The first thing that struck me about this film is the extremely cruel way in which seagulls were treated in the making of this film. This film would never have been allowed to be made in the same way today. Many many scenes were probably "staged" at the expense of the life of a seagull or two. Birds with feathers saturated by seawater to the skin would find it difficult to recover. Similarly, how does the camera just happen to capture a fight scene between a seagull and a hawk without it being staged (eg seagull tethered so it can't escape etc). Seagulls released away from their natural habitat into a freezing, snow bound environment where they may not survive.
Cruel beyond belief
Cruel beyond belief