I loved the movies from start . The only part I didn't understand was Ending .
Please Can anyone explain me ending:-
01. Did Riggan Died On Stage & all later scene were imagination but of whom .
02. Did he died in Hospital .
03. Did he jumped out of window & died
04. How the hell did Sam saw Riggan flying & smiled .
Can anyone tell me is it play adaptation or Adaptation from Book
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It sucked - is that explanation enough?
shareThe final scene is open to interpretation when it comes down to it, and it really sums up the point that the movie is trying to make. You're either watching a story about a superhero who actually /has/ superpowers, ie. moving things with his mind, flying - A superhuman who is struggling to live a normal life as a broadway director and actor, hence the title, 'Birdman'. In which case, he actually /is/ flying right outside the hospital window, just out of frame.
OR you're watching the tragic downfall of a former screen actor who got so lost in his past life as the famous screen hero, Birdman, that he succumbs to mental chaos because he cannot rid himself of the voice in his head that tells him he is nothing without "Birdman", hence the title 'The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance', which is also the title of the review written to bash his play, and expose him as a deranged riches-to-rags actor who was so disturbed as to actually attempt to kill himself on stage.
The ending is special because it opens up this conversation. It gives us the opportunity to rationally believe that he really was flying when he leaped out of the hospital window, hence his daughter looking up in his direction and giggling, (we also hear his laughter). There are two endings. The movie either has a happy one, or a sad one. But neither one is less true than the other...Just because you choose to believe one ending, doesn't mean the other isn't true. It's about perspective. Two perspectives in this case. There's the Birdman's perspective, and the critic's perspective.
You choose.
It's supposed to be open to interpretation, but I think it's pretty clear he's flying, which I think is retarded. I hated the ending, whatever the explanation is.
sharehe died at the bit where he was at the roof top, from that point on everything is a fantasy to end his life at a good note by him imagining it that way before he dies, he has lost everything at that point including his daughter telling him he did not matter that was the last blow which made him break down loosing his grip on reality than he went with a bang, in his mind that is. he never has super natural powers you have not kept your eyes on the film watch it again and again to see his mind was playing tricks on him due to stress.
shareEverything preceding this could be explained as Riggan perceiving himself as having superhuman abilities. But, as when he trashed his dressing room, we knew what he perceived and what other characters saw, deviated from one another. But the rooftop, how do we explain how he went from leaping off the roof to him being in a taxicab ride?
It's a very meta film, and a film like this winning the Oscar is wonderfully progressive. I love this film; I get that some don't. But it's nice not to see the safer choice win.
I could also see the leaping off the roof being a drunken stupor perception, and he actually daydreamed while he either climbed down a fire escape or down the steps from the roof, who knows?
Just focusing in on the ending, instead of saying he died at the hospital or he died jumping out of the window (rather than flying), perhaps everything after he shot himself on stage was him putting himself into a coma. And he survived. But it's all a dream thereafter.
This, Whiplash, and one of the year's most underrated, Snowpiercer are my top 3 in a surprisingly underrated year of amazing films. Well, not everything was extraordinary. But the ones that are good, are incredible works of cinematic art.
Oscar-winner Julianne Moore....Ah, what a wonderful ring that has.
I have now seen this film 3 times and I still look forward to the next time.
The more I think about the end the more I'm convinced it is symbolic. Being able to let go off that constant pressure of the market and self doubt. And the need to be admired and remembered. Just relax and flow with it, and it will all come together. Much like Jesus said: "Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?"
In the end he sees the stupidity of obsessing about these things (the subtitle: The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) and tells his alter ego (The Birdman) that he is leaving him. He then opens the window and sees small birds flying in the air. His daughter sees him up in the air with the birds and we even hear him after her laughter.
It had not surprised me if this text from the New Testament was the idea behind the ending of the film.
In a funny way he becomes a birdman in the end and not The Birdman.
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Interesting idea!!
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The film-makers have said in interviews that the whole movie is designed to make those who find ambiguity in art infuriating have an aneurysm so they can be removed from the gene pool. Hope this helps x
shareYes, of course we can explain the ending.
Nothing happened. At least "bad" - no one died. He got a "real" gun instead of a toy, like Norton asked, shot his nose, wake up in hospital and then his imaginations with alter-ego and other stuff like flying continues. As to Emma look - previously we see people reacted in the same way when he's starting flying after hangover.
So nothing really special in the end. It's an "art" everytime is making big deal of really nothing. That's what movie about. Art sucks, family and friends are not.
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Well, thats obviously not a super hero movie with plain final, but if you think logically this is the only plausible explanation.
There are nothing in the movie suggesting Riggan should commit suicide or whatever. Moreover it's mainly positive and light movie, a comedy, so main character suicide/death doesn't fit there either. No one died in this film. The ending is just another tongue in cheek and hello to nolan fans ;-)
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That's typical answer to sell more tickets, PR-stunt. What did you expect? The plain and simple answer?
The movie well crafted and no way intelligent public doesn't get an ending. It's not a David Lynch movie (though they all have perfect explanations).
I agree.
I think the movie established Riggan as liking to fantasize about suicide but unable to actually committed it. The Jellyfish story and in the play he wrote about a man that tried to commit suicide and messed it up. He also acted a bit out of character in the shooting scene which makes me feel he actually moved the gun at the last minute and injured his nose. The ending is about him feeling that he is gaining relevancy again and his daughter is supporting him. The movie has a lot of fake suicide red herrings so I don't think they will make it ambiguous if the point was to foreshadow it.
I mean in a real hospital the windows are locked and he would be on suicide watch so no chance he would just go and open the window and jump so He most likely was still on his bed after Sam went to the bathroom. She is probably reacting to whatever tripping dialogue he is spiting as he "flies", YMMV.
I agree.
I think the movie established Riggan as liking to fantasize about suicide but unable to actually committed it. The Jellyfish story and in the play he wrote about a man that tried to commit suicide and messed it up. He also acted a bit out of character in the shooting scene which makes me feel he actually moved the gun at the last minute and injured his nose. The ending is about him feeling that he is gaining relevancy again and his daughter is supporting him. The movie has a lot of fake suicide red herrings so I don't think they will make it ambiguous if the point was to foreshadow it.
I mean in a real hospital the windows are locked and he would be on suicide watch so no chance he would just go and open the window and jump so He most likely was still on his bed after Sam went to the bathroom. She is probably reacting to whatever tripping dialogue he is spiting as he "flies", YMMV.