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Hitchcock's The Birds on encore suspense tonite at 8

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HI FI BOB

Man,I love this movie.Never pass up a chance to watch it.I'm curious as to whether or not the soundtrack was ever released.I know there is no music but the way electronic composer Oskar Sala manipulated bird sounds to heighten suspense is clever.I have the Westminster Gold lp of work by Oskar Sala/Remi Gassman,BTW.

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RE: THE BIRDS - grhughes 18:03:39 03/30/12 (1)
I think it's the most obstuse of Hitchcock's films. Almost in the vein of THE CABINET OF DOCTOR CALIGARI but not as abstract. The abstraction comes from the actions of the characters and not the set. The almost helter skelter spastic behavior of the actors especially Jessica Tandy on seeing the farmer with his eyes pecked out and her loss of cool, the school children in the classroom singing that pedantic song, Tippi Hedren's insistance of playing practical jokes however logistically awkward their execution might become. A truly great film! Ray
"The gift of imagination is a gift of the Gods imparted to a few who receive innumerable kicks in the a$$ their entire life." Le Corbusier (Charles-�douard Jeanneret)
- Obtuse maybe the wrong word. Eskew maybe more like it. nt - grhughes 18:21:15 03/30/12 (0)
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  "The gift of imagination is a gift of the Gods imparted to a few who receive innumerable kicks in the a$$ their entire life." Le Corbusier (Charles-�douard Jeanneret)
Not the flu-bearing birds again! - mr grits 15:39:59 03/27/12 (0)
Bring'em out if yer gottem!
The most amazing thing about "Birds" . . . - Brian A 20:01:16 03/26/12 (8)
Is that it is based on a true story!

We'll have to agree to disagree about global warming until the next global cooling scare comes along
- It's from a Daphne du Maurier short story. nt - tinear 09:08:43 03/28/12 (6)
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  - RE: It's from a Daphne du Maurier short story. nt - patrickU 10:19:42 03/28/12 (5)
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    - http://www.filmsite.org/bird.html (Open in New Window)
    - Whoever wrote that is an idiot. A bird attack is "phallic?" This guy needs to ease - tinear 17:20:05 03/28/12 (4)
      up on the Viagra! :-)
      - RE: What was the symbolism behind the Birds? - patrickU 03:27:36 03/29/12 (3)
        
        In Reply to: RE: Whoever wrote that is an idiot. A bird attack is "phallic?" This guy needs to ease posted by tinear on March 28, 2012 at 17:20:05
        
        In your view.
        
        Why was there any symbolism? Sometimes birds are just birds. nt - tinear 08:09:46 03/29/12 (2)
        
        In Reply to: RE: What was the symbolism behind the Birds? posted by patrickU on March 29, 2012 at 03:27:36
        
        fsd
        
        RE: Why was there any symbolism? Sometimes birds are just birds. nt - patrickU 08:53:07 03/29/12 (0)
        
        In Reply to: RE: Why was there any symbolism? Sometimes birds are just birds. nt posted by tinear on March 29, 2012 at 08:09:46
        
        take your time to read that. It will be time!
        http://neurophilosophy.wordpress.com/2006/10/17/the-psycholo (Open in New Window)
        
        RE: That it is what I was afraid of. - patrickU 08:51:35 03/29/12 (0)
        
        In Reply to: RE: Why was there any symbolism? Sometimes birds are just birds. nt posted by tinear on March 29, 2012 at 08:09:46
        
        You don�t know your Hitch at all. He is FULL of symbolism.
        Your loss.
- RE: The most amazing thing about "Birds" . . . - Hornlover 08:17:57 03/27/12 (0)
  "Is that it is based on a true story!"
  
  Well, very loosely based. Part of the reference material Hitchcock used was about an incident in Capitola, Ca. where some birds hit rooftops, and were found dead in the streets, apparently due to shellfish poisoning. There were never any attacks, though.

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