The Revenant Review
Survival of the Visual Poetry?... While I'm sure there are a few reading this right about now that are familiar with Alejandro González Iñárritu's past works, most noticeably with Babel back in 2006, I think it's fair to say that the general consensus of us were introduced to Iñárritu through his 2014 filmic piece of Birdman , a film that at the time, was going head-to-head with The Grand Budapest Hotel in terms of the award nominations. If you've seen Birdman , then it's not surprising to understand that it is a film that implements the continuous-long takes, provided by Emmanuel Lubezki, which in turn succeeds in creating this extensive and realistic approach which places the viewer in a 'trapped' perspective; a perspective that gazes upon Michael Keaton's character struggling to maintain control of the situation that he is in. In the case of Iñárritu's latest piece of The Revenant , while it's unquestionable to deny that this film admi...