Who is the bird and the bird?
A thing is a thing, not what said of that thing. This is what Regan Thompson put on the table before he was about to perform the most important scene, that is, before he took out his real gun and tried to commit suicide on the stage. The film did not directly explain who wrote it and put it there, but it is certain that this is what director Inaritu wants to express through this film, similar to Lu Xun's "Go your own way, let others say it." "a feeling of. I admire and agree with this point of view. If people live, they should be for themselves. Why do they have to live for others? Isn’t it tiring enough? one,
Nearly perfect personality and relationship
In the movie "The Room", the 5-year-old Jack touched everyone's heart. His voice, his experience, his innocence, his humor, and his love for his mother made the story set on an evil premise. But it still makes people feel hope and power. Director Lannard did not attempt to shed tears, but revealed the purest affection of mankind everywhere. In this film, director Inaritu has portrayed a lot of characters close to life in the film, whether it is the big-name actor Mike who only dares to show his true self on stage, or the free and lively purposeless Sam. Leslie, who dreams big and weak in heart, or Jack who is righteous to his friends but pursues fame and fortune, or even the ex-wife of Reagan who is divorced but reluctant to leave, Laura who is chaotic but longing for true love, is self-righteous but writes touching comments Every character of Dickinson is very full and very real, and people can always see their own shadow in someone. And the most thought-provoking thing is the protagonist of the film-Reagan Thompson.
The role played by Michael Keaton is now an overwhelming internet celebrity, eliminated by the times, and forgotten by the audience. Even many people only know the birdman he created, but don't know who Reagan is. But the difference between him and the current Internet celebrities is that he did not cater to the public everywhere in order to be famous again, but stick to his heart and do real art. He really values fame and fortune, and even worried about things like the face of the star next to him when his plane crashed on the front page of the newspaper. Although he found that streaking on the street can be an instant hit, and the erection on the stage can also get tens of thousands of page views, he is still unmoved, but his heart is getting more and more unable to bear such a world. Beware of the birdman in his heart. When he was aggressive, he collapsed. He dreamed that he was flying in the air. He decided to commit suicide with a real gun in the last scene of the premiere, and acted as a real gun for a female critic who dismissed him. Mike, who is too fake, played for Leslie of Broadway who realized his dreams, played for Jack who was eager to sell at the box office, played for the daughter who was addicted to drugs, played for the wife who could not stand his dream, and played for the cold-eyed relative hedonistic audience...
He did it. All parts of the country watched for him. He finally won the public’s attention and made the headlines, but he did not die. The secular is in harmony. When he received the lilac symbolizing brilliance and purity from his daughter in the hospital, he saw the silent birdman, and saw the bird flying freely outside the window, he let go, smiled slightly, jumped, and ended. In my life, I also fulfilled my dream. Even when the daughter looked down and saw the father’s body, she was not too surprised, because she seemed to see her father soaring in the air, and she seemed to see the falling meteor that appeared repeatedly. She understood what her father wanted and understood. My father has realized his dream, he has no regrets in his life, he is not too sad, but happy for his father.
So the question is: couldn't he fly, why did he die? What is the relationship between the daughter and the father? In fact, he has no superpowers at all. The sound in his ears, the accompanying birdman, moving objects in the air, and flying freely are all his fantasies. For example, when he smashed his office, Jack suddenly came in. At this time, from Jack’s perspective, What I saw was Reagan smashing things by himself; when he walked in the air and walked into the theater, he was followed by a taxi driver who was begging for money; when he rose into the sky and went straight up the tall building, the woman who opened the window did not even see this behemoth... Director Inaritu tells us from various details that he is just living in fantasy. Birdman's voice is actually the side that encourages him not to be an enemy of the times. The seemingly self-talking is his own heart, and the contrast highlights Reagan's determination. As for the daughter, she entered the drug rehabilitation center at a young age, and her friends were cynical, and even asked people who had just met if they wanted to be on their own. She was a purposeless person who had constant friction with her father. During the quarrel, he said that Reagan could not be an artist. The pursuing nobody gives a shit but you, and sarcastically said: "You do not do it for art, but to feel that you are still important... You are not important, get used to it." The relationship between their father and daughter can be said to be so bad. How bad it was that the father had never cared about his daughter on the surface, and Reagan was not by his side when Sam was born, and he gave his daughter the boy name Sam. Sam's long-term drug addiction, and the divorce of his parents, perfectly created a huge gap between the two. But in fact, there are too many misunderstandings in the middle. As the plot develops, Reagan confesses his feelings to his former wife, and the daughter begins to touch the father's heart. At the end of the film, the daughter finally understands the father and sends him cloves instead of his most annoying symbol. The rose of glory is happy for the happy ending of his father. two,
Ingeniously create a "illusion" in the end
In "Atonement" directed by Joe Wright, all the long shots are rendering the shock of World War II. Although there is no gun war, the effect also gives people a feeling of soul-stirring. But even with such a show operation, it is still unable to unify the emotions of the whole film. The film itself has complicated emotions, but this classic long shot is not commensurate with the main line of the story, giving people a feeling of showing off technology.
