Born In East L.A.

In celebration of the opening of LACMA’s exhibition SUEÑO PERRO: Film Installation by Alejandro G. Iñárritu, marking the 25th anniversary of Amores Perros (2000), Iñárritu’s landmark Academy Award–nominated film, please join us for a screening and conversation with Alejandro G. Iñárritu and Michael Govan, LACMA Director.

The feature directorial debut of Alejandro González Iñárritu—winner of back-to-back Oscars for directing Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014) and The Revenant (2015)—Amores Perros tells three unsettling tales linked by a car accident, involving dog fighting, an injured model, and a hired killer. Experience the anniversary celebration with a meticulously restored 4K version, sponsored by Criterion and supervised by director Alejandro G. Iñárritu, cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto, and sound designer Martín Hernández.

As he revisits the film through this new installation, Iñárritu notes: “Over a million feet of film was left on the cutting room floor during the editing of Amores Perros. These intensely charged images, 16 million still frames, were buried in the UNAM film archive for 25 years.” SUEÑO PERRO brings to light never-before-seen footage that speaks to the film’s enduring themes of love, betrayal, and violence. It’s a sensorial and analog installation that, through 35mm projectors and non-narrative fragments, becomes a true statement on lost cinema.

This program is a co-presentation of LACMA and the Academy Museum, and is presented in conjunction with LACMA’s SUEÑO PERRO: Film Installation by Alejandro G. Iñárritu.