The Birds (1963)

The Birds finishes up the left over Hitchcock movies that I wanted to catch up with. The dvd version had a bonus feature talking about how the movie was made. And the presentation of "all about the birds" was a wondrous thing to watch. I watched it before I saw the movie - something that I always do after watching the movie. The hour long presentation of how they made the movie made me appreciate the movie a lot more. The lack of present day technology overcome by using brilliant ideas. The strive the make it look realistic is extremely commendable.
I will go as far as saying that without keeping in mind the time and prevalent technology at the time the movie was made, you'd balk at some scenes where the super imposing is obvious. But once you realise that theres no cgi and that at times the movie makers had just One chance to get the editing and blending together, you appreciate the movie and the three years it took to make it.

The final shot of the movie is a mix of 32 separate shots. And this culmination of the movie is not that the story had ended but is the tribute to the art of the making of a movie.