BIRDMAN is a piercing & unrelenting character study of a former celebrity film star striving to gain back recognition & maintain his sanity. Riggan Thomson (an unforgettable Michael Keaton) played the superhero Birdman character in films which brought him fame, fortune & family dysfunction. Now years later, he's desperate to prove he's a legitimate talent within the ranks of Broadway legends. With the little money retained from his commercial action films, Riggan gambles everything on acting/directing an adapted Raymond Carver story on B'wy. The smart acting & brilliant cinematography thrust you seamlesslly into the theatrical world & Riggan's head as he struggles with demons & vicariously straddles a thin line with reality. "I've crossed some kind of invisible line to a place…{that} has led me into consideration of death & annihilation."* The movie is a turbulent, exhausting yet rewarding experience. Despite his relentless compulsion for adulation, Riggan is not without compassion for others. The interactions between fellow actors (Ed Norton & Naomi Watts) his daughter (Emma Stone) and legal advisor, (Zak Galifinakis) reveal absorbing, multi-layers of addictive, compulsive behaviors. The film soars into the angst & egos attributed to those in show businesss. BIRDMAN is a phenomenal achievement in cinema. Everyone involved in this crowning, artistic achievement should clearly be recognized by the Academy. "To feel myself beloved on the earth,"* is what Birdman & everyman craves.
*Raymond Carver
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