The film is known for its super long shots, but in fact it is mostly a trick played by the director Inarito. It cannot be said that he is not good. It is just that this kind of approach, which is almost unprecedented, is a bit of a mystery. This may also be the sequelae of his MV shooting. He always wanted to use the empty mirror or the back of the character to transfer space, change the character, or change the scene through unreasonable logic. There are pros and cons to this approach. In some places, I think the film is a bit "long". In fact, it means that I watched the watch. The deliberately long shots are a bit difficult to attract me, unlike "Tong Tian Pagoda", especially "21k". The editing, the time is chaotic, the place is chaotic, the story is intertwined and complicated, the characters are closely related, and it is exciting, which makes people have a strong desire to know what is going on. But his innovative ideas are worthy of recognition, and there is no lack of excellent scene scheduling. For example, when Regan played against his ex-wife before the debut, the ex-wife walked in and sat next to Regan who was lying on a cross axis, and then the camera was pushed to Regan’s face. The ex-wife only had the blurred face in the mirror. Axis, listening to Regan whispering, Reagan sat up when he was excited, and pulled back to reality after the camera, and crossed the axis again. After Regan got up, the camera shot upwards and pushed forward again, his ex-wife was retracted again. In the mirror, the axis crossed again, but at this time the ex-wife began to listen, and the picture gradually became warm. The two chatted about the past, the relationship gradually eased, and the camera stopped moving until the ex-wife left; another example is a corridor scene: Leslie along the corridor As he walked further away, suddenly Mike pushed the door from a close distance, glanced at Leslie who had just argued with him, and turned his head downstairs, smoothly and smoothly, making a successful transition; another example is Mike and Sam on the second floor. In the kiss scene, the camera suddenly turned obliquely down to the stage, and then I saw that Mike was already sitting in the middle of the stage. The director used a clever time jump. Inaritu was so bold that I really admire the three-pointer. When the performers were sitting around and discussing together, the camera moved in a circular motion. When Reagan talked about the passion, when he got up and faced the audience, the camera turned to accelerate the rotation around him, and shot him from the angle he was sitting on, until he and The spotlights stopped at a certain angle, three points and one line, as if Reagan was Icarus, which was symbolized by the falling meteor, (below from Baidu) Icarus was a figure in Greek mythology, and he put it on Wings made of feathers and wax flew in the sky, but unfortunately he flew too high, too close to the sun, and the wax melted. Finally, Icarus, who lost his wings, fell into the sea and drowned. But this is what Reagan wants, the spirit of not fearing sacrifice in pursuit of dreams. three,
Boldly satirize industrial films and the secular
In "The Seven Deadly Sins," David Fincher used religious beliefs such as the Bible and criminal psychology to turn a policeman into the terminator of a series of murders, satirizing society from a moral level, and made people unable to help but reflect on the weaknesses of human nature. And "Birdman" director Inarito finished filming this film, and I don't know how many people were offended. After Reagan streaked in the street, an interview was broadcast on TV: People nowadays do everything for work... Why do actors resort to such tricks? This is a big provocation. The audience clearly saw that he was forced to do this because of an accident, but he was treated as a show by the media, and people on the street, no one worried about whether he was cold or something happened, instead they all took it. After shooting with his mobile phone, he actually got 35w views after uploading. In contrast, the real art he pursued was unmoved and drowned in entertainment news. When he was interviewed, the female reporter only cared whether he had injected pig semen for maintenance. Asian men only paid attention to whether he had starred in Birdman. No one cared about his painstakingly created drama. It is no wonder the director played bad and impetuous roses. Compare it to disgusting Korean kimchi. When Reagan died on the stage, the audience stood up and applauded, but no one went up to save others. Instead, they all had a playful expression. That was because they watched a very interesting