A different Hitchcock

Lexie 2022-03-23 09:01:25

Hitchcock changed the style of his previous films to the greatest extent, no longer relying on the drama of the story, but using pictures and rhythm to mobilize the audience's inner fear, in this film the audience is no longer God, and Xifa also tried Take more initiative and try to control the audience psychology from a condescending level.

The story of the birds is relatively boring to restore. There is nothing in the plot itself that can be suspenseful, thrilling or scary. I wonder if Hitchcock deliberately chose this uninteresting story to verify his new attempt. Long enough to render it quiet. Foreplay, coupled with a climax scene that can shock and satisfy you, worthy of the previous layout and the audience's hanging heart, from the general routine of the current thriller, this attempt is undoubtedly a success, otherwise it would have been abandoned long ago . I suddenly remembered the "Witch" I watched a few days ago. Compared with this kind of movie that is dedicated to rendering and creating a foggy horror atmosphere through the language of the lens, it is so stubborn that it can't hold a complete drama story. No matter how boring the birds are in terms of drama, they still maintain a complete story with the author's expressive tendencies, although some content expressions are not developed and dig holes and fill the soil, such as what the mother, a complex and sensitive character, wants to express. The content came to an abrupt end, and finally used Gu Long's novels like the rest of his life, supporting each other and sharing weal and woe, being moved, and so on.

Groove: The background and character relationships are too wordy and protracted, and the story structure is out of balance, not as reasonable as Hitchcock's plot design in the past. In addition, at the end of the story, there is no decent reason why birds attack people. reason.

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Extended Reading
  • Eloisa 2022-04-24 07:01:03

    One of Hitchcock's favorite movies besides psycho! The editing is awesome, the phone booth is perfect. The family relationship is also analyzed using Lacan's theory of the three-tier structure of the subject. The first disaster film that conquered me without technical means.

  • Danielle 2022-03-24 09:01:24

    One of Hitchcock's most beautiful works, the exquisite composition completely matches the peerless face of the heroine. The best example of the application of Hitchcock's Law is that the cute and small things of the bird have brought about a disaster that is as large as the end of the world. In order to achieve the effect of "thinking about fear", Hitchcock also "heartedly" deleted the reasons for the madness of the birds in Daphne Du Maurier's short stories.

The Birds quotes

  • Lydia Brenner: No, they're *not* fussy chickens.

  • Mitch Brenner: Her father's part owner of one of the big newspapers in San Francisco.

    Lydia Brenner: You'd think he could manage to keep her name out of print. She's always mentioned in the columns, Mitch.

    Mitch Brenner: Yes, I know.

    Lydia Brenner: She is the one who jumped into a fountain in Rome last summer, isn't she?

    Mitch Brenner: Yes.

    Lydia Brenner: I suppose I'm old fashioned. I know it's supposed to be very warm there, but, well, actually the newspaper said she was naked.