- Alfred Hitchcock based his film version of ‘‘The Birds’’ in part on two separate incidents in California when large groups of gulls broke into homes and smashed into car windows, as noted by Camille Paglia in her critical assessment of the film. Research these incidents and any others you can find on documented bird attacks. How realistic are the attacks in the story as compared to the real-life incidents? How could the behavior of the birds be explained?
- While Hitchcock maintained the tension of the story in his film version, he dramatically changed the plot. Do...
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