drama, and they bleeds on stage. Reagan, who tm cares? People only care about how you make him happy. As for your life and death, take care of them? It's nothing more than being cold-hearted and staying with the wind all night, anyway, at home is also idle, maybe the whole one-night stand will be possible. It's no wonder that actors are focused on commercial blockbusters, and few people earnestly work hard to make literary films. When Reagan started looking for actors, he found that everyone was shooting blockbuster movies in Hollywood, and he walked into the door to put down an interview with Downey on the "Iron Man series as successful as the Avengers". The room was hanging from Birdman 20 years ago. Posters... But Reagan, who focused on art, was labeled by the critic Dickinson who didn't know him at all and showed off after he hadn't learned anything. He was labelled as a waste of time in theaters that could have performed well. Reagan really can’t compare with actors like Gerald Paige, Helen Hayes, Jason Robards, Marlon Brando who once stood on the Broadway stage, but he really ran in that direction. It’s just that the times have changed. People don’t like to watch it. Sam said it’s very realistic: Those dramas were played for those idle aristocrats in the last century. The only thing they care about is what cakes they eat after the performance. Nowadays, they still want to play elegantly. Who will bird you? Four,
Intriguing play in play and "off the court"
The aforementioned Icarus is just a small part of the play in the play, as well as the excerpts of Macbeth sung by Reagan, who is easily understood as lyrics, which is actually a variant of Icarus: ( (The following is taken from Baidu) Macbeth was a general who was bewitched by his wife to kill the king and usurp the throne by himself. Then he slaughtered the people and the people around him, and was eventually killed. At the time of Macbeth’s destruction, there was a well-known monologue: “Life is like a dream, full of noise and commotion, meaningless.” When the master Kung-gen was most frustrated, a lunatic on the street at night roared this monologue, as if it were Endless ridicule at him.
The writer Carver was the starting point of Reagan’s dream, because he received a toilet paper from Carver when he was a child, affirming his immature performance, so he chose the card "What are we talking about when we talk about love" The masterpiece of Buddha. (The following is from Baidu) This novel is very simple. It is a conversation between two couples drinking and chatting. The protagonist of the novel is named Eddie, who is dead, only to appear in their conversation. Eddie was a loser. He loved the woman Terry madly, but he abused her and threatened to kill her. Later, Eddie swallowed his gun and committed suicide, struggling for 3 days before he died. In the novel, people debate whether Eddie’s actions are love or not, but there is no answer. This Eddie is simply a copy of Reagan. He threw a knife at her because his ex-wife didn't like the role he played. An hour later he went to hold her and said that he loved her. Do you think this is love or not? It can even be said that this film is based on the script of this playwright. The characters played by the four actors in the play are so similar to me. Laura is entangled in children and love, Mike, who is confused in reality and on stage, and live. For the weak Leslie, each character's image is embodied more deeply through the play.
From beginning to end, the backstage is always lit with blue light, which seems to be the boundary between reality and the stage. When actors enter the stage, they can free themselves to their fullest. The blood-red lights on the stage also indicate that if you release too much , Will tear down the stage in public, get an erection, and even commit suicide... Just like in "Brisbee Bear", James attempts to continue to perform the unfinished special CD in his life, and to show everyone the self portrayed in the play.
What’s more interesting is that Michael Keaton, who played Reagan, was the star of Batman’s first three films. Then, like Reagan gave up Birdman 4, he took the initiative to give up the fourth big-selling Hollywood popcorn movie. It’s a tailor-made role. . The other two protagonists Stone Sister starred in The Amazing Spider-Man, and Norton starred in Invincible Hulk. Is it all coincidence? Obviously not, so starring in this film can be regarded as the self-salvation of the three people. At the very least, we have to express to the audience: we not only make commercial films, we also have our own movie dreams.
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