BARDO, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths (2022)
Directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu
A renowned Mexican journalist and documentary filmmaker living in Los Angeles, after being named the recipient of a prestigious international award, is compelled to return to his native country, unaware that this simple trip will push him to an existential limit.
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A few years ago, Alejandro González Iñárritu released Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths, to a very hostile reception, to the point where the Mexican filmmaker had to re-edit the picture before its theatrical release.
Coming after the handsomely crafted but thematically overstuffed existential navel-gazing of the 2022 Netflix feature Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths, which was Iñárritu’s answer to Fellini’s Otto e mezzo, Digger furthers the impression that the director is now primarily interested in making films about his own genius for mythmaking…
In many ways, Digger carries the same creative spirit as his last movie, Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths (2022).
…something that “Bardo” and “The Revenant,” for all their faults, were able to overcome…
Now, four years after Iñárritu’s previous Netflix film “Bardo,” the filmmaker is back in theaters.
…the director keeps his film far better focused than its more personal predecessor Bardo…