The Revenant
Films that shaped it
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Alejandro González Iñárritu told cinematographer Lubezki to study Tarkovsky's Andrei Rublev (1966) and Kurosawa's Dersu Uzala, how these filmmakers filmed nature not as backdrop but as spiritual force. DiCaprio's face pressed against snow and rock becomes an extension of geography itself. Tarkovsky's belief that landscape has interiority runs through every frame.
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Alejandro González Iñárritu told cinematographer Lubezki to study Tarkovsky's Andrei Rublev (1966) and Kurosawa's Dersu Uzala, how these filmmakers filmed nature not as backdrop but as spiritual force. DiCaprio's face pressed against snow and rock becomes an extension of geography itself. Tarkovsky's belief that landscape has interiority runs through every frame.
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Tarkovsky. 'The Sacrifice,' especially. It's a film that profoundly impacted me. The way he approaches spiritual themes, the relentless pursuit of meaning, the visual poetry. That whole idea of a man’s journey, a spiritual and physical journey, definitely resonated with me when working on 'The Revenant'.
