BIRDMAN: "Coffee"

Riggan (Michael Keaton) and Mike (Edward Norton) heatedly discuss the merits of theater vs. Hollywood while in search of a late-night cup of coffee in Alejandro González Iñárritu's BIRDMAN.
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[@swish007]

so much greatness in this scene but the icing for me is the sidewalk drummer.. it's a very sly way to add musical rhythm to accentuate the scene (and it's great how the drums change subtly during the dialogue and how they get louder as they pass), so it's not only a soundtrack, but part of the actual world and the character even throws money into the bucket to acknowledge it. very cool

[@haydenstuder322]

I know, this film has such a rhythm to it.

[@cliffsmith8286]

That’s the work of Antonio Sanchez

[@FrankCBDrum]

@@cliffsmith8286 nope. For that precise scene that’s the work of Nate Smith. The drummer that appears in the scene, by the way.

[@count1572]

And in doing so made a very seamless and well edited cut in post-production

[@Roughly182Eggs]

You know, I’m certain the drummer is all in Riggan’s head. We hear the drums only when it’s his perspective we’re watching. We see the drummer three times, once here, another time after, and then later in the film near then end, when our main character has committed to shooting himself onstage. The Drummer is playing in Riggan’s Theatre (it shows the drummer playing in the kitchen specifically, almost as if he had just shown up there and decided to play coincidentally just as Rogan is walking by) the way that’s it’s portrayed, the way the drums line up and changed with dialogue, really feels like it’s in Riggan’s head, just like Birdman’s voice or the “superpowers” he has

[@ersus355]

"popularity is the slutty little cousin of prestige" best effing line ever

[@zacharyrizzo3952]

erik susunaga I don’t even know what the fuck that means

[@bbww4736]

sounds like something Tyler Durden would say

[@julianmx13]

@@zacharyrizzo3952 FUCK YOU *throws cigarette*

[@DarkJak]

I still use it today w/o much avail to listeners

[@zufgh]

....k well I don't even know wtf that means...

[@Noah-pc6wq]

This movie is just a masterclass of acting

[@jasonboyd6264]

Noah R. de Luzuriaga and directing

[@harrisonworkman8629]

And cinematography

[@mateoairaudo5535]

A masterclass of acting, writing, directing, cinematography. One of the best movies i´ve ever got to see.

[@karlmarx828]

a masterclass in all aspects.

[@kyorikusagami84]

Smoking cigarettes while cursing is acting by Hollywood standard

[@panathatube]

It gives me the chills whenever i see two superb actors in the same scene!

[@BenMoranFilms]

0:47 The rhythm here is absolutely amazing the way it syncs up to his dialogue.

[@lettherebelamp5102]

I absolutely adore how this film was made to look like one continuous shot

[@blujayfay]

I remember seeing this film in theaters and losing my shit when they walk on the streets of NYC. The sights, and sounds of the city come alive. It's brilliant.

[@richardotten6467]

This dialog sounds like a rap song

[@dena92]

Hahaha

[@minhanhoan6870]

Yeah I thought it was intentional

[@djgaben6187]

It would be bomb as fuck. Id buy it.

[@royalty8380]

0:47-0:51

[@AlegreFranz]

brilliant actors, brilliant film at 0:13 you can see Norton came up late in his line... i love it when stuff like this is going so great you just have to keep going and let it stay on the final edit

[@ContentThatMakesMeContent]

Pretty late reply, but he didn't come up late. Riggan: People know who I am, and then- Mike: Bullshit.... Riggan: Mike- Mike: Bullshit! The microphone just didn't manage to pick up Norton's first "bullshit."

[@DonVal86]

I think you are right but I believe the character is a bit tipsy here which works really well.

[@schnozz87]

​@@ContentThatMakesMeContentI think you're spot on, tbh whatever it is, the stuttering and slightly awkward pacing of the dialogue is brilliant because that's how actual conversations go! Not sharp, polished lines delivered as if you knew exactly what the other was going to say before they said it - I like the rhythm of the dialogue because it feels real

[@demon005gl]

Edward fucking Norton was the highlight of this movie. Not Keaton and not Emma Stone though both were very very good. But Norton absolutely stole every scene he was in, sadly he wasn't in many towards the end of the movie. Those roof top scenes were just gold. Any other year he would've won the Oscars, shame.

