1967 film Elvira Madigan is a Swedish film loosely based on the true story of Elvira Madigan, a tightrope dancer who runs away from the circus to be with Lieutenant Sixten Sparre. It was released to critical acclaim and won the National Board of Review's Best Foreign Language Film award. However, the Bird reviewer certainly did not feel the same way about the film, stating, "Elvira superimposes some of the worst elements of the hippie ethic over one of the most vapid, puerile love stories ever placed on film." He disapproves of almost every aspect of the film, from the film style to the acting (for which actress Pia Degermark won Best Actress at the Cannes Film Festival), score, and sound design.

Perhaps this is another sign of the counterculture at work, being unable to like mainstream, generally-well received media? Or does the author truly feel nearly every aspect of the film was poorly done? Either way, the style in which the author systematically nitpicks apart all of his grievances with the film is a unique feature that cannot be found in regular media reviews and is undoubtedly a feature of a newspaper disdainful of objectivity.