Corrected entry: Author Thomas Harris has never watched the film because he's afraid that it'll influence his writing.
White Lock
11th Apr 2005
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Correction: As it happens with stories "too good to be true" probably some details changed throughout the years; the idea is that he refused to watch the movie and told director Demme so citing the example of LeCarre and his experience with the adaptation of his books, sparking this 'myth', which was tough based on actual statements. But in the 1991 New York Magazine feature by Phoebe Hoban, Harris is reported to have watched the movie, indeed (even if I don't find the 'when it was released' claim of the correction), and in recent interviews his story has been that he refused to watch it but after the Oscars he just happened to stumble upon it flipping channels on TV.
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Correction: This is not true. Harris stated that he saw it when it was released and was very pleased with the movie.
White Lock