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March 3, 2026
Alejandro González Iñárritu on his Amores Perros art show: ‘This is an anti-AI exhibition’
Oscar-winning director returns to his breakout 2000 hit for an exhibition seven years in the making, giving visitors a new experiential look at his debut film
TL;DR
- Alejandro González Iñárritu's new exhibition, Sueño Perro, uses hundreds of hours of unused footage from his 2000 film Amores Perros.
- The director was inspired by his father's non-linear storytelling and the way human memory works in fragments.
- Sueño Perro is described as a "dream" and "light sculptures" that push narrative explorations further, liberating images from conventional storytelling.
- The creation of the installation was a seven-year process, involving sifting through approximately 1 million feet of archived celluloid.
- Iñárritu credits the producers for preserving the outtakes and the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) for storing them.
- The exhibition emphasizes a tactile, sensorial experience with real film projectors, contrasting with digital viewing and AI advancements.
- Iñárritu views the installation as a statement against AI and a way to reconnect audiences with the physical nature of cinema.
- He also discusses his upcoming film Digger, starring Tom Cruise, describing the experience as exhilarating.
- Sueño Perro is on display at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art until July 26.
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