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Algren
now we know
Joined: Tue Oct 19, 2004 9:31 pm Posts: 67000
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The Birds
Quote: The Birds is a 1963 suspense horror film directed by Alfred Hitchcock based on the 1952 novella The Birds by Daphne du Maurier. It depicts Bodega Bay, California which is, suddenly and for unexplained reasons, the subject of a series of widespread and violent bird attacks over the course of a few days.
The screenplay was written by Evan Hunter. Though Hunter read Du Maurier's original novel, Hitchcock told him to forget it as all he wished to use was the title and the idea of birds attacking people.
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trixster
loyalfromlondon
Joined: Wed Oct 13, 2004 6:31 pm Posts: 19697 Location: ville-marie
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Maybe Hitch's best.
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Wed Nov 01, 2006 4:37 pm |
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zennier
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Joined: Sun Oct 23, 2005 2:38 pm Posts: 10316 Location: berkeley
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A good film (though overrated) from the master of suspense. B+
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Wed Nov 01, 2006 5:23 pm |
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baumer72
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Joined: Sat Oct 16, 2004 11:00 pm Posts: 7087 Location: Crystal Lake
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Next to The Exorcist, the most over rated horror film, imo. I didn't find it scary or well done.
4/10
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Thu Nov 02, 2006 5:55 pm |
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Thegun
On autopilot for the summer
Joined: Thu Oct 21, 2004 10:14 pm Posts: 21628 Location: Walking around somewhere
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Classic film, not Hitchcock's best but nowhere near his worst, a very good idea, executed well B+
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Thu Nov 02, 2006 6:50 pm |
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gardenia.11/14....
Indiana Jones IV
Joined: Tue Oct 19, 2004 3:43 am Posts: 1241 Location: the south
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A.... Indy wouldn't have his snakes except for Hitchcock...
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Sun Nov 05, 2006 8:33 am |
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trixster
loyalfromlondon
Joined: Wed Oct 13, 2004 6:31 pm Posts: 19697 Location: ville-marie
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Re: The Birds
A rewatch (on the big screen) confirms this as my favourite Hitchcock. It's basically just Hitch playing with the audience throughout - first with the same kind of narrative misdirection as Psycho, albeit in a much lighter fashion, and then with the tongue-in-cheek references to his other works - and I love his trickery and sense of humour. Plus it's probably his best-edited film, and features some of the best uses of montage in classical Hollywood cinema. It is silly, but it's also terrifically terrifying.
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