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The Birds is a 1963 suspense/horror film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, loosely based on the 1952 story "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 film was billed as 'introducing' Tippi Hedren. It also starred Rod Taylor, Jessica Tandy, Suzanne Pleshette and a young Veronica Cartwright.
The screenplay was written by Evan Hunter. Hitchcock told him to develop new characters and a more elaborate plot, keeping Du Maurier's title and concept of unexplained birds attacks.
My thoughts:
So, last night my father made me watch The Birds for the 50th time. Okay, maybe not the 50th, but somewhere close to it. For some odd reason he loves this movie and I have no idea why. Movies like this where almost everyone dies and the people who don’t die are traumatized I just find no excitement about. With movies like this, I may watch it once but that’s it. That’s how I feel about the Hunger Games series which I believe I’ve already discussed for Monday Madness.
It’s understandable that my mother would find this movie enticing seeing as how she’s a therapist. However, my father is not. He just enjoys movies like this for some reason. He likes movies about survival. “What would you do in this situation? The psychological terror is amazing,” he said.
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