Comments on: The Birds (1963) http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2007/10/30/the-birds-1963/ Film reviews and commentary tonight, before I forget tomorrow Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:21:30 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Jay http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2007/10/30/the-birds-1963/comment-page-1/#comment-3019 Jay Thu, 13 Dec 2007 08:50:41 +0000 http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2007/10/30/the-birds-1963/#comment-3019 Great site. I'm looking or a picture of the lovebirds from the film. Has anyone seen that, I can't find one anywhere ? Thanks Great site.

I’m looking or a picture of the lovebirds from the film. Has anyone seen that, I can’t find one anywhere ?

Thanks

]]> By: Joe Valdez http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2007/10/30/the-birds-1963/comment-page-1/#comment-2305 Joe Valdez Thu, 01 Nov 2007 19:23:56 +0000 http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2007/10/30/the-birds-1963/#comment-2305 Alice: Maybe now that Halloween is over and all of the ghosts and goblins have gone back into the attic, it will take some of the shock off <em>The Birds</em>. Just some, though. I'm really enjoying <a href="http://themadhousewife.com">mad housewife</a>. Thanks for patronizing my site! Alice: Maybe now that Halloween is over and all of the ghosts and goblins have gone back into the attic, it will take some of the shock off The Birds. Just some, though. I’m really enjoying mad housewife. Thanks for patronizing my site!

]]> By: Alice Bachini-Smith http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2007/10/30/the-birds-1963/comment-page-1/#comment-2294 Alice Bachini-Smith Thu, 01 Nov 2007 14:42:17 +0000 http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2007/10/30/the-birds-1963/#comment-2294 My mother managed to hand her Hitchcock-induced fear of birds to me when I was about six, I think, she told me about this film which started it, and that's the kind of thing that sticks in your head when you're little... I still haven't actually seen it, because of being too scared!! Putting it on the Netflix list today though, you persuaded me. My mother managed to hand her Hitchcock-induced fear of birds to me when I was about six, I think, she told me about this film which started it, and that’s the kind of thing that sticks in your head when you’re little… I still haven’t actually seen it, because of being too scared!! Putting it on the Netflix list today though, you persuaded me.

]]> By: Damian http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2007/10/30/the-birds-1963/comment-page-1/#comment-2279 Damian Thu, 01 Nov 2007 00:00:54 +0000 http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2007/10/30/the-birds-1963/#comment-2279 Well, I wasn't an "itty bitty" youngster. I was in Jr. High at the time. Actually, I believe I saw it not too long after <i>Rear Window</i>. My younger siblings, however... that's a different story. Can't wait for tonight's review. :) Well, I wasn’t an “itty bitty” youngster. I was in Jr. High at the time. Actually, I believe I saw it not too long after Rear Window. My younger siblings, however… that’s a different story.

Can’t wait for tonight’s review. :)

]]> By: Joe Valdez http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2007/10/30/the-birds-1963/comment-page-1/#comment-2271 Joe Valdez Wed, 31 Oct 2007 20:54:36 +0000 http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2007/10/30/the-birds-1963/#comment-2271 Damian: Why is it that parents try to shield us from nudity on TV, yet it’s open season on monster movies? <em>Poltergeist</em> scared the crap out of me when I was a kid. That’s pretty cool that you got to see this one as a youngster, Damian. I wonder if <em>The Birds</em> was in fact the very first “characters barricading themselves against monsters” movie, or if any proceeds this one. Justine: I would like to hear more about your friend that instead of watching <em>Sixteen Candles</em> for the birthday, <em>The Birds</em> was the entertainment selected. That’s awesome! Megan: I think you should write an article called Remakes I Do Not Want To See. With Martin Campbell attached to replace Hitchcock as director, <em>The Birds</em> would probably be in my Top 5. #1 right now is <em>Escape From New York</em>. Unless you bring back Kurt Russell, this is wrong wrong wrong. Heidi: That annoying song is a Scottish folk tune called "Risseldy Rosseldy". When the schoolyard sequence called for a longer song, Hitchcock apparently tasked Evan Hunter with writing additional lyrics, which the screenwriter ended up earning ASCAP royalties for the rest of his life. I thought that was pretty cool, but yeah, birds are evil. Damian: Why is it that parents try to shield us from nudity on TV, yet it’s open season on monster movies? Poltergeist scared the crap out of me when I was a kid. That’s pretty cool that you got to see this one as a youngster, Damian. I wonder if The Birds was in fact the very first “characters barricading themselves against monsters” movie, or if any proceeds this one.

