The Birds is that rare piece of cinema that mirrors the current society in ways that is unforseen, and yet reclaims every single point it navigates with shocking clarity of depth and meaning
From how a painting on Norman Bates’ wall is a cheeky nod to voyeurism to why Hitchcock was banned from shooting at Disneyland – on Psycho’s 60 anniversary, we look at the film through its trivia
The more you try to convince me that something is really happening on screen – through, say, the single take – the more I am convinced that it is “unreal”. Because the craft is too obvious.
From finding a body double for Janet Leigh to using Hershey’s syrup for blood, we look at some memorable things director Alfred Hitchcock did to craft the iconic scene