The Birds
This is another Alfred Hitchcock thriller which was directed in 1963. The stars of this film are Rod Taylor, Tippi Hedren and Suzanne Pleshette.
What aspects of a typical thriller does
it contain?
The birds contain a constant thrill throughout and it also has a Macguffin like most thrillers have had
This thriller is really different because it is an attack from the nature which are birds and birds are known as peace loving creatures and not violent.
The film begins like a normal busy day in New York.
This thriller is the story line is a women pretends to work at a bird shop she is looking around to buy birds, she only pretends to work at the store when a gentlemen enters looking for love birds for his sister which will be having a birthday and he wants to get her the love birds as a present. Then the women pretends to serve him and the man does not buy the love birds he forgets and leaves. A few days later she buys the love birds and goes to where the guy lives also taking the love birds to him. After this she decides to stay there for the weekend, this is when all havoc starts to begin as birds start to attack her. When they get trapped in the dinner after the biggest attack of the birds in the town which causes an explosion of the petrol station and then they speak of But the film cannot solely be interpreted in a scientific manner, because as the actors (the old women) in the film discover in the long discussion scene in the Tides Restaurant, there is no solid, explanation why the birds are attacking. They are not seeking revenge for nature's mistreatment, or foreshadowing doomsday, and they don't represent God's punishment for humankind's evil.
Stars
Rod Taylor
Tippi Hedren
Jessica Tandy
Suzanne Pleshette
Veronica Cartwright
The film begins like a normal busy day in New York.
This thriller is the story line is a women pretends to work at a bird shop she is looking around to buy birds, she only pretends to work at the store when a gentlemen enters looking for love birds for his sister which will be having a birthday and he wants to get her the love birds as a present. Then the women pretends to serve him and the man does not buy the love birds he forgets and leaves. A few days later she buys the love birds and goes to where the guy lives also taking the love birds to him. After this she decides to stay there for the weekend, this is when all havoc starts to begin as birds start to attack her. When they get trapped in the dinner after the biggest attack of the birds in the town which causes an explosion of the petrol station and then they speak of But the film cannot solely be interpreted in a scientific manner, because as the actors (the old women) in the film discover in the long discussion scene in the Tides Restaurant, there is no solid, explanation why the birds are attacking. They are not seeking revenge for nature's mistreatment, or foreshadowing doomsday, and they don't represent God's punishment for humankind's evil.
Budget
$2,500,000 (estimated)Gross
$11,403,529 (USA)Rentals
$5,090,371 (USA)Filming Dates
5 March 1962 - 10 July 1962Stars
Rod Taylor
Tippi Hedren
Jessica Tandy
Suzanne Pleshette
Veronica Cartwright
In this scene below we see the women traveling to the other side of the river to get to the man and we see that the first attack happens when a random seagull attacks the women and hit her on the head once and then fly's away. This foreshadows what will happen in the upcoming scenes of the film.
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