Zusatztext The slim book is Paglia at her most discerning, precise, and enjoyable. Informationen zum Autor Camille Paglia Klappentext 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.A study of Alfred Hitchcock's 1963 iconic horror movie The Birds in the BFI Film Classics series. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword to the 2020 edition'The Birds'Appendix: Melanie Daniels' Social CalendarNotesCreditsBibliography

Characteristically provocative and engrossing.

Vorwort
A study of Alfred Hitchcock's 1963 iconic horror movie The Birds in the BFI Film Classics series.

Autorentext

Camille Paglia

Klappentext

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.

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