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The Birds
Contributor(s): Paglia, Camille (Author)
ISBN: 1838719407     ISBN-13: 9781838719401
Publisher: British Film Institute
OUR PRICE:   $14.36  
Product Type: Paperback
Published: May 2020
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BISAC Categories:
- Performing Arts | Film - History & Criticism
Dewey: 791.437
Physical Information: 0.3" H x 5.4" W x 7.5" (0.40 lbs) 120 pages
 
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Publisher Description:

Drawing on Daphne du Maurier's short story and contemporary newspaper reports of bird attacks in California, Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds (1963) featured Tippi Hedren in her first starring role. Camille Paglia's compelling study considers the film's aesthetic, technical and mythical qualities, and analyses its depiction of gender and family relations. A film about anxiety, sexual power and the violence of nature, it is quintessential Hitchcock.
Camille Paglia's foreword to this new edition reflects upon the relationship between Hitchcock and his leading lady Hedren in the light of recent debates about male power, female agency and the #MeToo movement.