BIRDMAN O (L'IMPREVEDIBILE VIRTU' DELL'IGNORANZA)

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BIRDMAN O (L'IMPREVEDIBILE VIRTU' DELL'IGNORANZA) Movie

2014

(7,8 out of 10)
Commedia (Drammatico|Sentimentale)
1 h 54 min - 114 min
Directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu

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	Michael Keaton
	Emma Stone
	Kenny Chin
	Jamahl Garrison-Lowe

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Riggan Thomson è una celebrità decaduta, un attore che disperatamente tenta di allontanarsi dalla figura che tanto lo ha reso celebre, il supereroe Birdman, mettendo in scena a Broadway uno spettacolo teatrale tratto dall'opera What We Talk About When We Talk About Love di Raymond Carver, che nulla ha a che fare con i suoi film pieni di effetti speciali e trame hollywoodiane. A gravare su di lui ci sono la convinzione di avere fallito la carriera di attore e una disastrosa situazione economica e familiare.<br>Riggan in quattro giorni di programmazione, tre dei quali sono anteprime, dovrà fronteggiare il nuovo attore del cast, Mike Shiner, che tenterà di usarlo come trampolino per la sua carriera. Shiner, infatti, rappresenta la figura dell'attore perfetto, nel mondo reale recita con tutti, ma quando si trova sul palcoscenico fa tutto meno che fingere.<br>Le anteprime si rivelano disastrose a causa della tensione creatasi tra i componenti del cast, sfociando in liti furiose ed episodi imbarazzanti, fra cui un Riggan che corre in mutande per le strade di New York, diventando un'attrazione sui social network. Riggan deve anche fare i conti con la figlia Sam, ex tossicodipendente, con la quale ha un rapporto molto instabile poiché lei lo accusa di non essere mai stato presente nella sua vita. Il suo problema più grande però riguarda il tentativo di mettere a tacere il suo ego, rappresentato dal suo personaggio Birdman. La sua voce, che Riggan sente nella propria testa, tenta di dissuaderlo dal continuare con il teatro, spingendolo a ritornare a fare blockbuster. In questi momenti Birdman cerca di mostrare a Riggan di possedere veramente i poteri del suo alter ego, ad esempio l'essere in grado di spostare oggetti con il pensiero.<br>Riggan non regge alla pressione: prima distrugge il camerino cercando di zittire Birdman, poi, dopo aver avuto una discussione animata con la più importante critica letteraria del New York Times, Tabitha Dickinson, la quale gli ha rivelato la sua intenzione di stroncare lo spettacolo, si ubriaca e passa la notte per strada. Al suo risveglio Riggan ha una discussione con Birdman riguardo al bivio che si apre davanti a lui: rimanere un attore di teatro decaduto o tornare a impersonare Birdman e con esso la figura del tipico divo hollywoodiano che lo spettatore medio ama. Riggan si immagina allora di volare fra i palazzi di New York ed essere testimone di un pirotecnico scontro fra Birdman e alcuni robot nel centro della città. Quando finalmente va in scena per la prima, la sua interpretazione entusiasma il pubblico. L'ultimo atto prevede che dopo l'ultima battuta pronunciata da Riggan, questo debba fingere di suicidarsi sparandosi alla tempia. All'ultimo momento, però, Riggan sostituisce la pistola giocattolo con una vera e si spara.<br>L'attore si risveglia in ospedale con il viso coperto da una fasciatura, poiché il proiettile lo ha solo ferito di striscio, al naso. Qui il suo manager Jake gli dice che lo spettacolo è stato un successo, e che perfino la Dickinson è entusiasta: ora tutti lo adorano, compresa la figlia, e migliaia di fan mostrano il loro amore sui social network. Non appena rimane solo Riggan va in bagno e, una volta tolta la fasciatura, vede Birdman, stranamente silenzioso. Tornato in camera apre la finestra, attirato dai versi di alcuni uccelli, ed esce sul parapetto. Poco dopo, sua figlia rientra nella stanza, non lo trova e vede la finestra aperta: temendo il peggio si precipita a guardar fuori, prima giù verso la strada, poi, sentendo in lontananza lo stridere di un rapace, alza lo sguardo al cielo e sorride.

