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Delve into the creative journey behind Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s Oscar-winning film The Revenant with this deluxe two-volume set.

This exclusive collector’s two-volume edition takes readers on an emotional and spiritual journey through the creation of the Oscar-winning film The Revenant, exploring its vital themes through the perspectives of the artists who brought it to the screen.

The main volume in this edition tells the full story of the creation of The Revenant via new interviews with Iñárritu, the cast, and the crew, plus never-before-seen photography and other visuals from the film. The companion volume is a faithful reproduction of an exclusive book created by Iñárritu during the filming of The Revenant and given to each member of the cast and crew as a gift. It features stunning photography from the shoot, captured by unit photographers Kimberly French and Eros Hoagland, and forms a candid visual document of the entire filming process.

Capturing the passion that drove Iñárritu’s project and the remarkable level of endurance that brought the final Oscar-winning film to the screen, The Making of The Revenant is an engrossing and uncompromising exploration of one of the most electrifying films of the last decade.

Gina McIntyre is the New York Times best-selling author of Stranger Things: Worlds Turned Upside Down. Her other books include Guillermo Del Toro's The Shape of Water: Creating a Fairy Tale for Troubled Times, The Art of Ready Player One, and Star Wars Icons: Han Solo. Her writing has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, the Hollywood Reporter, and Entertainment Weekly. She lives with her husband and daughter in Riverside, Illinois.

Born in Mexico City in 1963, Alejandro G.Iñárritu studied filmmaking and theater and composed music for Mexican features before directing and producing his debut feature film, Amores Perros (2000), which was nominated for an Academy Award as Best Foreign Language Film and received over 53 awards from all over the world, including BAFTAs, the Golden Globes, Tokyo, São Paulo, Edinburgh, San Sebastian, and Toronto. Iñárritu’s follow-up film, 21 Grams (2003), which he directed, cowrote, and produced, starred Sean Penn, Benicio del Toro, and Naomi Watts. Both del Toro and Watts received Oscar nominations for their roles in the film, and Penn won the Jury Prize for Best Actor at the Venice Film Festival. Babel (2006) garnered the Best Director Prize at the 59th Cannes Film Festival. Iñárritu won three Oscars for his work on Birdman (2014), including Best Motion Picture of the Year, Best Achievement in Directing, and Best Writing Original Screenplay. Iñárritu won the Oscar for Best Achievement in Directing a second time for his 2015 film The Revenant. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and two children.

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The Making of the Revenant

The Making of the Revenant

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