A top notch cast, script and solid directing is why “The Birds” still holds up even after 55 years. In its day, the early 1960s, “The Birds” was considered controversial and shocking. Even in the late 60s into the early 70s when I had first seen “The Birds” on tv, it was still pretty shocking though in comparison to the movies being filmed in our current age, “The Birds”, with the exception of a few scenes, is considered to be quite tame. The reason this Hitchcock movie still holds up after 55 years is its solid directing and top notch cast with Rod Taylor, Jessica Tandy, Suzanne Pleshette,…
Angry Birds The first half of the movie makes complete sense if you assume Mitch is gay and maintains a bachelor pad in San Francisco so as not to rub the noses of his dependent mother and sister in his wicked other lifestyle.And i mean everything falls into place. Richard Deacon (gay in real life), resplendent in his pornstache, Suzanne Pleshette bitchy and catty and practically blurting out the reason her romance with Mitch went nowhere (“San Francisco? I guess that’s where *everybody* meets…
The Blu-Ray of This Classic Is Well Worth It!! The Blu-Ray Transfer is excellent! It’s the best I have ever seen this movie look! It’s crisp and clear…just a couple of places with a few seconds where you can notice slight grain. For a film made in 1963, it’s amazing how good this looks!
A top notch cast, script and solid directing is why “The Birds” still holds up even after 55 years. In its day, the early 1960s, “The Birds” was considered controversial and shocking. Even in the late 60s into the early 70s when I had first seen “The Birds” on tv, it was still pretty shocking though in comparison to the movies being filmed in our current age, “The Birds”, with the exception of a few scenes, is considered to be quite tame. The reason this Hitchcock movie still holds up after 55 years is its solid directing and top notch cast with Rod Taylor, Jessica Tandy, Suzanne Pleshette,…
Angry Birds The first half of the movie makes complete sense if you assume Mitch is gay and maintains a bachelor pad in San Francisco so as not to rub the noses of his dependent mother and sister in his wicked other lifestyle.And i mean everything falls into place. Richard Deacon (gay in real life), resplendent in his pornstache, Suzanne Pleshette bitchy and catty and practically blurting out the reason her romance with Mitch went nowhere (“San Francisco? I guess that’s where *everybody* meets…
The Blu-Ray of This Classic Is Well Worth It!! The Blu-Ray Transfer is excellent! It’s the best I have ever seen this movie look! It’s crisp and clear…just a couple of places with a few seconds where you can notice slight grain. For a film made in 1963, it’s amazing how good this looks!