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Cannes 2023 :: Killers of the Flower Moon :: Martin Scorsese’s Bitterest Crime Epic Martin Scorsese triumphs yet again. A story about greed, corruption, and the mottled soul of a country that was born from the belief that it belonged to anyone callous enough to take it.. |
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Berlinale 2023 :: Full Winners List This year’s jury, headed by Kristen Stewart, gave
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BAFTA 2023 :: ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’
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Berlinale 2023 :: Golshifteh Farahani :: Talks Role Of
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SIFF 2023 :: Shirin Ebadi :: Until We Are Free
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IFFR 2023 Awards :: 'Le spectre de Boko Haram' and
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Winners of the 2022 ‘Sepanta Awards’ :: 15th Annual
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Opinion :: Will Venice Protests Help or Hurt filmmakers
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Biennale Cinema 2022 :: Awards Ceremony
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Coming: 15th Annual Iranian Film Festival! : San
Francisco: Sep. 17-18 This year, the
festival presents 50 films from Iran, USA, Italy, France, Luxembourg, Greece, UK, Canada,
Australia, and Denmark…, ranging from fiction, documentary, short, animation…. to the
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Inarritu, Alejandro Gonzalez |
Date of birth
15 August 1963, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Alejandro González Iñárritu (15 August 1963, Mexico City, Mexico )
A director whose former career as a DJ has instilled in him a spectacular comprehension of pacing and a near-unparalleled ability to weave a compelling, nonlinear tale, Alejandro González Iñárritu stunned filmgoers worldwide with his vital and affecting directorial debut, Amores Perros.
Striking a fine balance between brutality and beauty while offering well-defined characters that seem as real as their stark surroundings, Iñárritu's unforgettable take on life in contemporary Mexico City earned the first-time feature director an Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Film among many other honors -- leaving expectations for a strong sophomore follow-up much higher than usual.
“(On why did he not record an audio commentary for 21 Grams) I don't like them. I feel that if you have to explain something it loses strength. It's like a magician trying to explain his magic, in a way.”
A native of Mexico City whose familiarity with his surroundings no doubt contributed to Amores Perros' vivid presentation of his home turf, Iñárritu earned a living as a DJ on the top-rated Mexican station WMF before becoming one of the youngest television producers in Mexican history.
A musician at heart, Iñárritu also scored six Mexican films in the late '80s. Viewing his television work as a precursor to his feature aspirations, Iñárritu was soon introduced to noted Mexican screenwriter Guillermo Arriaga, and the pair quickly found that they shared much in common with one another, including a unique view of life in Mexico City.
In the following years, Iñárritu would study filmmaking under Polish director Ludwig Margules, and following continued studies in Maine and Los Angeles, it seemed the aspiring film director was ready to make his move.
An early collaboration with Arriaga found the pair working well together, and the duo soon re-teamed to craft Iñárritu's debut feature, Amores Perros.
A complex, labyrinthine tale that painted an undeniably affecting portrait of life in the writers' hometown, the film took home prizes from the Cannes and Chicago International Film Festivals among many others -- effectively making director Iñárritu an international, near-overnight success.
Of course, with a debut as powerful as Amores Perros, expectations for a strong follow-up were stratospherically high, and after directing a short film for BMW and offering a contribution to 11'01''01, Iñárritu was finally up to the challenge. Once again, he collaborated with Arriaga for the screenplay, as well as with Amores Perros' cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto.
The resulting 21 Grams didn't earn Iñárritu the universal acclaim of his previous feature, but it did offer a strong follow-up and an honest meditation on life and death. With a stellar cast including Sean Penn, Naomi Watts, and Benicio Del Toro, 21 Grams (named for the measurement of weight that a body supposedly loses at the moment of death) signaled great things to come from the talented filmmaker. ~ All Movie Guide
Selected filmography of
Inarritu, Alejandro Gonzalez
2006
Babel (2006)
2003
21 Grams (2003)
2000
Amores perros (2000)
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