This was what I also thought after watching the movie. I completely agree with you. The ending was to represent the rela
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neeraj-singh — 10 years ago(March 21, 2016 07:25 PM)
This was what I also thought after watching the movie. I completely agree with you. The ending was to represent the relationship between Melanie and Lydia. There were two important scene
- In which Melanie talks about missing her mother. Remember her talk with the school teacher - where she says to her that Lydia will get a daughter once his son marries.
- Lydia talks about her weakness and fear with Melanie.
And in the end, I paid attention to the close-up of Melanie closing her hand around Lydia's wrist, and the close-up of Lydia's tender reaction.
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mizhub — 10 years ago(March 22, 2016 04:45 PM)
I've seen many comments stating that the original intended ending (the Golden Gate Bridge covered with birds) would've been the perfect ending.
But even if it was filmed and the story stopped there, that STILL wouldn't explain why the birds attacked in the first place. -
dalton-22403 — 10 years ago(February 07, 2016 12:32 PM)
Hitchcock had story-boarded an elaborate sequence for the end following Mitch, Melanie, et al driving back to San Francisco, passing scenes of horror and destruction and being attacked - through the fabric roof of the car - along the way. That's why he had them all (otherwise inexplicably) pile into that convertible sports car instead of the safer pickup to drive away from the house. The film would have ended with a shot of the Golden Gate Bridge covered in birds. It's somewhat questionable how that would have looked given the huge scale of the bridge. It might have been quite underwhelming and/or ridiculous.
The sequence was deemed too cost-prohibitive and time-consuming to film with technology of the day, and anyway would still have not explained why the birds were attacking. Hitchcock always intended to leave that an open-ended question. -
Stevicus-2 — 10 years ago(March 03, 2016 09:01 PM)
No summary or anything. Just ended. It may as well of ended after the first bird attack.
Yeah, it just sort of leaves it up in the air, but as others have said, it's all up to your imagination and however one wants to interpret it. That's what makes movies like
The Birds
rather intriguing.
Perhaps the birds stop their attacks and everything returns to normal without any explanation why. Melanie eventually recovered and married Mitch, while Lydia sold her farm in Bodega Bay and she and Cathy got a place in San Francisco closer to Mitch.
Meanwhile, Melanie continued to be stalked for years by the hysterical woman in the diner who still thinks she's evil, EVIL!
The doomsayer in the diner eventually became a preacher and a rather well-known televangelist.
Cathy eventually got caught up in the hippie scene but then ended up in various religious cults.
Deke probably would have expanded his operation into an upscale hotel and resort.
It would be eventually revealed that Mrs. Bundy was behind the whole thing. Mrs. Bundy, in addition to being an expert ornithologist, was also a highly skilled bird trainer, and she orchestrated the whole thing, directing the various bird attacks. Of course, she plays innocent in the diner, acting like such a thing could never happen. But she was diabolical. -
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Lester_Burnham_Risen — 9 years ago(August 12, 2016 06:41 PM)
Seems we were intended to read into the ending a connection to them taking the lovebirds with them - but of course that could well have been a Mc Guffin. Or was there a LESSON of don't cage birds, ie the other birds were objecting.
Night freely admits to using The Birds in Signs but he too learnt his trade from Hitchcock and Kubrick and clearly he used The Birds more in The Happening where there IS a cause predicted up front with Einstein and the bees which everyone in class ignores and America CONTINUES to ignore for whole movie, so the ending in Paris comes as similarly abrupt.
Note Night has a plant expert [who probably survived] to match the bird expert in this movie.
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leybell — 9 years ago(September 01, 2016 08:15 AM)
Of course it had an ending. Otherwise it must be the longest film in history.
artists except in North Korea have the freedom to end a movie as they and their producers choose. Did characters discover the source of the bird frenzy? NO. Did they destroy the enemy? NO. Do Mel and Mitch start a torrid love affair? Beats me. Apparently Hitchcock made the right choice 'cause apparently some viewers were left uneasy, uncomfortable, and wondering what's going to happen next? Exactly. -
nimstic — 9 years ago(November 06, 2016 08:23 AM)
Did you watch how the film ended? We didn't even get the shot of the car being sped away (hence making us believe they escaped). It kept slowly dragging itself suspensefully in what felt like a million years. And there we see the credits.
Check the year it was made. What a genius!