[@ChrisWolff2013]

+demon005gl Dude is a tremendous fucking actor who makes every film better.

[@nikitadas9671]

His character made the film a 100 times better!!

[@theguy3129]

He's a brilliant actor, hand him the oscar already!

[@tomassaldias5912]

Yes, any other year he would've won the Oscars, but JK Fucking Simmons did the best performance I have ever seen

[@Arandomguyat1]

"Well I a fkn actor"

[@supermariofan03]

I’m concerned how they were able to persuade Edward Norton to do this part. “Hey, Ed. You know how you give people hard shit on nearly every movie you worked on? Well we got a role for you.”

[@DonCorleone0]

They probably let him change some lines on the script here and there

[@mateo3380]

Apparently, he didn't saw the irony until someone explicitly pointed it out to him.

[@pavvlasenko]

​@@mateo3380 )

[@empirefilms2838]

Great dialogue. Crazy how the convo escalated only to be reminded that they started this for coffee ☕️

[@fatima_hussein]

Edward Norton is crazy good in every movie he is in..

[@IconMatthew1]

"They have coffee here."

[@romanxxxxyoutube]

The acting is incredible in this film. Absolutely stellar cast!

[@germandawidowski5840]

Edward Norton is such a Dick in this movie, I love him. By the way, I san this movie already and I liked it but its realy necesary to watch it in english

[@Angyali]

I don't know: he made some good points out, and even gave some dark humor to the scenarios, but I donno: Mike was more of a jerk-like dick than a sick-cool or twisted kind of dick.

[@germandawidowski5840]

well he is and always will be Tyler Durden

[@Gaboxxy96]

Funny thing is that Norton is actually like this when working with director. He plays literally a parody of himself in this film

[@lovecanis7701]

@@Gaboxxy96 How did you know that? Did he or anyone give an interview on this topic?

[@HEADSHOTPROLOL]

Who watches movies dubbed lmao

[@ripcommonsense276]

"They have coffee here." *orders a glass of whiskey*

[@ktg8030]

Two awesome actors facing off. Wish we could get more moments like this.

[@dzambala8]

Norton got flow in this scene kkkk

[@SamKim1125]

This looks impeccable!

[@allys744]

The hand motion riggan makes when he says mike is “wrestling with complex emotions” 🤣✋

[@insanidadeEspelhada]

The dialogue of this scene is awesome !!

[@cetteable]

haven´t seen the movie yet but this scene makes me wanna so bad! i love how the drums and what norton's saying at the end matches perfectly in tempo, as if he was free-styling!! amazing work, right?

[@Amreio]

love the appearance of the drummer

[@bartpitt2991]

Awesome when it cuts to the drummer, makes this film feel more real than it already feels

[@cosmicparsec9463]

But is a little sad because the drummer who make the score for the whole movie could not be there because of him schedule. So, they called Nate Smith to show up in this scene. (sorry about my english)

[@Readraid_]

no cuts

[@j.patrickboyce5513]

I love this scene because of how much I despise Norton's character (love his acting though). He's got the gall to imagine he's the last thread of artistic integrity, meanwhile he hashes shit at the guy (who wrote & directed the whole fucking production) just because he's pretentious. This is the art world my friends; backbiting & people who will tell you how shitty you are, even when you're good... Think hard about it. Maybe you should take up advertising or something. You'll be happier. For the era of us, who've gone to college for it, we're working at Staples & we're 23; it's too late.

[@TheFilmFanEsco]

Few films I actually clapped once it ended and was just in pure shock once it ended! My dream was to be a filmmaker who made an entire film feel like a long take shot. Guess who did it? Alejandro, my fellow Hispanic native.

[@mufferducker822]

This is my no.1 comfort movie. I don't know what it is about it but I've seen it more than I can count. Just watching this clip makes me feel all cozy😄

[@Tessla425]

Yo también, engancha mucho

[@kurdott]

I love this scene and that amazing and original sound track... Thanks Sanchez!!!

