BARDO, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths follows journalist and documentarian Silverio Gama as he reflects on his life, his work, and his own cultural identity through a series of surrealistic moments that blur the lines between what is real and what is imagined. Directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu from a screenplay by Iñárritu and Nicolás Giacobone, the film stars Daniel Giménez Cacho and Griselda Siciliani.
Following his award-winning, yet polarizing work on films like Birdman and The Revenant, Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s latest film is something of a self-interrogation, telling the story of an acclaimed Mexican filmmaker who is wrestling with doubts over the efficacy of his art as well as his connection with his Mexican heritage.
The visual landscape of this film blends together the mundane with the fantastical and the grotesque into what camera operator Ari Robbins, SOC, describes as like shooting a fever dream. In our conversation with Robbins, we discussed what went into shooting these intricate sequences, often in long, unbroken takes as well as what it was like filming parts of the movie on 65mm film and working in and around Mexico City.
Watch the conversation here on SOC.org
David Daut 