Scene 1 the very blond and very rich melanie daniels is out walking in san francisco.
Attic scene from the birds.
The birds was a pretty spooky movie to begin with but these behind the scenes facts are just as intriguing.
The scene is highly sexualized.
The birds is a 1963 american natural horror thriller film produced and directed by alfred hitchcock loosely based on the 1952 story of the same name by daphne du maurier it focuses on a series of sudden and unexplained violent bird attacks on the people of bodega bay california over the course of a few days.
One of the most famous scenes in the birds is when melanie goes into the attic and is nearly killed by a flock of bird attackers.
Alfred hitchcock is the king of creepy the original master of horror films.
The actress says when action was called the birds that were tied to.
The film stars rod taylor tippi hedren in her screen debut jessica tandy.
Someone whistles at her that s the first sign that sex and birds go together and she looks up at a bunch of gulls flying overhead.
What if alfred hitchcock s film had an actual score.
It s almost like a leda and the swan scenario.
On the final day of shooting the scene live birds were loosely tied to hedren s costume while she laid on the floor.
How would it sound.
She was told these would.
One of her worst weeks working with hitchcock was on the set of the birds for a scene in which she was supposed to go into an attic where she would be attacked by birds.