Alejandro González Iñárritu on what 'Bardo' has in common with David Bowie

Alejandro González Iñárritu's “Bardo” is the director's most personal film to date

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and probably his most daring, which definitely says something when you tell me about the filmmaker behind “Birdman”

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and “The Revenant”. While those films had their logistical and physical challenges

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"Bardo" examined Iñárritu with a more intellectual and emotional feel.

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“The material in this film is different from any film he's ever done,” he told IndieWire's Filmmaker Toolkit podcast.

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“There is no story, there is no structure, there is no plot. Just a mental image of a person

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that comes from the last moments of his life and all this dream perception. Carrying that and materializing those images or emotions

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What is the emotion we seek to convey, and then what are the technical

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