The Making of Hitchcock's The Birds

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The Making of Hitchcock's The Birds examines Hitchcock's most innovative and technically challenging film: from its modernist underpinnings and art director Robert Boyle's initial sketches influenced by Munch's The Scream, to the groundbreaking electronic score by pioneering German composers Remi Gassmann and Oskar Sala. The entire production process is analysed, illustrated with rare behind the scenes production stills and storyboards. There is also a timeline detailing the film's production to its release at MOMA in New York, and the 1963 Cannes Film Festival.

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If HBO's Tippi Hedren-centric The Girl left a bad taste in your mouth, consider this Hitchcock estate approved 'making of' a good swig of cinematic Listerine -- AP * Empire Magazine *
A must for any fans of Hitchcock's work and a very in depth look into the making of this amazing and rather timeless film -- Mike Gencarelli * Media Mike *
The definitive production history of The Birds -- Kate Stables * Total Film Magazine *
Fascinating reading for cinephiles and media students -- Leo White * Kamera Film Salon *
Anyone with the vaguest interest in the film (or the director himself) will find Tony Lee Moral's loving and exhaustive study of the making of the film utterly fascinating -- Barry Forshaw * DVD Choice *

Author Bio

Tony Lee Moral is a documentary filmmaker and writer. He is the author of two previous books on Alfred Hitchcock: Hitchcock and the Making of Marnie (2002) and Alfred Hitchcock's Movie Making Masterclass (2013) a cinematic guide to the master of suspense. Tony has produced, written and directed over a 100 hours of television for major broadcasters in the US and UK, including award winning series such as The Shape of Life, Man vs Wild, Monsters Inside Me, Naked Science, Wild Britain and The Animal Zone.