The ending to “Birdman” has been hotly debated since the Oscar-nominated film hit theaters last year. It’s been praised and broken down, dismissed and deemed a satire. But in a new interview with The Q&A Podcast, co-writer Alexander Dinelaris explained director Alejandro González Iñárritu’s original ending:
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Dinelaris and one of the other co-writers, Nicolas Giacobone, visited HuffPost Live back in November and said that they wouldn’t explain the ending. “I guess my thing is, if you can silence the voice of mediocrity, then what is possible?” Dinelaris told Ricky Camilleri. “But we thought if we answered that question at the end, it would seem very, very small. Is he famous because he shot himself? That’s small. Is he still miserable? That’s small. Everything seemed small.”