[@metalgrinch]

"You know if you crank out any toxic piece or crap people will line up and pay to see it." Disney fans: *heavy breathing*

[@karlc2869]

2008 Hulk meets 1989 Batman.

[@RemedyUnderTheSun]

There is no way a scene this good is only 1:24.

[@PandasticVoyage]

Such a masterpiece. Wow.

[@sarawang1257]

With the drum sounds in the background, the entire scene turns out to be like a song. Love it❤

[@williamgregory1848]

Alejandro González Iñárritu is a fucking genius when he wrote this masterpiece.

[@chrisszyyy]

That cut around 1:06 is superbbbb! Digitally stitched rotoscoping VFX shot. I wonder why they chose that editpoint, the scene ends almost immediately after that

[@davidrlosada]

They also cut in 00:34

[@maormizrahi4192]

That was a great year for movies, the only time I wanted to watch the Oscars

[@annacoribioanna]

loved this movie and he deserve an oscar

[@lazarusblackwell6988]

"A douchebag is born every minute" XD How true

[@Eyeofthetiger69]

His inner Tyler Durden was showing there.

[@SuperMorriso]

Good actors, aging get better.

[@ingamedetails]

Norton was so f**king hilarious in this film. The chemistry between Keaton and Norton was EPIC.

[@heavybattle6650]

0:40 He is 1 Trillion percent correct though.

[@richesterescopico1497]

And the street drummer is the amazing NATE SMITH jazz legend

[@derekgeary1524]

I wonder if Norton's "fuck you" was improvised, it adds a nice accent to the scene. His James Dean impression in the opening shot is pretty epic as well.

[@sunofsotep8265]

I gotta watch this again soon, such acting!

[@diegox629]

Edward Norton is an underrated actor.

[@abrahjam8087]

0:31 Nate Smith groove ! drums and groove master .

[@yeahthatsemmanuel]

What is the name of this song?

[@vgmrevisited832]

This movie reminds me a lot of the show Louie.

[@mjfilmmatics]

1:06 obvious cut

[@Fakeblad]

It was blatantly though. I thought this whole film was supposed to be seamlessly blended into one, like how I've been hearing. On a big screen this'll be the most noticeable thing ever. Not quite sure what they were thinking in the editing room with this one...

[@skidmark440]

That wasn't the cut... the cut was when they walk into the coffee shop and the screen fades to black over the dark entrance.

[@Huhmasta]

i dont understand how that's a cut when you can still clearly see keaton's face between the camera moving. Unless some editing was being done, it wasn't obvious to me

[@mattjjohnston6443]

You can tell by two ways, 1. During Norton's character saying "cuz that's what we do", the mouth of Keaton's character is muttering something for which the audio was taken out, just read his lips. 2. During the camera pan, when the view of Keaton's character gets blocked by Norton's character, it's just too jarring to look like his character took a step back. And they were able to achieve this edit because eventually Norton comes off screen and reappears again.

[@mattjjohnston6443]

I bet 0:35 was another cut too.

[@DeinCouseng]

The very beginning of this scene is a cut. You can tell by how the doorframe moves out of the picture like it was scaled in Premiere Pro.

[@user-wp6qq3fk6q]

This scene oh my god

[@fernandogozalezgonzalez9272]

lovely audio scene

[@kindafunnyiguess1193]

This sounds a bit strange, but the upbeat music going with the dialogue in this scene reminds me a lot of Hamilton. This definitely is meant to feel like a Broadway show.

[@tloz7]

IVE BEEN TRYING T O FIGURE OUT WHAT THIS MOVIE WAS FOR SO LONG FINALLY

[@nilehoruseus]

Edward Norton played hulk

[@racheldrum1982]

I thought Norton was brilliant and that he had the Supporting Actor Oscar lined up. Then I saw JK Simmons in Whiplash. BOOM. I think Simmons won every award that wasn't nailed down.

[@timothy790110]

fucking hell has it been 9 years already?

[@HeadShotBoy_123]

1:05 anyone noticed there's a cut when camera goes spinning around edward norton?

[@MegaVSable]

Its sad that these 2 guys didnt win oscars for this movie.😢

[@luthfiandhika1367]

Fuckin' love it!!!!

