revelatory poetry

Hitchcock has the longest interval, a pioneering work that took three years to concentrate on the script and technology. Every frame, every line, including the bird's call, is preset, and the whole film has no soundtrack. Fellini said It is a revelatory poem and ranks it as a personal favorite of Hitchcock and one of the greatest in the history of cinema. Revisiting the theme of "terrible mothers", this film is about loneliness and the fear of being abandoned . It reveals that human relationships are fragile, and there is no way for people to prevent each other from hurting each other. Children become the main victims because they inherit the "father's sin". Every bird attack is a metaphor for human beings. Original Sin: Selfishness and vulnerability by nature, and suffering because of it. Its open-ended ending symbolizes the possibility of redemption.
The "bird" is a recurring image in Hitchcock's work, covering different meanings: Blackmail, Sabotage, Young and Innocent , The Lady Vanishes, Jamaica Inn, Saboteur, Vertigo, Psycho...
"1): The birds are taking revenge for man's persecution of them; 2) They are sent by God to punish evil humanity; 3) The birds express the tensions between the characters.”
Hitchcock said this film was about “complacency.”

"The Birds" is the story of her search for her lost mother, a woman who abandoned her years ago and whom she 'refinds' at the end in Lydia Brenner, the very woman who at first seems to reject her."

Male lead: Rod Taylor - Mitch Brenner Female
Lead: Tippi Hedren - Melanie Daniels
Female Support: Jessica Tandy - Lydia
Script: Evan Hunter

“She's not afraid of losing Mitch. She's afraid of being abandoned.”
“it's end of the world.”
“(Mother ) ditched us when I was eleven and ran off with a hotel man from the East.” “I wish I were a stronger person... I lost my husband four years ago... It's terrible how you depend on someone for strength. "
"I wish I could relax -- I wish I could sleep." (She lives in a state of constant tension.)
"But you see -- I don't want to be left along -- I don't think I could bear to be left alone."
"Why are they trying to kill people?" "I wish I could say." ( The Birds is about the Day of Judgment)
“(the lovebirds) They haven't harmed anyone.”

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