A wonderful tale on life

Rating: 10/10 (3 July 2020)

"And did you get what you wanted from this life, even so?"
"YES I did"
"And what did you want"
" To call myself beloved, to feel myself beloved on this earth"
Birdman is a masterpiece, an insight into the mind of a person. It perfectly shows the conflicts inside the mind of it's protagonist, Riggan Thompson. Through Birdman we see the difficult life of Riggan as he tries to achieve success, fails, tries again. His goal throughout the movie is to be recognised as an artist, to be someone more than a famous movie star, to be remembered as someone more than a guy in a bird costume. The restless days, the loaded nights, the constant struggle with people, their egos and the ego of yourself, a constant battle with his alter ego..." Birdman" himself, that believes he is better off as a guy in a suit., his days are brilliantly portrayed with the long takes.
Life doesn't give rests then why should a movie on life should....life is nothing but the way you respond to the circumstances. Riggan strives hard and stops for no one. Hence, in the process becomes isolated from his loved ones. It's only after he is done with his play, has achieved all success that he realises that the most important thing that he craved was the hug, the hug of affection from his daughter, the embrace of his friends and his family. Even though the ending is weird and people have conflicting opinions, it's either optimistic or depressed. But i believe that it doesn't matter if he dies or if he flies.What matters is that he is loved, people care about him and he cares about them. He started out as a guy envying fame, a person with no friends only workmates and ends with him embracing love. He takes off the mask towards the end, a metaphor for taking off the birdman mask.
We all have that moment where we doubt ourselves. " Is this the right thing for me"..." Is what i am doing enough?" ....Iñárritu through his world of magical realism gives us all hope and reminds us that most important thing is to do what you love, don't be a part of the horde and cherish the love you get.
Birdman(2014) by Alejandro González Iñárritu