One of the best movies ever made.

Rating: 10/10 (20 April 2020)

I can go on and on about how good the movie is. It is unquestionably A MASTERPIECE. Directing, cinematography, scenario, acting, editing, musical preferences... All is there. All is good.
The quote "Popularity is the slutty little cousin of prestige." talks itself. I love how Inarritu twisted the question "If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?" in to an existential case study. "If you are there and no one knows it, do you really exist?" I loved the balance and the transitions between Riggan and Birdman. You never really know which is real and which is not but it also never puzzles you in a bad way.
As for the directing and cinematography.. Just wow. I am no master but even I can tell there is something extraordinary. No cuts but subtle time and space transitions.
Special shout-out to the original score by Antonio Sánchez.