The drum set shown in the film has fewer pieces than the one that is heard. The film set has no floor tom; only snare, bass and high tom. It also has fewer cymbals; with only a hi-hat and ride cymbal, the recorded kit has at least three more (splash, crash and china cymbals). The scene where the drums are played in the green room matches perfectly, as none of the excluded pieces are played in the audio, until Riggan passes by. As the drums are seen being played behind him, they are clearly mismatched with the audio, and pieces like the floor tom are played without being shown. <br>------------------------<br><br>When Riggan's girlfriend brings him the newspaper and tells him to look at the review on page 12, there's a full page of ads on the left-hand page and he reads the review on the right hand page. In most newspapers, page 12, an even-numbered page, would be a left-hand page. <br>------------------------<br><br>Sam tells Riggan that the Earth is 6,000,000,000 years old, but the standard scientific estimate is only 4,500,000,000 years. <br>------------------------<br><br>When Riggan is locked out of the theater, he walks to his left with the building on his left. Assuming he's walking around the block to get back to the entrance, the buildings on that block should always be on his left. However, in the ending shots of the scene, the buildings on that block are now on his right side and he enters the theater from the right. <br>------------------------<br><br>When Jake enters Riggan's room in the hospital he turns on the TV. After he leaves, the TV is off. <br>------------------------<br><br>When Riggan walks to the set for the last time, one of the buttons on his blouse is open. When a man passes by, so you can't see Riggan for a second, the button is closed. <br>------------------------<br><br>After the flying scene, Riggan enters the theater for the opening night and is followed by an angry man. Then, just before the camera starts to pull back, the angle changes. It's noticeable on the theater placards. <br>------------------------<br><br>When Riggan is seen on stage during his first preview, he is shown without a wedding ring. However, a ring appears on his finger by the time he arrives in his dressing room. <br>------------------------<br><br>When Riggan leaves his dressing room in the first scene, the rod by the window has two plastic hangers pushed together to the left of the window. When Riggan returns to the dressing room after the stage light hits Gabriel's head, the two hangers are separated. <br>------------------------<br><br>At the end when Riggan goes into the bathroom to remove his bandages, when he comes back out the time of the day is much different than what it was when he went inside. It is much less sunnier than before. <br>------------------------<br><br>When Riggan leaves for the rehearsal where Ralph is injured, the television isn't on in his dressing room. When he then returns, the television is on. <br>------------------------<br><br>In the hospital, Riggan keeps the lilacs on top of the newspaper before entering the toilet. He keeps them on the edge of the bed. Later when he flies out of the window and we see Sam come in the lilacs and the newspaper both are a little away from the edge. <br>------------------------<br><br>When Riggan goes back to the theater after a drunk night out, right after he's touching ground beneath his feet again, there can a couple be seen walking from the left side of the frame to the right, away from the camera (we can only see them from behind). When Riggan passes the couple the right man can be seen making a very sudden quick (and very unnatural looking) hand-movement in direction to Riggan's back. This movement might have been necessary to detach the cables from Michael Keaton's back that he needed to be attached to for the flying scene. <br>------------------------<br><br>As Riggan walks back into the theater in just his underwear, you can clearly see the reflection of the cameraman's legs following him on the ticket stand to Riggan's left. <br>------------------------<br><br>After the preview screening when Mike freaks out about his gin really being water, Riggan goes upstairs with Jake and they have a conversation. Afterwards, Riggan walks down the hall and is then greeted by Mike. When Riggan yells "Hey, out in front of the theater in ten minutes!", you can see the rest of the hall behind Riggan. Unfortunately, you can also see the pink piece of tape used for Riggan's mark to stop to talk to Jake. <br>------------------------<br><br>After the first preview (when Mike was drinking real gin onstage) Riggan and Mike walk out of the St. James Theatre onto 44th street. Riggan gives money to a drummer on the street. The camera swings around, and, apparently still in the same shot, they are now walking towards the Edison Hotel on 47th street. They enter the bar at the Edison Hotel. When Riggan leaves the bar, he is back on 44th street, and walks just a few steps back to the St. James Theatre - closer than when they walked from the theatre to the bar. <br>------------------------<br><br>After Regan gets locked out of the theatre (probably at the back), it doesn't make sense to have Times Square on your route back to the main entrance. <br>------------------------<br><br>It is twice stated that the St. James Theatre seats 800 people. In actuality, its capacity is approximately 1,700. <br>------------------------<br><br>Mike dares Sam to spit on a bald guy walking below them from the rooftop of the theater. However the sidewalk outside the St. James Theater is a covered sidewalk and neither of them would have been able to see the bald man from the roof, let alone spit on him. <br>------------------------<br><br>The note from Sam in the bouquet of flowers changes. At first it is a wide strip of paper and reads "They didn't have the whatever you wanted". A little later the paper is narrower and the "the" is omitted. <br>------------------------<br><br>When Riggan is walking back to the theater in his underwear, a girl is seen and heard telling him "You look so old in person" and he replies back with "Fuck you" right before he walks into the theater doors, then later when Sam shows him his trending video, neither the girl's comment nor his reply to her are heard. <br>------------------------<br><br>Jake signs Mike to replace Ralph because he is a famous stage actor. Jake tells Riggan that Mike will sell tickets, and credits the previews being sold-out to Mike. Yet Mike is not used to publicize the play, his name is not on the theater marquee or the posters, nor is he recognized when he is out in public. <br>------------------------<br><br>When Sam shows him the viral video of himself in Times Square in his underwear, the video is clearly shot from different perspectives (no one person was seen following him the entire time to film him), yet the final video is somehow edited together and has already gotten thousands of hits right after the performance is over. There is no way there would be time for all of this to happen in such a short time. <br>------------------------<br><br>When Lesley walks to her room after the second preview (where Mike tries to rape her), right when Laura appears and a person walks in front of the camera, the blood splatter all over her changes, indicating that a cut was made. <br>------------------------<br><br>When Thomson is loading the semiautomatic pistol in his dressing room before the opening night, he loads an empty shell (just the brass case) into the magazine. He then chambers that empty shell. This may be a foreshadowing of the ending. <br>------------------------<br><br>