Since the beginning of the movie, it was a love story between Dr. Lecter and Clarice Starling. The movie began with the dialog between Barney and Mason Verger in which Verger bought the famous mask and they discussed the couple at hand. After this, cinema continues where the book begins.There is a lack of emotion in Starling, created directly from the absence of Ardelia Mapp, her roommate. The audience sees Clarice cry over her fallen comrade, but there is no exploration, for in the movie she lives by herself.
             Starling's first communication from Lecter is the package with his note and a drawing of a naked couple, most likely referring to the Il Monstro killings. Poetry letter and the skin cream: In the book these are sent in the same package. Hannibal writes the poetry (as opposed to Verger's forgery) and includes a picture to go along with it. When Hannibal is in the scent shop he picks up an array of scents which remind him of something...then he flashes back to Clarice's one moment of human contact from Silence. Yes, the infamous rubbing of finger while retrieving the FBI file. Reminded now of Clarice, Hannibal goes on a shopping spree at the shop and mails all of them to her. The Italian Scentologist (shown sniffing the letter in the movie) analyses the poetry - how romantic - and the scents - something someone would send to their lover.
             Well the first lines between Clarice and Lecter was not conveniently in Italy, but the fact that he apologizes for not being a good time to talk points out his emphasis over anti-rudeness. The Opera is used to illustrate the love story aspect of the movie. It is about someone falling desperately in love with someone else after only meeting her once (this is pointed out when Lecter gives Pazzi's wife the excerpt of the original opera). He says that he believes it is possible to see someone once, love her and be "nourished by their very sight."
             The killing of Pazzi, I don't recall that from ...