thanks moma
i saw the birds again last night. i'd forgotten it was without non-diegetic sound; it all comes from 'natural' people noises, and the fluttering and squawking of the birds. and it works - it ups the unnervingness. and i'd forgotten how much of a master the H is, with his visual and shot styles, and the freudian psychological dynamics - those male/female tensions, and then those female/female tensions! the air is so thick with them that you often forget about the birds. delicious to watch...
the best character must be that old crank, mrs bundy, the orinthologist; but the best scene must be when poor tippi breaks down and her arms thrash the air, beating off invisible birds...oh, an oscar performance there.
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Fire bans in place as SA awaits hot weather - it's raining here...But perhaps not up at Cleland, which was aflame yesterday. You could smell the smoke in Goodwood in the afternoon.
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