What makes this movie special is that the character, Regan Thompson, is somewhat similar to a real actor named Michael Keaton, the actual actor of the character Regan Thompson. Michael Keaton actually appeared in Batman 2, but after this movie, he did not have a notable career on acting. Michael Keaton’s batman can be compared to Regan Thompson’s birdman. To Michael Keaton, the movie Birdman itself is a play “What They Talk When They Talk About Love” made into a movie. These things make this movie reputed as a “real movie,” and “something genuine is upcoming.” Also, this movie uses long-take camerawork, which means the point of view of filming camera is continuous.
Riggan : Really? What is it?
Sam : It’s a... These dashes represent the six billion years that earth has been around. So each dash represents a thousand years. And um, this is how long humans have been here. 150,000 years. I think they are trying to remind us that that is all our ego and self-obsession are worth.Riggan : What’s the matter with me? Tell me. Why do I always have to beg people to love me?
Lesley : Eddie, please. Give me the gun. It was me. I was drowning. I am just not capable of... You deserve to be loved. Eddie. You do.
Riggan : I just wanted to be what you want. Now I spend every f**king minute praying to be something else. Something I am not!
Ed : Just put the gun down, Eddie. She doesn’t love you anymore.
Riggan : You don’t, do you?
Lesley : No.
Riggan : And you never will?
Lesley : I’m sorry.
Riggan : I don’t exist. I am not even here. None of this even matters. I don’t exist. I don’t exist.Birdman : You are lame, Riggan. Rolling around with that poncy theater f**k in an 8 hundred-seat s***hole like this. Now you're about to destroy what is left of your career. It’s pathetic.
Riggan : Breathing in, I am calm. Let’s get the hell out of here while we can. I ignore this mental formation. This is a mental formation.
Birdman : Stop that s**t! I am not a mental formation. I am you, a**hole.
Riggan : Leave me alone.
Birdman : You were a movie star, remember? Pretentious, but happy.
Riggan : I was not happy.
Birdman : Ignorant, but charming. Now you are just a tiny, bitter c**ksucker.
Riggan : I was f**king miserable.
Birdman : Yeah, but fake miserable. Hollywood miserable. What are you trying to prove? You are an artist? You are not.
Riggan : F**k you!
Birdman : No, f**k you, you coward. We grossed billions! You are ashamed of that? Bilions!
Riggan : And billions of flies eat s**t every day! So what? Does that make it good? I don't know if you noticed, but that was 1992!
Birdman : You could jump right back into that suit, if you wanted to.
Riggan : Look at this, look at this. I look like turkey with leukemia! I am f**king disappearing. This is what is left!
-rehab (마약,알코올) 중독 치료 시설 -ego 자존심 -self-obsession 자기 집착 -drown 익사하다 -deserve ~를 누릴 자격이 있다 -lame 구차한, 궁색한 -pathetic 한심한 -mental formation 정신형성 -pretentious 가식적인 -leukemia 백혈병 |
Source: Fox Searchlight Pictures
Lee Jun-hyeong hgg2468@uos.ac.kr
Lee Jun-hyeong
hgg2468@uos.ac.kr