Ang Lee's review: This is a film about perversion and female sexuality

Greta 2022-04-21 09:01:27

As I get older, I appreciate Hitchcock more. I saw new things, like that quirk, that I missed when I was younger. My favorite is "The Birds". It's haunting, it's creepy. When I was young, it felt like it was just a ghostly bird, that's all. But now that I'm older, I can see that this is a movie about perversions and female sexuality. That's when you see the bird disturbed. When those women are angry, it can be seen as a form of sexual harassment. The birds become active, and they can synchronize the feelings of these ladies: jealousy, anger, and the film is very effective. Really talented director.

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Extended Reading
  • Hazle 2022-03-25 09:01:06

    This work breaks Hitchcock's many filmmaking models, no murder, no closed structure, no music, no truth. Compared with thriller and suspense, this work is more like a disaster film. Could it be that Xi Pang was also thinking about how people and nature should live in harmony?

  • Ruthe 2022-03-23 09:01:25

    The lovers first fell in love, and the weather was calm. After the deep love, there are disputes on all sides. The flock of ruthless and evil birds, just like the turbulent rumors of unknown traces, are increasingly rampant to attack the weak love. First destroy the birthday full of surprises, and then hurt the naive child. Finally kill opinionated adults. In the fierce riots brought by the birds, the people blamed each other and ran away. People seek shelter walls, and no one gets to the bottom of the conflict. When the wild and raging birds ease their anger, the blame is directed at the love that is not chaotic. But when love has hurt any innocent person, it has always been the vulgar villains who tell the truth and provoke disputes to hurt love. Even if love is locked in a cage, locked in a warm kitchen and consumed by mundane trivial matters, life will still be riddled with holes and corroded by sudden vicious flocks of birds. The true face of the wounded bird is revealed when the lovers look in the mirror alone. A house with doors and windows reinforced by the police force does not bring real security. Because people like to instigate the wars of life themselves. This is really Hitchcock's most poignantly thought-provoking love movie. Extremely realistic is not absurd.

The Birds quotes

  • Mitch Brenner: Back in your gilded cage, Melanie Daniels.

    Melanie Daniels: What did you say?

    Mitch Brenner: I was merely drawing a parallel, Miss Daniels.

    Melanie Daniels: How did you know my name?

    Mitch Brenner: A little birdie told me.

  • Mitch Brenner: You like me, huh?

    Melanie Daniels: I loathe you. You have no manners. You're arrogant and conceited and... I wrote you a letter about it, in fact, but I tore it up.

    Mitch Brenner: What did it say?

    Melanie Daniels: None of your business.