![]() ![]() These stories reveal, as Du Maurier herself suggested, her own psychological and emotional obsessions. It was a new departure for Du Maurier, in which she experimented with neo-Gothic motifs. ![]() Shows him posing with a seagull and a raven (Getty Images)Ībout the Book: " This collection of short stories by Daphne du Maurier was first published as The Apple Tree in 1952. At first dismissive, she read his book and thought it was pretty good! Her dissatisfaction with the movie probably reflects that there is nothing in it resembling her story except the title.Ī promotional photo for Hitchcock’s The Birds in 1963, There was a funny story I read somewhere that the movie wound up being based on someone else's story instead (because Hitchcock found her characters dull) and Daphne received an indignant letter from that author. I recognize that there would be a visceral fear from the visual effects of the movie but Daphne's story is frightening in its own way and clearly more subtle. Du Maurier does not say what caused the birds to turn on the humans, but she was interested in the supernatural and doubtless realized the unexplained often has added terror. ![]() ![]() The chilling effect of The Birds results not only from what takes place and how the story ends but also because we are used to reading about friendly birds and animals. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |