With the reveal of the official trailer for Bardo, False Chronicle of a Few Truths We also learned that the film will finally reach the public with 22 minutes less duration. During its first screening at the Venice Film Festival, the press that was able to see it warned about its duration. Now Alejandro González Iñárritu confirms that he has not only cut the happy minutes, but that he also added a scene and changed the order of others.
Iñárritu spoke with IndieWire about these recent changes and there he explained that in reality the editing of a film is never finished. The same thing happened with the final cuts of 21 grams Y Babel. Films that also changed slightly after passing through festivals. According to the director, the fact of being able to see Bard with the public (in Venice) is what gave him a new perspective and good ideas on how he can improve.
“The first time I saw my film was with 2,000 people in Venice,” he said. “That was a good opportunity to watch it and learn about things that could benefit from being tied up a bit, adding a scene that never made it in time, and changing the order of a thing or two. Little by little I was adjusting it and I am very excited.
According to the director, his Bard it will keep changing in your minutes and in your order. Well, he confessed that he will not stop making changes until the film finally reaches theaters. He will do it to get the best movie while he can. “You never finish a movie. The deadlines only ask you to deliver it ».
Bardo, False Chronicle of a Few Truths follow in the footsteps of Silverio Gama. A renowned filmmaker and journalist who returns to Mexico to collect a prestigious award for his career. Upon his return, Silverio is haunted by memories of his past and existentialist reflections on all the stages of his life. Including the future.
Your train of thought and your emotions are fully addressed by the image. Reason why Bard be a surreal feature film, with an ultra-high aesthetic and with moments that border on comedy and the absurd, but always with an important emotional charge. Those who have seen it have described it as the 8 1/2 of Felliniof the Mexican filmmaker.
“The film always navigates through these ridiculous things that happen and the profound things that coexist with them,” Iñárritu said. “I thought the trailer should express that.”
Of course describing it and selling it is a complicated task. For this reason, for the making of the trailer, Iñárritu sought the help of the legendary trailer editor Mark Woolen, whose other works include, for example, the forthcoming TAR either White Noise. The advance is a collage of images without dialogue, accompanied by «I Am the Walrus» of The Beatles.
“John Lennon deliberately wrote lyrics for that song that are impossible to interpret,” the Mexican continued. Nonsense that makes sense is what this movie is trying to do. Mark Woolen made the lyrics make sense with the visuals.”
The new version of Bardo with 22 minutes less will have its next stop at the San Sebastian Festival in Spain. Later it will go through the AFI FEST and London. Finally, his trip will lead to the Morelia International Film Festival that will begin on October 22 in the Michoacán capital. The film will open in select theaters on October 27 and on Netflix on December 16.
You can see the official trailer of Bard, False chronicle of a few truths) by clicking here.
Luis Angel H Mora My Hogwarts letter never came, so I focused my life on movies. I like to write, Harry Potter, Doctor Who and parties where I wear an astrologer. John Williams and The Killers musicalize the drama of my life.