Explaining Hitchcock's Birds

In 1963, The Birds, directed by none other than Alfred Hitchcock was released (figure 1). The plot of the movie concerns ravenous birds that ruthlessly attack human beings in the town of Bodega Bay, California. While the film is partly based on the short story of the same title by Daphne du Maurier, another line of inspiration came from a real-life event two years earlier.   Figure 1: The Birds, by Alfred Hitchcock.(Source: IMP Awards)    read more

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