[@shubhtripathi164]

1:12...what did he say... Tonight was just about..????

[@SymphonyOfTerror]

"Seeing if it's even alive, seeing if it bleeds."

[@annacoribioanna]

Love

[@droz1000]

Keaton when Norton goes off about 'complex human emotions'.....

[@ulysseskamps]

That's Nate Smith at 0:33!

[@yourbeautynevereverscareme]

Edward Norton became Tyler Durden in this scene

[@karlc2869]

The 2008 Hulk meets the 1989 Batman.

[@Bosko2k]

This scene was actually cut twice and one time really poorly 1:05

[@zade8586]

Not really no

[@roonyq]

0:45 inarritu's writing didn't have to go this hard

[@jacobgarrity9055]

Vulture vs pre-Hulk

[@jhakk2000]

Okay I know Antonio Sanchez did the score, but is that Nate Smith playing on the sidewalk???

[@Benmeeserreal]

What is the name of the soundtrack of this scene???? Which one is this?

[@dariolobo4406]

No soundtrack. All improvisarion for Antonio Sanchez a jazz drummer. Notice how the dynamics on the drum variates as keaton and norton talk or walk. Brilliant.

[@yeahthatsemmanuel]

@@dariolobo4406 Where can I listen to it?

[@dariolobo4406]

@@yeahthatsemmanuel i'm assuming that you've watch the movie (if you don't, watch it), i don't know if there is a download track or something like that.

[@hiranmoyghosh6959]

Funny they went into bar saying they have cofee here

[@VS-rt8um]

Hey, are you the horse from Horsin' Around?

[@dioarya6275]

00:39 - 00:46 Cap : Language please, Banner !!

[@henrygonzales2703]

Lol great movie

[@Lodestone1968]

Intrigued, but Norton seemed off.

[@IconMatthew1]

he plays a character thats full of it

[@JonHallv2]

He is also drunk in the scene. Playing and actually drunk.

[@C666O]

Rumor has Norton is not even acting this him in real life.

[@nicholasrodriguez1359]

Bro is that Nate smith or am I crazy ?!?

[@JasonRL567]

[@yupthisone]

Oh, sometimes i think about a millenial-Birdman-style- obsessive-artist-trope narrative but instead of a drum is a midwest emo guitarrist very much thank you.

[@citizenjim8727]

😂😂

[@dontfearthereaper2887]

Michael Keaton is so good he makes Edward Norton look average

[@Daniel-Rosa.]

Did Keaton coreograph being interrupted at 0:13? I think he cut himself off before Norton's line.

[@TheTaskmaster]

Norton says bullshit.

[@sidefx996]

No he stops because Norton says "bullshit." He says it a second time louder after Keaton stops and looks at him.

[@Daniel-Rosa.]

Nice. *Congratulations, Birdman!!!*

[@Lucols4]

sidefx996 that's what I love about the performances. You can't get anymore realistic than this, it's so natural

[@BitsofJoshua]

Fantastic scene but why have a character smoking if he's going to smoke it like an 11 year old? Really took me out of it. This dude would inhale, for god's sake.

[@alejandromontesdeoca7142]

wowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

[@Sisyphus27]

What cultural genocide do you think Mike is referring to?

[@adogut15]

Sisyphus27 Films, well. Films that are only made for money and not art

[@Gavin48]

marvel movies

[@HerrProfM]

Just look at the current showings in any movie theater. Anyway, most likely he is taking a shot at the superheroes movies since Riggin starred in those earlier in his career.

[@joshuasantana685]

Pretty much movies that are only about action and making you feel good when performing and expressing a character is about conveying emotions and making the audience feel something other than the mindnumbing explosion film like a Michael Bay movie

[@luisruescasgalvez5143]

He's talking about superhero movies

[@apexxxx10]

"Popularity is the little cousin of prestige"

[@user-fk1nh2mi6f]

Dyer is a no tier, no boi.

[@benfisher1376]

I find the acting a bit overblown

[@ivanpresumido8811]

The cultural genocide you guys are perpetrating.

[@michaelz9892]

Over rated film