After running away with most of the Lady
Bird scenes she appeared in, Beanie Feldstein has scored a solid lead role of her own, preapring to star in How To Build A Girl.
The vaguely defined San Fernando setting — a handful of
scenes appear to take place
in San Francisco — connects the film to Hitchcock's other California films: Shadow of a Doubt, Vertigo, Psycho, and The
Birds.
When turned on, the visitor becomes a witness of the robbery that is taking place right
in front of his eyes: all
birds have multi-coloured little pills
in their beaks which they are about to steal — they are all feathered thieves caught
in the act: there is a parade of six seemingly dancing smaller
birds that
appear to be surprised by their discovery and that seem to run away from the crime
scene; a big blue pelican strides away gingerly with his loot
in his beak whereas a dark brownish owl seems to pause and reconsider her deed; a bright red and orange
bird on one leg almost falls off the table while trying to escape the crime
scene... Their facial expressions are manifold but their actions are always the same: to flee their discovery and the nosy glance of the beholder and to leave their sites of crime behind.