Uploaded January 2015 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Birdman is astonishing, thematically and technically.
I talk about why this film is killing it in award nominations and best film lists.
#14 in my Movies About Movies Series
While Birdman has been earning high praise from most reviewers,
for a dissenting opinion check out Anthony Lane’s review in

newyorker.com/magazine/2014/10/20/high-fliers-3

For a challenging essay on how artists are now being forced to become creative entrepreneurs, see:
http://m.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/01/the-death-of-the-artist-and-the-birth-of-the-creative-entrepreneur/383497

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Credits (and thanks to)
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“Edgar Wright Syndrome”
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Jon D. Barker as The Interlocutor
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Production Notes

Directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu
Produced by
Alejandro G. Iñárritu
John Lesher
Arnon Milchan
James W. Skotchdopole
Written by
Alejandro González Iñárritu
Nicolás Giacobone
Alexander Dinelaris, Jr.
Armando Bo

Starring
Michael Keaton
Zach Galifianakis
Edward Norton
Andrea Riseborough
Amy Ryan
Emma Stone
Naomi Watts
Drum Score by Antonio Sánchez
CinematographyEmmanuel Lubezki
Edited by
Douglas Crise
Stephen Mirrione
Release dates
August 27, 2014 (Venice)
October 17, 2014 (United States)
January 1, 2015 (United Kindgom)
Running time

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Image credits

"Birdman poster" by ImpAwards. Licensed under Fair use via Wikipedia - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Birdman_poster.jpg#mediaviewer/File:Birdman_poster.jpg

"WhatWeTalkAboutWhenWeTalkAboutLove" by pictures.abebooks.com/CINEMAGE/178342446.jpg. Licensed under Fair use via Wikipedia - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:WhatWeTalkAboutWhenWeTalkAboutLove.jpg
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