SG Film: Birdman
Once a month you can enjoy a movie on campus. Birdman tells the story of actor Riggan Thomson (Michael Keaton). Once world-famous for his role as an iconic superhero, he is now struggling to perform in a play on Broadway.
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Film Director: Alejandro G. Iñárritu
Starring: Michael Keaton, Edward Norton, Emma Stone, Zach Galifianakis, Naomi Watts, Andrea Riseborough
Language: English – Subtitles: English
Time: 19:30-21:29 hrs. Free entrance (no registration required). Entrance Cobbenhagen building: see below.
Fame
The aging actor Riggan (Michael Keaton) once became famous thanks to the superhero movie Birdman but his fame is waning. The only thing that can save his ego is a starring role on Broadway. But the show has disastrous tryouts and expectations toward opening night are dwindling visibly. “You're not an actor, you're a celebrity,” scoffs a venomous theater critic. In a seemingly uninterrupted shot, Riggan roams the St James Theatre in New York, a grand and spectacular technical feat, showing what cinema is capable of.
Around it all hovers the ghost of Birdman himself - at times we catch a glimpse of his beak-shaped mask and feathered cape, poison dripping into Riggan's ear, like an evil advisor.
Awards
Birdman has been received as a brilliant, postmodern meta-masterpiece. Birdman won the major Oscars: Best Picture, Best Direction, Best Original Script and Cinematography.
‘’ I'm jazzed by every daring, devastating, howlingly funny, how'd-they-do-that minute in Birdman.’’
-Rolling Stone
“Birdman, more than most, seems a film that deserves a second viewing, not only to admire the work of Keaton and his co-stars, but to delve into its many layers.’’
-Associated Press
Movies on the big screen on campus
Once a month, you can enjoy the best movies on the big screen on campus:
- Tuesday, October 1 – The Banshees of Inisherin (2022 - Martin McDonagh)
- Tuesday, November 5 – Perfect Days (2023 - Wim Wenders)
- Wednesday, December 4 – The Holdovers (2023 - Alexander Payne)
- Wednesday, February 5 – Anatomy of a Fall (2023 - Justine Triet)
- Tuesday, March 12 – The Sound of Metal (2019 - Darius Marder)
- Wednesday, April 2 – Ema (2019 - Pablo Larraín)
More information
SG Film Nights are organized by Studium Generale.
Contact: Annelieke Koster (Studium Generale).
Entrance Cobbenhagen building
The Cobbenhagen building can be entered
- via the Koopmans building, and subsequently the glass corridor to the Cobbenhagen building, till 19:00 hrs.
The Koopmans building is closed after 19:00 hrs. - via the main entrance of the Cobbenhagen building at the side of the Hogeschoollaan (near the pond).
- for disabled and wheelchair users, access is possible via the Koopmans building, or via an alternative entrance from the Warande parking lot and a side entrance to the glass corridor.
For more information, see also Campus map and buildings, and for assistance, please call +31 (0)13 - 466 3000 (Security).
