Mbiri ya Tomas Harris Harnibal Lecsteré idadziwika kale nthawi zambiri ngati kanema wawankhosa ndi anthony Hinkins ndi Jushy Hackkins. Chaka chamawa, chilolezo ichi chidzayenda munjira yatsopano pomwe mndandanda wa TV "Chitachissa" amatuluka pamawonekedwe. Teleproject iyi imanena za moyo ndi ntchito ya wothandizila nyenyezi zomwe zidawonetsedwa mu "Mwana wa Mwanawankholu". Poyankhulana chaposachedwa ndi mtolankhani wa Hollywood, wofalitsa wamkulu wa taxissa alex kurtzman adati chiwonetsero chazithunzichi chidzachoka pamawu a pa TV:
Ndinena kuti sitifuna kuti tikhale ndi telefoni kanema. Sitinafune kuti ikhale "promadul proma ya Black Starling." Pakukula, anatitsogozedwa ndi mfundo zosiyanasiyana kwathunthu ... Nthawi yomweyo, kampani ya filimu ya MGM, yomwe idatipatsa chidwi ndi Tcholissa, sanachite chidwi ndi kutulutsidwa kwa sewero wamba.
Ndiye kodi akuimira chiyani "chopissa"? Malinga ndi Kurttsman, omvera akuyembekezera nkhani imodzi ndi chisanachitike, yomwe idzasinthidwa kukhala mndandanda wanthawi imodzi. Nthawi yomweyo, wopanga adagonjetsedwa kuti polojekitiyi ikhalebe ndi zinthu zina mwa njirayi, koma maziko ake adzakhala "lingaliro la psychology". Udindo wa mutu ku Blassa udzasewerera a Rebecca Bridrs ("funde lalikulu", "zikopa zokongola").