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Script: Silence of the Lambs

So this is a great script of a great movie. The Lector escape sequence is wonderful storytelling. The script captures the themes of the story incredibly well - even better in some ways than the film accomplished. The film was smart and limited the flashback to Clarice's childhood (which is more prevalent in the script). But one beef that occurs to me -- the end. When Clarice identifies Buffalo Bill...why doesn't she just run out of the house and call the cops? This end sequence was totally memorable and awesome and so this isn't really a beef with the film, but in reading it, and knowing the characters, she could have run outside and gone to the neighbors house. Maybe she wouldn't have saved Catherine, but I know FBI protocol would not have suggested going after the guy herself in his own home.