Université Populaire du Cinéma

Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

Credits

Country :

USA

Year :

2014

Director :

Alejandro González Iñárritu

Version :

vostFR

Duration :

119 minutes

Format :

digital

Actors :

Michael Keaton, Zach Galifianakis, Edward Norton, Emma Stone, Naomi Watts

Awards :

4 wins including Best Picture and Best Director, Oscars 2015

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synopsis

Haunted by the superhero he once portrayed, and as tormented by his ego as by those around him, a forgotten actor attempts a comeback on the Broadway stage…

Tour de force narratif et visuel, "Birdman" est aussi une gageure pour l’ensemble des comédiens. Michael Keaton, autrefois interprète de Batman pour Tim Burton, apporte une touche méta-cinématographique à ce film brillant, grinçant et ludique qui lui offre en retour, comme une évidence, le rôle de sa vie.

Positif

A rich, startlingly clever and multi-layered collage, with Iñárritu creating a meta-universe of mirrors and performances upon performances.

CineVue

Moment to moment, "Birdman" manages to shift gears, its roaming camera revealing new surprises as it glides along. That degree of unpredictability provides it with the ultimate response to the sea of formulaic mediocrities at the center of its critique.

IndieWire