Right now, Mexico City is a hot spot of the worldwide pandemic and it’s unclear how, if at all, things will get back to normal. The plans also include a possible post-screening concert featuring many of the artists like Ely Guerra, Nacha Pop, Control Machete, Café Tacvba and Illya Kuryaki & The Valderramas that made the film’s soundtrack so iconic.Īll of this is contingent, of course, on COVID-related social distancing restrictions being lifted. The plan, as the filmmaker announced, is to have the print ready for an outdoor screening at the Zócalo plaza in Mexico City with live orchestrations courtesy of Santaolalla. Indeed, the Oscar-nominated cinematographer is working closely on the restoration as well. He advises everyone to avoid the video releases that are out there which, to his view, don’t do Prieto’s color contrast aesthetic justice. On a Zoom call with Mexican press honoring Amores perros, González Iñárritu announced he’s working on a new restoration of the film. Curiously enough, though, the now Oscar-winning filmmaker is discouraging viewers from watching his debut feature. It went on to become a smash hit, earning an Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Language film and 10 Ariel awards. The film further established Gael García Bernal as an actor to watch and made the crew (including cinematographer Rodrgo Prieto, composer Gustavo Santaolalla and writer Guillermo Arriaga) the toast of Cannes.
The kinetic, pulse-pounding drama about dog fights, car chases and broken hearts announced the arrival of a new voice in Mexican cinema. Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Amores perros premiered at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival - that’s now twenty years ago.
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