Bardo. Not Bardot. Certainly not Bridget. Bardo is a Buddhist concept referring to a limbo state of existence, and this concept is the theme of Alejandro Inarritu’s latest film, a stream-of-consciousness story where fantasy and reality intermingle in the mind of its protagonist, much like mind and matter did in Birdman, another Inarritu film.
In Birdman, Riggins (Michael Keaton), a superhero movie star, forsook the money and glory of making Birdman IV for the dubious honor of presenting a Raymond Carver story on stage in a New York that seemed to ignore and despise him. (more…)