MOVIE · 2014
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
ComedyDrama120 min
Michael Keaton is a fading actor once defined by a superhero role, now trying to reclaim his name by writing, directing, and starring in a Broadway adaptation of Raymond Carver’s What We Talk About When We Talk About Love. As opening night closes in, the production becomes a tangle of rehearsals, backstage clashes, career panic, and strained family ties. Emma Stone is part of the family he’s trying to reconnect with, while Edward Norton enters the theater world around him as another volatile presence. Moving through dressing rooms, stage wings, and Manhattan streets, the film keeps its focus on performance, ego, and the thin line between comeback and collapse.
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