Birdman

Alejandro G. Iñárritu · 2014 CE · Film · Modern / American · Contemporary

An actor known for playing a superhero twenty years ago has put everything into adapting Raymond Carver for Broadway, and the voice of the character still talks to him from somewhere behind his head. Previews go badly, his daughter is fresh out of rehab, and the critic at the bar has decided to close the show before seeing it. Shot to look like one unbroken take.

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