One of the best films to come out of 2014 was "Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)," a movie following a former big-name Hollywood actor who tries to make it as a more serious, thoughtful artist performing in theatre. Much like how Michael Keaton once played Batman in the Tim Burton films, his character Riggin is famous for playing the in-universe equivalent superhero Birdman, and is frustrated with his inability to ever escape from that one role. It results in a beautiful, introspective story about what qualifies as real art and what an artist must risk to make it. 

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