Based on a true story, via a novel by michael punke, and set in a snowbound north american terrain in the 1820s, it stars leonardo dicaprio as. The unauthorized story of the revenant the revenant was an unlikely movie to become a worldwide phenomenon. Author of the revenant source novel banned from talking about film. Alejandro gonzalez inarritus follow up to his oscar winner, birdman, looks to be in a close race for this years best picture. A fight for survival through enemy territories against inhospitable cold all in the name of vengeance. A revenant is a person who has returned, especially supposedly from the dead, according to the oed i love that especially supposedly bit, a term derived from high middle age. Even though the revenant took home plenty of awards leading up to the oscars, and ended up earning a best director award for alejandro g. Alejandro gonzalez inarritu contact info name, email address, phone number.
The ordeal of filming the revenant, mexican director alejandro gonzalez inarritus furtrade odyssey of survival and sweet revenge, has. The revenant tells a semifactual, semifictionalized story about reallife 19th century mountain man hugh glass dicaprio, partly based on michael punkes book the revenant. Alejandro gonzalez inarritu, mexican director and producer whose movies, which often featured interconnected stories and a nonlinear narrative, placed him at the forefront of the mexican film renaissance in the early 21st century. Dicaprio, pillars of eternity, durance, film grab, fictional world, film books. They interviewed the author of a book on bear maulings and watched. Runtime revealed for leonardo dicaprios the revenant, new. Jake crowley adventures by david wood and alan baxter 4. A little in depth analysis of the novel the revenant by michael punke and alejandro inarritus latest film, starring leonardo dicaprio and tom hardy. Pdf the revenant ebooks includes pdf, epub and kindle. The revenant is immersive, event cinema at its absolute finest. Striking a fine balance between brutality and beauty while offering welldefined characters that seem as. Smith, alejandro gonzalez inarritu screenplay, michael punke based in part on the novel by stars. This book, i wanted to read this book for 40 years but i couldnt find the time. Meet the city boy who quit a lucrative job to write a novel much to the alarm of.
Director alejandro gonzalez inarritu and cowriter mark l. The novel was later adapted as a screenplay for a 2015 feature film directed by alejandro g. Shooting the impossible how alejandro inarritu made the revenant. The revenant is a 2015 american drama film directed by alejandro gonzalez inarritu. This exclusive collectors twovolume edition takes readers on an emotional and spiritual journey through the creation of the oscarwinning film the revenant, exploring its vital themes through the perspectives. Alejandro gonzalez inarritu ihnyareetoo, born august 15th, 1963, is a mexican film director. With leonardo dicaprio, tom hardy, will poulter, domhnall gleeson. The mexicanborn director could very well have led michael keaton to his first oscar with the incredible birdman, and theres a chance that he could do the same for leo with the revenant. Smith and inarritu is based in part on michael punkes 2002 novel of. Leonardo dicaprio, tom hardy, domhnall gleeson, will poulter, forrest goodluck, melaw nakehko, duane howard, anthony starlight, arthur redcloud run time. Glass, during an expedition in an uncharted northern region of the u.
Smith turn a straightforward, revengeminded western into a study of the natural world, mortality, and the human condition. Its based very loosely on the real life story of hugh glass, a fur trapper who crawled. Starring leonardo dicaprio as hugh glass, the story encompasses glasss exploits in the frontier, featuring a vicious bear attack and his eventual rescue. Tom hardy wrestled with director on set of the revenant. Gonzalez inarritu is the first mexican director to be nominated for the. Among the widely anticipated films slated for release within the next two months, oscarwinning director alejandro g. His debut feature film, the 2000 drama amores perros, as well as the second film he directed in his native spanish language, biutiful 2010, were nominated for best. Alejandro made one last tearfilled phone call an adolescent heartbreaking love story goodbye, i. Delve into the creative journey behind alejandro g. Temperatures in the films remote locations in the canadian rockies reached 40 below zero, until. Alejandro gonzalez inarritu seals his place as one of hollywoods most fearsomely original filmmakers with tripleoscarwinner the revenant.
