It’s fascinating how sometimes we can all be looking at the same thing, and yet see something completely different. In Alejandro Iñárritu’s 2014 film Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance), we face just such a thing. It’s a film about a play that is based on a novel where not everything is exactly what it seems.
The magical realism in the story, penned by the director among others, combined with the “single-shot” approach and Emmanuel Lubezki’s incredible eye for color and light, whisks us away to a place that might be real, or it could all be imagined by the protagonist. A phenomenal performance by Michael Keaton and Edward Norton will leave you wondering what the film, life, and love are all about.