The Birds and the Mechanisms of Suspense
With a side-by-side technique, this audio-visual essay demonstrates the power and influence of the Jungle Jim scene in The Birds on Four Flies on Grey Velvet and The Messiah of Evil.
Donato Totaro has been the editor of the online film journal Offscreen since its inception in 1997. Totaro received his PhD in Film & Television from the University of Warwick (UK), is a part-time professor in Film Studies at Concordia University (Montreal, Canada) and a longstanding member of AQCC (Association québécoise des critiques de cinéma).
