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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.

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The slim book is Paglia at her most discerning, precise, and enjoyable. * Electric Ghost *
Characteristically provocative and engrossing. * The Best American Poetry blog *

Table of Contents
Foreword to the 2020 edition 'The Birds' Appendix: Melanie Daniels' Social Calendar Notes Credits Bibliography

The Birds

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      Publisher BFI Publishing
      Published 28 May 2020
      ISBN-13 9781838719401
      978-1838719401
      ISBN-10 1838719407
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      Film history, theory or criticism

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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.

      Trade Review
      The slim book is Paglia at her most discerning, precise, and enjoyable. * Electric Ghost *
      Characteristically provocative and engrossing. * The Best American Poetry blog *

      Table of Contents
      Foreword to the 2020 edition 'The Birds' Appendix: Melanie Daniels' Social Calendar Notes Credits Bibliography

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