1. A few thoughts on Alejandro G. Inarritu's new movie Birdman, the paradox of authenticity in acting, and a forgotten novel.
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2. I'd encourage everyone to go see Birdman. It's 80% a great movie, and 20% an unholy mess. Not a bad ratio & much to think about.
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3. The movie is about Riggan Thomson (Michael Keaton), a washed up Hollywood actor who once starred in a superhero franchise (Birdman)
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4. The obvious parallels between real-life-Keaton-as-Batman and movie-Keaton-as-Birdman are part of movies theme: how art & life mingle.
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5. Mingling of art & life in movie deepened by fact Keaton-character hears the voice of Birdman and either has superpowers or thinks he does
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6. Actor who conflates character with own identity is an old theme, i.e. 1949 "A Double Life" (actor plays Othello & kills wife).
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7. At core of movie is paradox of authenticity in acting: acting is pretending, yet best acting seems more real than life itself.
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8. Paradox of authenticity comes through in brilliant performance by Edward Norton as a method actor obsessed with being real on stage.
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9. The Norton character can have an erection on stage but not in "real life": artifice is his reality, pretense his authenticity.
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