But I was making
a movie about my ego.
Not exact matches
Go to the Cannes Film Festival if you want to see
movies about women as people rather than women as mattresses, eye - candy or
ego - propper - uppers.
Rather, by presenting the issue as a personal ordeal in which a heroic figure is tortured because his superiority threatens a sadistic figure's
ego, her
movie joins several other current releases — including Fury, The Interview and American Sniper — in promoting myths
about the American military - intelligence apparatus at a time when the crimes of the latter need to be systematically exposed.
Thus, the reference to Birdman: a
movie about an actor attempting to erase the memories of his superhero alter
ego by staging a serious play; a
movie in which an actor's superhero alter
ego follows him like a ghost, reminding him it's the hero people want to see, not the washed - up actor and his play; a
movie that exists as a rebuke to the tights - clad tentpoles that have taken over the industry.
He discusses his appreciation of The Wire, how he approached «the best worst
movie ever made,» telling the universal story
about dreamers on the outside, the soul of The Room's Tommy Wiseau, choosing to honour other artists, Basquiat, Pollock, the addiction and pitfalls of public persona, relieving
ego to find happiness, recognizing workaholic and escapism tendencies to find happiness and what's on his work - out playlist (Jonathan Richman, Jamie XX, Mura Masa, A$ AP Rocky).
Much for example is made in the
movie about how people believe that a certain well - known superhero isn't his alter
ego, a well - known billionaire - even though it is quite obvious, since his only disguise for his «secret identity» consists of wearing a pair of glasses resembling those of Clark Kent's when he is not Superman.
Showrunner Noah Hawley has confirmed he is working on a standalone
movie for Fox
about the «Fantastic Four» villain, who is the alter -
ego of scientific genius Victor...
Winstead recently wrapped on forthcoming film «All
About Nina» and last year she starred in horror
movie»10 Cloverfield Lane» opposite John Goodman, whose character Howard Stambler holds her alter -
ego Michelle captive in an underground bunker.
The film ultimately belongs to Riggan, who suffers repeated humiliations (learning a drunk Carver probably wrote a prized note, having to wander Times Square in his underwear after a mishap with a stage door, and getting a lambasting from Lindsay Duncan's cruel critic) while the voice of his
movie alter -
ego prattles in his head
about the actor's failures, and Keaton, whose performance finds the right balance between longing determination and outright insanity.
Movies about theater people are often at their best when massive
egos are on full parade — that is to say, when they're funny.