The Birds (1963)
Spoiled debutante Melanie Daniels and man's man Mitch Brenner meet at a San Francisco pet shop, resulting in a love-hate relationship. Impulsively, Melanie buys a pair of lovebirds for Mitch and follows him to his family home in Bodega Bay. There, she finds herself in the seemingly normal world of the Brenner family, but the relationship between Mitch and his mother Lydia is strained. Even as Melanie and Mitch consider becoming a serious couple, the area is suddenly attacked by aggressive birds that kill and retreat before attacking again.
Books with substantial mentioning of The Birds
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David Greven Intimate violence, Hitchcock, sex, and queer theory Oxford, 2017 |
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David Humbert Violence in the films of Alfred Hitchcock, A study in mimesis East Lansing, 2017 |
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David Thomson Have you seen?, A personal introduction to 1,000 films New York, 2008 |
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Jürgen Müller (ed.) Movies of the 60s Köln, London, Los Angeles, Madrid, Paris, Tokyo, 2005 |
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| Robert J. Yanal Hitchcock as philosopher Jefferson, N.C., 2005 |
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Christopher D. Morris The Hanging Figure, On Suspence and the Films of Alfred Hitchcock Westport, Connecticut - London, 2002 |
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| Tom Pendergast, Sara Pendergast (eds.) International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, 1. Films Detroit/New York/San Francisco/London/Boston/Woodbridge, CT, 2000 |
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David Sterritt The films of Alfred Hitchcock Cambridge [England]; New York, NY, USA, 1993 |
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Robert A. Harris & Michael S. Lasky The Films of Alfred Hitchcock Secaucus, NJ, 1979 |
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Donald Spoto The Art of Alfred Hitchcock, Fifty Years of His Motion Pictures New York, 1976 |
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Robin Wood Hitchcock's Films New York, 1969 |
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Books with an entry on The Birds
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Paul Michael, editor in chief. James Robert Parish, associate editor The American movies reference book, The sound era Englewood Cliffs, N.J.,, 1969 |
Articles on The Birds
| Richard Allen, The sound of The Birds, in: Steven Rawle and K.J. Donnelly (eds.), Partners in suspense, Manchester, 2017 |
| Evan Hunter, Me and Hitch, in: Sight & Sound, nr. 6 (June), 1997 pp. 24-37 |
| Adam Smith, The Birds, in: Empire, nr. 238 (April), 2009 pp. 174-175 |
| Patrick O'Donnell, James's Birdcage/Hitchcock's Birds, in: Susan M. Griffin and Alan Nadel (eds.), The Men Who Knew Too Much, New York, 2012 |
