The Revenant team go to great lengths to achieve "a sonic painting"

In the current issue of Total Film, Oscar-winning Birdman director Alejandro González Iñárritu discusses his new film, The Revenant, and how he and his leads, Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hardy, battled the elements to create a unique🌳 film - trekking to inhospitable locations in freezing -40 temperatures.

Rejecting 'shitty cutting' for his trademark luxurious, long takes an🙈d artificial light for 'magic hour' natural light (affording just 90 minutes shoot-time a day), Iñárritu tells Total Film “it's worth it” and that “I had to create the narrative where the film starts in Autumn and goes to full winter, so it took years to get all the pieces together. I wanted this to be a sonic painting that you can get lost in.”

Take a look at the gorgeous shots from the finished product and it's clear Iñárritu has created an epic and beautiful reven﷽ge thriller that will no doubt be dallying with Oscar come awards season.

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Contributing Editor, Total Film

Jane Crowther is a contributing editor to Total Film magazine, having formerly been the longtime Editor, as well as serving as the Editor-in-Chief of the Film Group here at Future Plc, which covers Total Film, SFX, and numerous TV and women's interest brands. Jane is also the vice-chair o꧑f The Critics' Circle and a BAFTA member. You'll find Jane on GamesRadar+ exploring the🦄 biggest movies in the world and living up to her reputation as one of the most authoritative voices on film in the industry.