Emmanuel lubezki to his fans, chivo to his friends and colleagues, an incredible cinematographer to all. Making the movie leonardo dicaprio, tom hardy, alejandro g. Is there a more manly film description than the one for the revenant. Inarritus oscar win tonight as best director for the revenant, the director became part of academy history by becoming the first director in 65 years to win backtoback di. Alejandro gonzalez inarritu stitched together a onetake for. The revenant 0 director alejandro gonzalez inarritu 0 cinematographer. The revenant and inarritus debt to werner herzog the. A little in depth analysis of the novel the revenant by michael punke and alejandro inarritus latest. Contenders voice of the crew below the line voice of. The near unanimous overabundance of praise for alejandro inarritus latest film, the revenant, is a clear example. Alejandro inarritus the revenant 2015 continues the long tradition of oscarwinning features that may eventually be overshadowed by their own awards.
His debut film, amores perros, premiered at the cannes film festival and won the critics week grand prize and was nominated for an academy award for best foreign language film in 2000. The revenants influences include notable films like herzogs aguirre, the wrath of god, seen most clearly in the revenants closing lines of dialogue. How alejandro gonzalez inarritu survived the revenant studio. Plus, a new restaurant on the growing h street corridor is more likely than what carne y arena actually is a virtual reality film by oscarwinning mexican director alejandro g. A novel of revenge is a 2002 novel by american author michael punke, based on a series of events in the life of american frontiersman hugh glass in 1823 missouri territory. Last year, alejandro gonzalez inarritus movie birdman won big at the oscars, grabbing awards for best picture, best director, and best. The revenant leonardo dicaprio plays an avenging 19thcentury frontiersman in alejandro g. Punke is prevented from talking about alejandro gonzalez inarritus movie adaptation because he works as an ambassador to the world trade. Because of inarritus insistence on using natural light, the revenant took nine months to shoot and required part of the film be shot in south america due to an absence of snow in canada. Alejandro gonzalez inarritu is a mexican film director, producer, and screenwriter.
Ryuichi sakamoto details gigantic score to the revenant. He is known for telling international stories about the human condition, and his projects have. And with the revenant, it looks like inarritu is doing anything but cracking under the pressure. Their comrade, a man named hugh glass, has been mauled by a grizzly bear. The novel was republished in january 2015 in anticipation of. This isnt because it towers above its competitors in demand, but rather because it carries with it some serious baggage intense tales of production nightmares in hostile and unforgiving environments.
Alejandro inarritu s followup to birdman is twice as gritty, just as pretty after cleaning up at this years oscars with the masterpiece that was birdman, its understandable that the next project from alejandro inarritu would carry a lot of hype with it. Inarritu spoke out last night against antiimmigration rhetoric and saturday night live. Inarritu, it was spotlight that ended up going home with. They included birdman or the unexpected virtue of ignorance and the revenant. The word revenant means someone who has risen from the grave to terrorize the living. On masculinity in the revenant ration of common humanity. This brutally violent tale of survival and revenge should peak the interest of any cinema buff.
Inarritu directing leonardo dicaprio in the revenant. We have our first stills from the film via 20th century fox which feature lead actor leonardo dicaprio as frontiersman hugh glass. Saddled with that vague inspired by true events tagline that tricks almost no one and annoys. The revenant was originally going to be one shot indiewire. A frontiersman on a fur trading expedition in the 1820s fights for survival after being mauled by a bear and left for dead by members of his own hunting team. Inarritus brutal, beautiful yet emotionally stunted epic. From shooting in the wild to filming in chronological order, here are five amazing feats alejandro inarritu accomplished when making the. Theres a moment roughly a third of the way into the revenant, alejandro g. The revenant 2015, based on a true story, chronicles the travails of hugh glass, a fur trapper leonardo dicaprio whose companions murder his son and leave him for dead following an attack by a bear. Alejandro gonzalez inarritu contact info agent, manager. Alejandro inarritu wins best director oscar for revenant.
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