Moreover, the film’s themes—the banality of evil, the violence of the male gaze, the corruption of institutions—are eternally relevant. A new generation of film students, wage-capped and streaming-fatigued, finds the film on Archive.org and watches it in a browser tab between classes. They aren't pirates; they are preservationists by necessity.
Note: The Internet Archive strictly adheres to copyright law. Because the 1991 film is not in the public domain, . However, you can find fascinating audio/visual fragments. the silence of the lambs internet archive