The Birds (BFI Film Classics) by Camille…

The Birds (BFI Film Classics) (edition 1998)

by Camille Paglia (Author)

Series: BFI Film Classics

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Camille Paglia draws together in this text the aesthetic, technical and mythical qualities of Alfred Hitchcock's 'The Birds' (1963), and analyzes its depiction of gender and family relations. A film about anxiety, sexual power and the violence of nature, it is quintessential Hitchcock.

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Title:	The Birds (BFI Film Classics)
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Alfred Hitchcock

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Bodega Bay, California, USA

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Camille Paglia draws together in this text the aesthetic, technical and mythical qualities of Alfred Hitchcock's 'The Birds' (1963), and analyzes its depiction of gender and family relations. A film about anxiety, sexual power and the violence of nature, it is quintessential Hitchcock.

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