The Birds (BFI Film Classics) - Softcover

Camille Paglia

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0851706517 ISBN 13: 9780851706511

Publisher: British Film Institute, 1998

Synopsis

Camille Paglia draws together in this text the aesthetic, technical and mythical qualities of Alfred Hitchcock's 'The Birds' (1963), and analyzes its depiction of gender and family relations. A film about anxiety, sexual power and the violence of nature, it is quintessential Hitchcock.

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Cinema Papers review
Dmetri Kakmi Cinema Papers June 99 "her idiosyncratic approach, brilliant frame-by-frame commentary and peppery wit immediately make this delightful book a must buy"

Synopsis:

"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 draws together in this text the film's aesthetic, technical and mythical qualities, and analyzes its depiction of gender and family relations.

About this edition

• Publisher: British Film Institute
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0851706517
• ISBN 13: 9780851706511
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 96