Love's A Bitch / Amores perros (2000) [Criterion Collection]

Directors: Alejandro G. Iñárritu (as Alejandro González Iñárritu)
Writers: Guillermo Arriaga (as Guillermo Arriaga Jordán)
Stars: Emilio Echevarría, Gael García Bernal, Goya Toledo

Sending shock waves through the Mexican film industry and the world, this blistering feature debut from Alejandro G. Iñárritu brought the director’s electrifying visual style and bravura multistrand storytelling to the screen with the heart-stopping impact of a primal scream. In Mexico City, the lives of three strangers—a young man mixed up in the gritty underworld of dogfighting, a glamorous woman who seems to have it all, and a mysterious assassin who is desperate to reconnect with his estranged daughter—collide in a tragic twist of fate that forever alters their personal journeys. A tour de force of violence and emotion captured in a rush of kinetic handheld camera work, Amores perros is an unforgettable plunge into a world of brutality and aching, interconnected humanity.

Special Features:
- New 4K digital restoration, supervised by director Alejandro G. Iñárritu and director of photography Rodrigo Prieto, with new 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio Soundtrack on the Blu-ray, supervised by Iñárritu
- New conversation between Iñárritu and filmmaker Paweł Pawlikowski
- New conversation among Iñárritu and actors Adriana Barraza, Vanessa Bauche, and Gael García Bernal
- Perros, amores, accidentes, a new documentary on the making of the film featuring behind-the-scenes footage
- Rehearsal footage with reflections by Iñárritu
- New interview with composer Gustavo Santaolalla
- New video essay by film scholar Paul Julian Smith
- Deleted scenes, with optional commentary by Iñárritu and Prieto
- Music videos for songs from the film’s soundtrack by Control Machete, Café Tacvba, and Julieta Venegas
- Trailer
- New English subtitle translation




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