also been making it clear that he had not been taking his medication.
Sometimes Easter eggs in a movie are just tiny details that appear onscreen for a flash or in the background that you might even need to pause the film to catch. One of these times shared on the Film Easter Eggs & Details Twitter account is from the 2022 film Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers. If you look closely in the background of one scene, you can find a Gucci billboard featuring Dobby the House Elf from the Harry Potter universe. This is a genius reference because Dobby needed to receive clothing to be freed in the Harry Potter films, so it is great to see that in this universe he has embarked on a successful career as a clothing model. Much better than what happened to him in the Harry Potter universe…
We hope you are enjoying all of these hidden details and Easter eggs packed into popular films. Keep upvoting all of your favorites, and then let us know if you have ever caught a great Easter egg while watching a movie. If you’re interested in learning even more, be sure to check out Bored Panda’s last article on the same topic right here. And don’t forget to add some of these movies to your rewatch list, so you can look like a film expert when pointing out all of these tiny details to your friends!
