'To be frank, Alejandro G. Iñárritu probably doesn’t need to clear out his calendar this awards season. It would be hard to imagine 'Bardo' having the chops to even represent Mexico for the international feature category,' writes ByClaytonDavis.
. Maybe it was the 174-minute runtime after a long day of screenings that kept viewers at bay. Nevertheless, just shy of midnight, there was a round of applause as the credits rolled. Though it’s unclear what exactly what everyone was clapping for — perhaps themselves for having survived this rambling opus of cinematic over-indulgence.
To be frank, Iñárritu probably doesn’t need to clear out his calendar this awards season. It would be hard to imagine “Bardo” having the chops to even represent Mexico for the international feature category, let alone make the shortlist. But it’s not clear what else would even be selected to represent the country.
Iñárritu has always been an outstanding visual storyteller, so recruiting the great Darius Khondji to shoot the flick mostly pays off. Along with production design and sound, these are three places the film could find Academy traction. Along with serving as the director, writer and producer of “Bardo,” Iñárritu is also the film’s composer; the score is my favorite technical element of the meditative drama.
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