Justine: I would like to hear more about your friend that instead of watching Sixteen Candles for the birthday, The Birds was the entertainment selected. That’s awesome!

Megan: I think you should write an article called Remakes I Do Not Want To See. With Martin Campbell attached to replace Hitchcock as director, The Birds would probably be in my Top 5. #1 right now is Escape From New York. Unless you bring back Kurt Russell, this is wrong wrong wrong.

Heidi: That annoying song is a Scottish folk tune called “Risseldy Rosseldy”. When the schoolyard sequence called for a longer song, Hitchcock apparently tasked Evan Hunter with writing additional lyrics, which the screenwriter ended up earning ASCAP royalties for the rest of his life. I thought that was pretty cool, but yeah, birds are evil.

]]> By: stennie http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2007/10/30/the-birds-1963/comment-page-1/#comment-2269 stennie Wed, 31 Oct 2007 20:33:14 +0000 http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2007/10/30/the-birds-1963/#comment-2269 Another judicious non-use of music. No score to this film at all, only the incidental music of the (very annoying) kids singing at school. What could be more terrifying than just the "flap-flap-flap-flap-flap" of the attacking birds? Well, it's terrifying to me, but then I'm afraid of birds anyway. Another judicious non-use of music. No score to this film at all, only the incidental music of the (very annoying) kids singing at school. What could be more terrifying than just the “flap-flap-flap-flap-flap” of the attacking birds? Well, it’s terrifying to me, but then I’m afraid of birds anyway.

]]> By: Megan http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2007/10/30/the-birds-1963/comment-page-1/#comment-2267 Megan Wed, 31 Oct 2007 19:24:39 +0000 http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2007/10/30/the-birds-1963/#comment-2267 This movie scared me to death. I think I was 7 or 8 the first time I saw it? The bit when the birds gather on the playground equipment - I tense up just thinking about it. What a great piece of filmmaking. I pray that the remake idea falls through. Please, moviegods, don't let it happen. This movie scared me to death. I think I was 7 or 8 the first time I saw it? The bit when the birds gather on the playground equipment – I tense up just thinking about it. What a great piece of filmmaking.

I pray that the remake idea falls through. Please, moviegods, don’t let it happen.

]]> By: Justine http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2007/10/30/the-birds-1963/comment-page-1/#comment-2259 Justine Wed, 31 Oct 2007 16:39:25 +0000 http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2007/10/30/the-birds-1963/#comment-2259 I need to rewatch the Birds, but having seen it three or four times already it's a film that really improves on multiple viewings. I remember the first time I watched it was in Grade 6 at a friend's birthday. A lot of the dialogue, nuance and thematic implications COMPLETELY went over my head but I still enjoyed it for the fright factor. A great film. I need to rewatch the Birds, but having seen it three or four times already it’s a film that really improves on multiple viewings. I remember the first time I watched it was in Grade 6 at a friend’s birthday. A lot of the dialogue, nuance and thematic implications COMPLETELY went over my head but I still enjoyed it for the fright factor. A great film.

]]> By: Damian http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2007/10/30/the-birds-1963/comment-page-1/#comment-2250 Damian Wed, 31 Oct 2007 06:25:33 +0000 http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2007/10/30/the-birds-1963/#comment-2250 I get what you're doing now, Joe. You're waiting to review the two "scariest" Hitchcock films for both Halloween "eve" and Halloween day (and saving the best for last too I see). Good form, my friend. I first saw <i>The Birds</i> on television one night with my family when I was a kid and it scared the crap out of me. While you are correct that it is no masterpiece, it is ceryainly very thrilling and the whole sequence where they lock themselves up in the house while the birds attack clearly influenced similar scenes in both <i>Signs</i> and <i>Close Encounters.</i> Also, you gotta love that rather bleak and ambiguous ending. I get what you’re doing now, Joe. You’re waiting to review the two “scariest” Hitchcock films for both Halloween “eve” and Halloween day (and saving the best for last too I see). Good form, my friend.

I first saw The Birds on television one night with my family when I was a kid and it scared the crap out of me. While you are correct that it is no masterpiece, it is ceryainly very thrilling and the whole sequence where they lock themselves up in the house while the birds attack clearly influenced similar scenes in both Signs and Close Encounters. Also, you gotta love that rather bleak and ambiguous ending.

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