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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 show more 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. show lessTags
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Camille Paglia is University Professor of Humanities and Media Studies at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia.
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- People/Characters
- Alfred Hitchcock; Tippi Hedren
- Important places
- Bodega Bay, California, USA
- Related movies
- The Birds (1963 | IMDb)
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- Nonfiction
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- 791.4372 — Arts & recreation Recreation, sports, and performing arts Public performances Motion pictures, radio, television, podcasting Motion pictures Films; screenplays Single films
- LCC
- PN1997 .B475 .P35 — Language and Literature Literature (General) Literature (General) Drama Motion pictures Plays, scenarios, etc.
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