Dolby Creator Talks

Director Alejandro Iñárritu and the Sound of BARDO

December 6, 2022

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.”

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”

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: Be sure to check out “Bardo,” available on Netflix starting on December 16th, in Dolby Vision® and Dolby Atmos®. Please subscribe to The Dolby Institute Podcast wherever you get your podcasts. You can also check out the video for this episode. Learn more about the Dolby Institute and check out Dolby.com. Connect with Dolby on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, or LinkedIn.

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