Episode 39: The Birds (1963) & Don't Look Now (1973)

Welcome to episode 39 of The Horror Double Bill the podcast where each week we pair two movies to create something greater than the sum of their partsThis week we have two films that are based on works by Daphne du Maurier, an English novelist, playwright, and biographer whose stories and novels have been adapted multiple times for stage, radio television and of course for film.First up nature strikes back with The Birds from 1963 starring Tippi Hedren, Rod Taylor, Jessica Tandy, Suzanne Pleshette and Veronica Cartwright. Then we jump forward a decade for a story of grief, guilt and extra sensory perception in Venice with Don’t Look Now from 1973. This stars Donald Sutherland, Julie Christie and Hilary Mason, and was directed by Nicolas Roeg.Along the way, will be discussing the life aren’t works of Daphne du Maurier, the troubling relationship between Hitchcock and his lead actress Tippi Hedren, the career of Nicolas Roeg, and much much moreRecommendationsThe Birds by Daphne du MaurierDon't Look Now by Daphne du MaurierRebecca by Daphne du MaurierPerformance (1970)Walkabout (1971)The Comfort of Strangers (1990)Who Saw Her Die (1972)The Bloodstained Shadow (1978)The Talented Mr Ripley (1999) ReferencesThe Birds by Daphne du MaurierDon't Look Now by Daphne du Maurierhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daphne_du_Maurierhttps://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/books/features/the-blagger-s-guide-to-daphne-du-maurier-7742072.htmlhttps://www.theguardian.com/books/2007/may/05/fiction.daphnedumaurierdumaurier.orgThe Making of Hitchcock's The Birds  by Tony Lee Moral (Kamera books)The Birds by Camille Paglia (BFI Film Classics)https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2016/11/what-tippi-hedren-learned-from-alfred-hitchcocks-harassmenthttps://www.vogue.co.uk/article/tippi-hedren-memoir-the-birds-extracthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tippi_HedrenDon’t Look Now by Mark Sanderson (BFI Film Classics)Don't Look Now blu-ray special edition from Studio Canal. Don’t Look Now by Jessica Gildersleeve  (Devil’s Advocates) https://bfidatadigipres.github.io/big%20screen%20classics/2024/09/10/dont-look-now/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_Look_Nowhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Birds_and_Other_Storieshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Birds_(film)https://journals.openedition.org/jsse/3924https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_du_Maurierhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_du_MaurierInstagram: @thehorrordoublebillemail: [email protected]: @thehorrordoublebillartwork by Justin Parker (IG jpkr_illustration.com)