Audio-visual language is good, but overall a bit pretentious

Marcella 2022-04-21 09:03:02

1. When the subtitles were released at the beginning, a fragmented sound, as if coming from a distant room, reached the territory of the heart, planting seeds emotionally from this moment.
2 cross-cuts that effectively advance the narrative. But also a little hypocritical.
3Al loves women like all men. It is a pleasure to touch a woman's chest, and a woman can be fucked once at the cost of wearing a jacket. Sexuality is such a popular instinct. In the face of the beautiful girlfriend's crisp breasts, Birdman will only say that it's okay, it's okay - he really doesn't understand human beings, and he ejaculated in his dream the next night, with his bird.
4 Occasionally there are a few stylized pieces of music, which make me wonder what type of movie I'm watching. These paragraphs are indeed a bit weird, maybe to ease the depressing rhythm, but I don't think it's necessary at all.
5 Birdman's father is really a good person. Every time he appears, he is working hard. He is infinitely tolerant to Birdman. I think this person, as the opposite of Birdman's world, is related to sex, violence, war, etc. All frustrating things, strike a balance. The characterization of this old man makes me feel very alive, far more alive than the comic effect of Birdman's last leap.
6. After facing the war and Birdman, Al has changed quickly, which is reflected in his sexual control over the beautiful nurse, so he said, what is good in the outside world, we are like abandoned wild animals. dog. However, what he said was too humble, so it was just a complaint after being abandoned. One day the master picked him up, and he would still like his human nature and greed. In this regard, Birdman is a little different, because he was born to think that women are just more developed breasts, so he does not have the dignity to be put down.
7. Birdman and Al are catching pigeons. Birdman is about to fall from the roof. Al is nervous to death, but Birdman says why are you so serious? You can't fly because you think you can't fly. In a dream, you will be able to fly if you have the right conditions. He wants to die quickly, so that he can be reborn as a bird in the next life. With such a strong consciousness, reincarnation as a bird after committing suicide is probably not a problem. If a bird man learns Buddhism, then he will surely know how much Buddha nature he is.
8. Regarding the Vietnam War, I don't have any feeling, except for what Al said, if it was another war, we would have become heroes long ago. It seems that the director really only opposes the Vietnam War, and has nothing to do with the war and human nature. deeper understanding.
9. The flight of the bird's projection is very creative. Well, the most important thing in this film is creativity. It is very delicate. There are many remarkable places in the audio-visual language. However, too much emphasis on technology can make people feel I don't really like it because it feels artificial, and the director's overall grasp is still lacking.

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  • Heath 2022-03-23 09:02:50

    What an anti-war movie, that fat guy is a stand-in!

  • Lela 2022-03-19 09:01:07

    At first I thought it was a dream-seeking film, but later I found out that it was an anti-war film, a film about human nature. The protagonist had a dream shattered under the pressure of family and society, especially the painful feelings of the Vietnam War, and a pure bird-like person was forced into a neurosis. Quite sensational plot, but it is a very meaningful ending. I don't understand the director's design reasons.

Birdy quotes

  • Doctor Weiss: You mean the spitting?

    Sergeant Al Columbato: Yes.

    Doctor Weiss: The army left a bad taste in his mouth.

  • Birdy: The dream is as real to me now as my waking life. I don't know where one begins and the other ends. I wish I could tell Al, but I'm afraid to. In my dreams, nothing holds me down. Everything's out and away. There's nothing in my life to keep me here anymore. I wish I could die and be born again as a bird.