Format:
104 S.
,
Ill.
ISBN:
0851706517
Series Statement:
BFI film classics
Content:
The Birds (1963) was the first film Alfred Hitchcock made after Psycho. Drawn from a Daphne Du Maurier story as well as contemporary newspaper reports of bird attacks in California, The Birds featured the icy blonde Tippi Hedren in her first starring role. A film about anxiety, sexual power, and the violence of nature, it is quintessential Hitchcock. Camille Paglia, in a virtuoso study, draws together the film's aesthetic, technical and mythical qualities, and analyzes its depiction of gender and family relations.--From publisher description.
Note:
Literaturverz. S. 103
Language:
English
Subjects:
General works
Keywords:
The birds
Author information:
Paglia, Camille 1947-
