Review of The Birds (1963) by Dave Kehr for Chicago Reader — 17 Oct 1986
As emblems of sexual tension, divine retribution, meaningless chaos, metaphysical inversion, and aching human guilt, his attacking birds acquire a metaphorical complexity and slipperiness worthy of Melville.
Tippi Hedren's lead performance is still open to controversy, but her evident stage fright is put to sublimely Hitchcockian uses.
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This review of The Birds (1963) was written by Dave Kehr and published by Chicago Reader on 17 Oct 1986.
The Birds has generally received very positive reviews.
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