Post 3: My Favorite Movie

One of the most memorable movies I have ever seen is "Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)" commonly known just as Birdman. It's a movie about an actor called Riggan Thomson, interpreted by Michael Keaton, from Hollywood who had a career in superhero movies, but now he tries to make himself a place in the Broadway theaters although he is constantly persecuted by his younger self incarnated in Birdman, his old glorius character from the movies he did.

While Riggan struggles to make a play without any support from the critics and no much money, he runs across many problems and conflicts with his family, his cast, his identity, and his mental health. Nonetheless his producer manages to get a famous figure from the theater world who will bring the audience to his production Mike Shiner, interpreted by Edward Norton. But dealing with this capricious actor would no be so easy for Riggan.

My favorite part is one where Riggan meets Mike and they start to act a scene to see the potential of this actor and they immediately flow together into the scene with such a great demonstration of acting that just seems marvelous to me.

In a sense this movie tells a story that evocates the story of Michael Keaton himself who is known for interpreting Batman in the 1989 film directed by Tim Burton. The image of Birdman is a resemblance of that character and the movie moves around the dilemma of  a career marked by a very popular, but no so wellcome on the artistic world character. 

I love this movie, not only because of its plot, but also because of its direction and a very cool particularity which is that the movie seems to be filmed only in one shot, the camera is always moving without any cut. Also the music is great, composed and played by the jazz drummer Antonio Sánchez. And if that's not enough Emma Stone also acts on this movie and I love her <3. There is nothing I would change to this film because it's just a pleasure to see, it's just magnificent in many ways that I think it's perfect.

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