Compression The Birds de Alfred Hitchcock is the reduction of The Birds, Alfred Hitchcock’s 1963 masterpiece with Tippi Hedren and Rod Taylor, from a 2-hour film to a 5-minute film. The film is “compressed” in the manner of a work by Arman or César. But unlike the work of these artists who compressed everyday objects, Alfred Hitchcock’s Compression of The Birds compresses an artistic object!