Attic Scene From The Birds

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Attic scene from the birds.

One of her worst weeks working with hitchcock was on the set of the birds for a scene in which she was supposed to go into an attic where she would be attacked by birds. Scene 1 the very blond and very rich melanie daniels is out walking in san francisco. The scene is highly sexualized. Someone whistles at her that s the first sign that sex and birds go together and she looks up at a bunch of gulls flying overhead.

It s almost like a leda and the swan scenario. On the final day of shooting the scene live birds were loosely tied to hedren s costume while she laid on the floor. Alfred hitchcock is the king of creepy the original master of horror films. She thrashes and spins and gasps bloodied and increasingly panicked.

The film stars rod taylor tippi hedren in her screen debut jessica tandy. One of the most famous scenes in the birds is when melanie goes into the attic and is nearly killed by a flock of bird attackers. The actress says when action was called the birds that were tied to. What if alfred hitchcock s film had an actual score.

Melanie moans shudders and calls out for mitch. The birds is a 1963 american natural horror thriller film produced and directed by alfred hitchcock loosely based on the 1952 story of the same name by daphne du maurier it focuses on a series of sudden and unexplained violent bird attacks on the people of bodega bay california over the course of a few days.