#Birdman #EnglishHollywoodFilmMovieReview #JohnsonThomas #Rating: * * *1/2
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English film review
Johnson Thomas
Ironical,Satirical and Inconclusive
Film: Birdman
Cast: Michael Keaton, Emma Stone, Edward Norton, Naomi Watts, Lindsay Duncan, Andrea Riseborough,Amy Ryan, Zach Galifianakis
Director: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarrittu
Rating: * * *1/2
Synopsis:
A fading actor (Michael Keaton) best known for his portrayal of a popular superhero attempts to mount a comeback by appearing in a Broadway play. As opening night approaches, his attempts to become more altruistic, rebuilt his career, and reconnect with friends and family proves more difficult than expected.
Review:
Alejandro Inarrittu has given us some memorable films including Amores Perros, Biutiful, Babel and a few more. this one seeks to go one better- throw us off-kilter with it’s free-forming narrative and eccentric goings-on.
A good four years after Biutiful, Inarrittu sets out to make a film that’s completely different from his earlier works in terms of style. A assemblage of strong actors and some juicy takes make this an event of sorts. Cinephiles are bound to be enamored.
Birdman works it’s wonders around one monumental take chronicling the early days of a Broadway adaptation of Raymond Carver’s What we Talk about When We Talk about Love. Cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki does a wonderful job of creating a credible resonance of theatre life. Multiciplity and Batman star Michael Keaton plays Riggan Thomson who as an actor, used to play a long-forgotten super-hero in a successful franchise . And he is not the only one aiming for the cape so there’s obviously not much work coming his way. Riggan is now betting his career on theatre which he believes , really matters. His best friend (Zach Galifianakis) is the producer and estranged daughter (Emma Stone) is an assistant. Riggan has to get the play and the cast (Naomi Watts, Andrea Riseborough, Edward Norton) ready for opening night and for those dreaded, make-or-break reviews.
The narrative is not exactly consistent in either flow or form. The treatment is free-flowing so even the conversations sometimes feel a little obtuse and challenging. There’s quite a bit going around and a lot of it has to do with starry egos skinny dipping through a theme centred canvas revolving around what’s real and what’s not. Personal suffering here is shown around as Artistic Transcendence. It’s a contemporary movie business satire chronicling a showman’s psychological breakdown. unfortunately , it’s not that easy to understand or like!
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