Amores perros / Altavista Films presenta ; una producción de Zeta Film y Altavista Films ; una película de Alejandro González Iñárritu ; dirigida y producida por Alejandro González Iñárritu ; escrita por Guillermo Arriaga Jordán.
Edition:
Director approved Blu-ray special edition.
Publisher:
The Criterion Collection,
Copyright Date:
2020
Description:
1 videodisc (154 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (36 pages : color illustrations ; 17 cm).
Container of (work): Amores perros (Motion picture)
Notes:
Emilio Echevarría, Gael García Bernal, Goya Toledo, Álvaro Guerrero, Vanessa Bauche, Jorge Salinas, Marco Pérez, Rodrigo Murray, Humberto Busto, Adriana Barraza, Gustavo Sánchez Parra. Title from screen credits. Originally released as a motion picture in 2000. Features: New 4K digital restoration, supervised by director Alejandro G. Iñárritu and director of photography Rodrigo Prieto, with new 5.1 surround soundtrack, supervised by Iñárritu; New conversation between Iñárritu and filmmaker Pawel Pawlikowki; New conversation among Iñárritu and actors Adriana Barraza, Vanessa Bauche, and Gael Garcia Bernal; Perros, amores, accidentes, a new documentary on the making of the film featuring behind-the-scenes footage; Rehearsal footage with reflections by Iñárritu; New interview with composer Gustavo Santaolalla; New video essay by film scholar Paul Julian Smith; Deleted scenes, with optional commentary by Iñárritu and Prieto; Music videos for songs from the film's soundtrack by Control Machete, Café Tacuba, and Julieta Venegas; Trailer; New English subtitle translation; Essays by critic Fernanda Solorzano and author Juan Villoro.
Summary:
"Sending shock waves through the Mexican film industry and the world, this blistering feature film debut from Alejandro G. Iñárritu brought the director's electrifying visual style and bravura multistrand storytelling to the screen with the heart-stopping impact of a primal scream. In Mexico City, the lives of three strangers--a young man mixed up in the gritty underworld of dogfighting, a glamorous woman who seems to have it all, and a mysterious assassin who is desperate to reconnect with his estranged daughter--collide in a tragic twist of fate that forever alters their personal journeys. A tour de force of violenec and emotion captured in a rush of kinetic handheld camera work, Amores perros is an unforgettable plunge into a world of brutality and aching, interconnected humanity"--Container.
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