Birds - Camille Paglia (BFI Film Classics) Spain 'Only Herzog could have written

'Only Herzog could have written this weird

- Selected-scene commentary with cinematographer Agnès Godard

In rural France anonymous poison-pen letters appear -first denouncing the 'outsider' local doctor but soon taking in other prominent members of society

The gripping tale of a resistance fighter meticulously planning his escape from a Nazi prison

is commissioned to paint the portrait of a countess's daughter ('Heloise') - a portrait which will be used to appeal to foreign aristocratic potential husbands

Birds - Camille Paglia (BFI Film Classics) Spain 'Only Herzog could have written'The Birds' by Camille Paglia A new edition of Camille Paglia's compelling study of Hitchcock's 'The Birds' which takes in subjects such as the film's mythical qualities and its depictions of anxiety and gender relations.