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
The way I saw the ending was he shot himself on stage obviously but died at the hospital and the scene with his nose is all an illusion. Emma Stone's character is at the hospital and looks out the window and sees a bird flying away symbolizing Riggan is now free of all pain and is in a better place
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I can't stand ambiguous or profound endings, not to judge this film because I haven't seen it as I watch 1 film a year, but if the ending is unclear then the film has failed in that regard.
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I wouldn't say it's a totally useless device, but I would agree that it's done predominately by writers who have no clue what they're doing. The open ending can be seen as the writer's attempt to make an audience think, and that it's the more artistic choice. However, I've never really been on board with that theory. I've always seen the open ending as a smoke screen for the writers inadequacies as a writer. I think it's more difficult to say something with solid story telling than with ambiguous metaphors and dream sequences. If the metaphor is clear then I love it, but if I have to go digging, I just lack the capacity to devote the time. I have more appreciation for filmmakers that tell tight narratives that are still capable of saying something without it being hamfisted down your throat.
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I wouldn't say this film does that though. It has an ending, or multiple endings depending on how you perceive it. Although, I haven't really been able to pick one, which may either be my failing as an audience member, or the writer's failing as a writer. I tend to think it's the failing of the writer since scenes that are supposed to jar you out of Riggan's delusions, come back at the end to haunt you. In the end you're not jarred out of Riggan's delusions. Instead you're kinda left to believe that Riggan's did have super powers. It's a bit confusing because the ending negates those previous moments where Riggan's delusions are shown to be delusions by other characters. If Riggans did indeed die on the rooftop or in the theater, why give the audience and riggans some sentimental consolation prize? Give me the cold reality that Riggans was bat *beep* crazy and committed suicide once, and then in fantasy world a second time, and maybe even a third time in the hospital. Why drag me through 3 suicides and scenes that have no meaning after the initial suicide? I suppose this is what "magic latin storytelling" is or whatever. Maybe I'm being a philistine.
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Why drag me through 3 suicides
if their purpose was for the ending to be ambiguous, then they haven't failed at all. it's perfectly fine for art to be left open for interpretation. poetry does it, music does it, paintings do it. why not film? i, personally, don't like to be spoon-fed what something is about.
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sure, i'll explain it.
Sam took after her father.
Sam heard the music.
No, I'm not kidding - all those scenes with her out on the ledge; and then consider how she took the dare to spit on the bald guy - who watched this and didn't think she'd fall off? Consider the first line that the ledge was not high enough to kill herself. Considering the tension of the ledge, a dare would likely relate to it. Sure Mike craved truth, but he also knew well enough to have nothing to do with a dare; Sam opined that truth was boring and craved a dare. Of course it it just a scripted movie so there's no deep psychology to what the characters would have done differently, but the dramatic tension in all those scenes was about her being suicidal - whether she'd jump or fall or one would dare the other to jump. One never had that feeling about Mike and they were both on the ledge.
So at the end she looked out the window she too saw Birdman, heard the music, and went into her own psychotic episode, and if there was no one to stop the music, to stop her, she probably joined her father, flying, flying - to their deaths.
Question though - I don't recall - did Riggan smile when the music played? I bet he did, and they smiled the same smile.
This is an interesting interpretation. Perhaps more metaphorically, it meant that she began to respect Riggan and understand his frame of mind. And ultimately be happy for him
shareThe end scene is the phase when the daughter accepts her father's escapism. Whats good for him, is good for her.
share"The end scene is the phase when the daughter accepts her father's escapism. Whats good for him, is good for her."
I am not sure what you mean exactly. Is she aware of his "escapism" before the end? How does she come to this conclusion? She looks out the window, epxects to see his body smashed on the ground, presumably doesn't, and then looks up and smiles. Why does she not see her father flying high up in the air?
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In the beginning of the movie the daughter is angry at her dad because he neglected her during his Hollywood career. As a father he always felt he never lived up to the expectations of a family man. He rather 'escaped' in acting and fly around as his famous character Birdman.
In the end scene the daughter understands her fathers true wishes, dad vanishes forever in Birdman and flies away.
The ending is symbolic and that's why the movie doesn't show what's really going on.
My interpretation: he did jump of the roof and lies smashed on the ground but the daughter understands dad is in heaven now, that's why she looks up and looks happy. Dad is delivered from the pressure to prove himself. And because heaven doesn't exist, neighter can Birdman really fly, the director does not show this.
Important also is that the daughter is familiar with suicide. She just got back from rehab, and she often sits on the edge of the high building...as to jump anytime she wants...as to express she doesn't love life.
It's REAAALLLY INTERESTING THE VERY ENDING =O! HOSPITAL! I think he jumped out from the window, FLIED! And his daughta saw him flying :3! :). And was so happyy!
But thats the cheesy, normal version maybe. Still thats how I percieved it. And he really did shoot his nose, why not, you cant tell, and I dont care if it looked like the gun was poiting somewhere else. I think he shot his nose hahahaha so cool
That's how I perceived it. The shooting of the nose is just the comedy in the film.
I really can't believe people think he died on stage. Ridiculous.
I believe he jumped out of the window in order to kill himself after seeing the birdman (his mental illness) was still with him.
The play was a parody of his life and he ultimately became the character in the play who, as they discussed near the start, put a gun to his head to kill himself and still couldn't get that right.
"LESLEY
(Sadly.)
It was love, Mel. To Eddie, it was. I don't
care what anybody says. He was ready to die
for it.
RALPH
Ask her what he did after she left him.
LESLEY
He shot himself in the mouth. But he
screwed that up, too. Poor Ed.
RALPH
Poor Ed, my ass. The guy was dangerous."
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I personally dont think he died. I think it was more about examing his ego and his desire to impress his daughter.
Not showing what shes "looking at", makes it "Up to the viewer" to decide what Riggan did to grant that reaction.
The whole "He died" theory seems a little to farfetched imo. Still possible though. Onlyt seen the movie once, so I might feel differently on my first rewatch.