Carver had gotten sober just before meeting her, and after almost killing himself with drink in the 1970s, he had turned his life around. There was a strong cult around his stories and her poems, particularly poems about their relationship. There were strong connections between our program and Syracuse, where he had taught and lived with the poet Tess Gallagher. It was a great tragedy that he had died, in August 1988, of lung cancer. People who knew him told stories about him. When I was in graduate school at Sarah Lawrence College for creative writing (1988-1991), Raymond Carver was a total celebrity. So all I actually want to talk about in this blog entry is Raymond Carver. We’re wondering: “Is Michael Keaton a good actor? Was he a good actor in the ’80s or just a celebrity? Is he good in this film? In the play inside the film? What will this film mean to his career? And what about the character he is playing– is that guy a good actor?”įor me, there was an extra layer, and another multi-layered story about art and celebrity, in the fact that the play being staged is an adaptation of the short stories of Raymond Carver. We’re aware Michael Keaton was Batman, and now he’s playing an actor who was Birdman. Then there’s all the complicated references between real world/movie world/theater world. I have tons to say about the point of view of a single shot, for example. There is so much to talk about in Alejandro González Iñárritu’s film Birdman.
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