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Freebird

I won't repeat what others have said beyond stating that this movie was very phallocentric and not liberating to women at all. Instead I want to focus on the often repeated images of birds throughout the film. I feel the birds tie into the idea of liberation, especially freedom. Birds are free to fly around or away whenever they feel like it, in the way that Rebecca clearly wasn't. She thought the motorcycle gave her that freedom she clearly craved, but it didn't. Instead, it tied her to Daniel and the road. Therefore, the constant bird images in the film represent the ultimate freedom Rebecca thought she could find, however; like the birds, it was uncatchable.

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