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
I just saw the movie and came to here because the ending is a little open, indeed. However, my interpretation is that he commits suicide on stage and everything that went after was that thing that "moments before we die, our life blinks before our eyes."
The entire movie was shot in one take but the final scene. As our lives - that we have only one take.
So, I would answer your question as this:
01. Did Riggan Died On Stage & all later scene were imagination but of whom? Yes and was his own imagination (just moments before his brain shuts down.)
02. Did he died in Hospital? No. The hospital was something like a "what if things went well."
03. Did he jumped out of window & died? No.
04. How the hell did Sam saw Riggan flying & smiled? Riggan would be glad if his daughter admires him and be proud of him. Like everything else in the scene, it's just a dead man's dream.
Is that only part you didn't understand? There are many incomprehensible happenings in the movie. That's the point of it all. Can anyone snap their fingers to make a car explode? There needn't be any carry over to real life. It's merely supposed to be thought provoking and since you are (at least) seeking a satisfying explanation for the ending, the writer(s) have succeeded.
shareI can't believe people think he actually died on stage.
He shot his nose, he got a new nose. That bit is clear.
The jump is a metaphor and whether he can fly or not is questionable but the metaphor of the jump and the telekinesis is all the powers he is giving up in order to be truly himself and live up to the expectations of those around him.
So he jumped and he flew. He could fly... because he was birdman.
That's the film.
The dying on stage is laughable and all the purgatory nonsense is a joke. There is no indication in the film that this is the case.
I think he died onstage because everything that happened in the hospital afterwards was completely surreal. As a poster back on page 2 already pointed out:
From this explanation, I can see how he died on stage and the scene we saw was his final moments because everything he wanted to happen in real life, happened. 1. he got a great review from the NY Times 2. He got the front page review from the NY Times Art section vs. Michael/Edward Norton 3. People are lighting vigils all around the world, so he's popular/has attention 4. He attorney literately said, this play will run forever vs. that critic saying it will close 5. His daughter got him the lilacs he wanted vs. the beginning of the film getting him random flowers 6. His daughter showing love and affection towards him. 7. His daughter seeing him "fly" is apart of her thinking he's cool and relevant (plus the 80,000 followers in one day on Twitter is included in being relevant).
so Birdman is really all of us and we all secretly have superpowers? like my superpower to hit the play button at exactly the instant a program resumes after fast forwarding through the commercials?
shareYes - I think the filmmaker /director/editor could explain what they wanted the ending to mean. Or maybe even they wanted to leave it up to the viewer's perception of it.
I believe movies such as Inception, Mulholland Drive, Birdman etc. have no definitive ending. Its up to the viewers. I watched Mulholland Drive more than twice & still came away sort of scratching my head.
I liked that movie & it kept my attention - but I still don't understand it. I loved Roger Ebert's (RIP) review of that movie. He basically said it was like dreams or the vestiges of dreams that fade away as you awake. He also said he watched it frame by frame & felt it was like viewing a dream & he didn't understand it either. But he enjoyed it.
Obviously the reason I liked his review so much was I felt the same way about that movie & I think he was a great movie critic & I'm just another person who likes movies & couldn't hold a candle to his reviews.
Back to Birdman - after reading dozens of these posts about what the ending meant, I'm now more confused than before because I have read things I hadn't thought of before. Although I still liked this movie too.
So - the bottom line for me is that I think maybe someone can - but its not me.
One last thing - I thought the soundtrack which was mostly drumming was interesting - & the very next movie I saw was Whiplash - which I would highly recommend - & people who have seen both - understand the connection.
It doesn't matter. There's nothing to think about. The original ending sucked, so they came up with something ambiguous because they were too lazy to write a better ending. It's a cheap, pretentious, artsy-fartsy cop out. Just like Lost In Translation. Critics eat that *beep* up like it's caviar.
shareAlthough most interpretations are valid and possible (which is great - an open ended ending open to interpretation) - here is one more possibility.
When Riggan first jumped off the building and was flying - that turned out to be in his mind and it turns out he was just taking a cab. We were looking at him as he would want us to see him it was just a daydream.
In the end - he never jumped or even went out on the window. He was in his bed with a blown off nose and was imagining his daughter seeing him fly just as we saw him fly previously. It was another one of his hallucinations and/or daydreams. Just a thought.
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