THE REVENANT 
BIRDMAN OR (THE UNEXPECTED VIRTUE OF IGNORANCE) 
AMORES PERROS 
“I’m a true believer to watch is not to see a film,” Cannes jury president Alejandro G. Iñárritu explained. “To watch is something. To see is another thing. To see is to not to experience. Cinema was born to be experienced in a communal experience.”The first jury president from Mexico in Cannes history, waded into the streaming versus screening debate at the French film fest. The director expressed his admiration for the access new media has provided fresh talent. From phones...
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Alejandro
González
Iñárritu
Film Director
Iñárritu has taken his time following up “Birdman” and “The Revenant,” which won him back-to-back Oscars for best director in 2015 and 2016. Since then, his only significant work has been 2017’s “Flesh and Sand” (“Carne y Arena”), a virtual-reality short giving viewers the perspective of migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border with a coyote, which debuted at the Cannes Film Festival in 2017 and earned a special achievement Oscar in 2018. He returned last May to be the chair of the Cannes jury, becoming the first Mexican to hold that position in the fest’s 72-year history. While claiming to be “dangerously and happily unemployed,” he’s said he has a new project gestating, so another run at awards gold may be in the offing.
