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Oct 17, 2014 · “Birdman” is a complete blast from start to finish. The gimmick here–and it’s a doozy, and it works beautifully–is that Inarritu has created the sensation that you are watching a two-hour film shot all in one take.
- That Little Voice in Your Head
- Not Just A Gimmick
- “A Thing Is A Thing, Not What Is Said of That Thing”
In Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance), Michael Keaton plays Riggan Thomsan, a Hollywood has-been looking to resurrect his career by writing, directing, and starring in a re-telling of Raymond Carver’s “What We Talk About When We Talk About Love” on Broadway. Riggan has thrown what little money he has left from his stint as blockbuster ...
Perhaps the most memorable aspect of Birdman is it audacious use of cinematography. Emmanuel Lubezki makes almost the entire film feel like one continuous take. The camera is almost never still and is not afraid to change directions if someone interesting passes by. The film does not take place in real-time, but even the passage of time is shot to ...
This phrase is scribbled on a note card in the corner of Riggan’s vanity mirror in his dressing room. It is a phrase that makes me feel a little strange writing about Birdman. The experience of film is not the thoughts you spew out afterwards. Rather, it is what you feel as you go through. When you write about something, a film loses it fluidity; b...
- Jay Ledbetter
Clever script. Mind boggling execution, untouched by most recent films, in which they take a technique which could easily be dismissed as a gimmick (one tracking shot = whole movie) and instead elevate it to another level entirely. TL;DR Easily could have been a very horrible movie but instead was handled expertly.
Oct 23, 2014 · This is where the single-take strategy becomes more than a gimmick and becomes an integral part of the movie’s effect.
- Movie Critic
Jan 3, 2015 · Minor criticism aside and more than merely a gimmick, Birdman is a milestone in a narrative story telling with what can be done with ‘one shot’, the same way Hitchcock’s Rope was in 1948 ...
- Gary Collinson
Oct 23, 2014 · Birdman is one long seamless tracking shot, the perfect gimmick for a film about trying to pin down where artifice ends and real life begins.
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Plot. Riggan Thomson is a faded actor famous for playing a superhero named Birdman in a film trilogy from 1989 to 1992. He is tormented by the mocking and critical internal voice of his past self as Birdman and frequently visualizes himself performing feats of levitation and telekinesis.
