(PS: This article is just to provide a possible interpretation. If anyone pursues an absolutely universal truth, then I advise not to read this film review. I don’t want to argue about this meaningless right and wrong question. The basis of the discussion is Built on an openness.) This is a very interesting work. I personally think it is a perfect and pungent mockery of the cultural logic of postmodernism or late capitalism. So I couldn't help but want to write some opinions. The first narration at the beginning of the film is: "How did we end up here? This place is a fucking dump." This is really a very impressive beginning, and the director's attitude has been revealed. Then the narrator said: "We don't belong in this shithole." Then the story officially begins. The most notable part of the first part of the film is an interview with Riggan by the reporter. The reporter’s question implies a mockery: “Why did an actor who originally starred in Birdman suddenly want to adapt Carver’s work into a stage play?” Riggan’s answer was: “Bart said that the mythical epics in the past literary works are now being cleansed. Ads and comics have replaced characters, so my adaptation is a big improvement.” After saying this, a big-breasted blonde female reporter asked, “Who is Bart? Which birdman is he?” Another reporter was just about to start talking to him. Explaining who Bart was, the female reporter asked, "Say, you inject young pig semen to beautify yourself?" Riggan asked who he heard. The reporter responded to a tweet that broke the news. This dialogue has an obvious reference to the object of the whole work to be mocked: a desperate struggle between the logic of mass business and the logic of elite culture. If Birdman symbolizes popular and even vulgar Hollywood aesthetics, then Icarus in Greek mythology is its opposite: he flies too high and too close to the sun, so that his wings eventually melt and fall into the abyss. Riggan is the only character in the film who truly pursues ideals and is not reconciled to mediocrity. His attempts appear naive and ridiculous in such a capitalist cultural logic. This is why his daughter said, "What's the meaning of your work? Who cares about Carver's works published in the 1980s? You can't even use Twitter." He was completely speechless. In the next few scenes, Birdman frequently appeared in Riggan's consciousness, desperately trying to persuade him to compromise, and even he was tortured to the edge of mental breakdown. He wanted to express the same meaning. Let's talk about Mike again. This is a very contradictory character. He is a very ambitious person, but for his own fame and fortune, he can disregard the dignity of others and sell his friends for glory. He seems to be full of enthusiasm for the acting career, but in fact he only uses it as a tool to win his reputation. The most ridiculous thing is to ask for real sex with actresses. When his own biggest hard-on gets a lot of praise, he can't hide it. His vanity still betrayed him. He was also jealous of the relationship between Riggan and Raymond Carver, although on the surface it was disdainful. Let’s talk about Riggan’s daughter, a typical American Cool Girl. The line she and Riggan quarreled with each other is very interesting: " re the one who doesn't exist. You're doing this because you're scared to death, like the rest of us, that you don't matter. And you know what? You're right. You don't. It's not important. You're not important. Get used to it. "For a person living in the social media frenzy, celebrity cult era, Sam naturally cannot understand his father's almost ridiculous "pure art" pursuit. She lives in a world full of marketing and celebrity gossip. She knows better than art, what people really care about. This passage is not cynical, but when you read it carefully, there is a sense of sadness, that is, to be completely assimilated by the trend of the times. Humble situation. She herself is not a career pursuit person like her father, she is immersed in the nihilistic satisfaction brought by marijuana and social networking sites, and she is just a small person in the "small age." Riggan once wanted to give up too, but when he learned that all the tickets were sold out, he had no way out. Ironically, at the end Riggan loaded the pistol, and when he was about to walk to the stage, he said: "20 leopards laughed at 2 lofty lions." Repeated three times, worth noting. When Riggan wandered on the street, "Macbeth"'s monologue "Out! Out! Brief candle!" sounded, this symbolist approach was extremely tense. Riggan walked past him and ignored it, saying that he still hadn't compromised. Finally, let me mention the disgusting female film critic. Since she couldn't find her presence as a film critic for a long time, labeling and writing clichés have gradually become the only things she can do. Of all the characters, I think she is the saddest. When she said confidently: I' When m gonna kill your movie because you are a celebrity, I think the people the director wants to satirize are really too numerous to mention. The end of the film is helpless and beautiful. It doesn't matter whether Riggan is alive or dead. This is destined to be an open ending. In this "magic reality" expression method, the actor Riggan finally became Icarus, not Birdman, because he wanted to pursue the sun, even though people would always pay attention to Birdman sitting on the toilet. This kind of despair Dispelling is also a confirmation of the famous saying: "Despair is in vain, just like hope."
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