The Birds

Rating: 8/10 (30 October 2005)

I don't know if this is Hitchcock's "best" film. I've seen almost all of them that are available, from some of his early silent films to his last. In each one you can see the unmistakable Hitchcock touch and how his talent grew. By the time he made "The Birds" he was at the top of his craft. I still feel like shouting to the man lighting his cigar with gasoline all over the street, "Don't drop the match." And when Tippi Hedron sits at the school yard and the birds slowly fill the yard behind her. I tingle. What a movie! AMC is currently having a Hitchcock festivle and I'm taping or watching them all - even Number 17! If you haven't seen "The Birds", see it. If you have - see it again!