Although I have seen a lot of films, it is the first time that Hitchcock's films are involved, because I am not very interested in thriller and suspense films. But by watching "The Birds" I understand that Hitchcock's movie is not a horror in my sense. However, "Flock of Birds" really brought a psychological shock to people, and almost prevented me from facing the bird species. But this is just a kind of psychological hint to myself that this kind of serious bird-injury incident does not occur in reality, so I feel that the film is a bit out of reality, it is just for horror and horror, and even feels a bit nonsensical. Divorced from reality, this film is still worth watching, and it can bring many thoughts to the audience.
This film always feels like it can be divided into two parts, one part is the normal story development, that is, Melanie and Taylor meet, Melanie travels all the way to the island to send love birds. The second part is the intensification of birds' attacks on humans. But in the first part, there are a lot of hints of contradictions between birds and humans, in the dialogue between the two characters in the bird shop: Don’t keep the bird in the cage, do you want it to fly around. The heroine was attacked by a bird for the first time and so on. Under the attack of the birds in the second part, the two finally got together. According to my personal experience of watching movies, the rhythm was a bit slow at the beginning, I kept waiting for the birds to appear. The latter waited for the reasons why the birds attacked humans, but they did not expect that it would have ended after they fled, and no reason was indicated. The tempo of the entire film was slow at first and then gradually accelerated, and then stopped abruptly when it rose to a certain height, which was thought-provoking.
The emotional expression in the film is also more obscure, mother to son, to daughter. Between Taylor and Melanie, and between Taylor and the teacher. The role of the father in a family is very important. For most of the difficulties, the father is the role to solve. The mother who originally relied heavily on the father, after the death of the father, seemed to rely on only her son Taylor, and the mother was also Try to be strong, but still afraid of being abandoned. When Melanie appeared, her mother was afraid that her son would be taken away, so she was hostile to Melanie. However, under the attack of the birds in the subsequent contact, Melanie was gradually influenced by Melanie and finally admitted to Melanie. Ni. For Melanie, her mother's love was also shortcomings since she was a child, but she also felt her mother's love in Taylor's mother in the end. The last smile of her mother was enough to prove it. One of them is that in the restaurant, Melanie discusses bird hurting with others. A mother protects her child from hearing such remarks and is afraid of scaring them. There is also the teacher's affection for sister Taylor. Sure, love is something that cannot be parted from in all human works of art.
If you say what the birds symbolize, from my personal point of view, I think it is a kind of warning and a kind of revenge from nature. The inspiration for shooting this film in Hitchcock came from the irregular behavior of birds eating contaminated fish. At the beginning of the bird shop, the birds were kept in cages. Melanie stretched out her hand to catch the birds, just like when people ran into the house under the attack of the birds. inside. Humans are equal to all kinds of creatures. Humans put other creatures in cages, and so can birds. Mrs. Bondi also said in the restaurant that humans do not allow other creatures to survive. All things are equal. When the car exploded, there was a lens from God’s perspective, as if all species were the same, all living on this earth. Are small and equal. Attacks by birds alone have caused great harm to humans, and there is an episode in the film that chickens no longer eat feed. Is this an act of resistance? If chickens also attack humans , What if all the creatures harmed by humans attack together? How will humanity survive?
All living things on the earth should be equal, and they should not be severely persecuted, otherwise they will suffer the same retaliation. The above are only personal opinions.
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