Episode 136Dolby Creator Talks

Director Alejandro Iñárritu and the Sound of BARDO

December 6, 2022

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Multiple Academy Award winning director Alejandro G. Iñárritu joins us to discuss his latest work, the surreal, yet somehow pseudo-autobiographical film, “BARDO, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths.”

Since this episode focuses almost exclusively on the sound of the film, joining the conversation is much of the film’s sound team:

Martín Hernández - Supervising Sound Editor and Sound Designer

Santiago Núñez - Production Sound Mixer

Jon Taylor - Re-recording Mixer

Ken Yasumoto - Re-recording Mixer and Sound Designer

While the film is truly a visually stunning epic, the director focused much of his attention on the audio, because, as he put it:

I really think that this film is — audio, 75% [of the experience]… It's my favorite film, audio-wise, by far. I think it's a much more complex and difficult film than I have done. And the work that this team did is invaluable. And the experience of the audio in Dolby Atmos — you can close your eyes and really understand and feel the film. So I think the job that this team did is absolutely extraordinary. I'm very happy with it.

Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Director and Co-writer, “BARDO, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths”

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