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BIRDMAN (Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu)
A thoroughly original, hugely entertaining, darkly comic mashup of ambition, ego, fantasy, the theater and superheroes. Not necessarily in that order. Shot to look as if it’s one long take. There were plenty long enough takes to challenge the amazing cast of Michael Keaton, Edward Norton, Zach Galifianakis and Emma Stone. Multiple Oscar-Winner.
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Essentials of Cinema 