Amores perros (2000)

Amores perros (2000)

a.k.a Love's a B*tch

Director: Alejandro G. Iñárritu

Plot Synopsis

A horrific car accident connects three stories, each involving characters dealing with loss, regret, and life's harsh realities, all in the name of love.

Male Deaths

• Humberto Busto [Jorge]
• Gustavo Sánchez Parra [Jarocho]
• Marco Pérez [Ramiro]

Female Deaths

• None

Trivia

1. It is Alejandro G. Iñárritu's directorial debut
2. For the scenes where the dogs appeared to be dead or dying, the animals were actually heavily sedated under the careful eye of the Mexican SPCA. Multiple dogs that looked like one dog seen on screen were also used, so that the same dog was not under sedation for more than half an hour and not more than once a day at a time.
3. Controversial because of the fact it depicts dogfights, the dogs seen fighting each other were actually just playing. Careful editing makes it look a lot more vicious. Their muzzles were also covered with very fine fishing line so they were unable to bite each other.
4. The first film in a loose trilogy of death, all directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu and written by Guillermo Arriaga. The next two films were 21 Grams (2003) and Babel (2006). Between them, all three films earned 10 Academy Award nominations.
5. The Red Hot Chili Peppers' music video for their song "By The Way" was inspired by the film's opening car chase scene.
6. Shot in some of the more dangerous parts of Mexico City. It was not uncommon for the production crew to be robbed by street gangs.
7. Unlike most films, a disclaimer stating that no animals were harmed in the making of the movie comes at the beginning instead of being buried in the credits.
8. The man who plays the bus driver in the scene where Octavio (Gael García Bernal) decides not to get on the bus is Bernal's father, José Ángel García.
9. All the images shown on the TV sets during the picture are commercials. These commercials were also directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu. They include a TV station promotional, an ad for a bank, among others.
10. It took seven months to edit all the three story strands together to Alejandro G. Iñárritu's satisfaction.
11. Narrowly avoided being banned in the UK due to the country's strict laws about abusing animals in film. Director Alejandro G. Iñárritu managed to persuade the British Board of Film Classification that the dogfight sequences were all simulated and his film was subsequently passed uncut.
12. The car crash sequence was shot with nine simultaneous cameras, including two on adjacent rooftops and one hidden in a trash barrel. A stunt driver was in the black car, while the model's car contained a remote-controlled animatronic dummy. A practice run caused the black car to accidentally tear the rear bumper off the model's car, but since it was getting late, it was stuck back on and the shot attempted in toto. This time the model's car spun around, overshot its projected target by at least 100 meters, and smashed into a taxicab parked by the side of the road. This take was used in the final print.
13. The title can be roughly translated into "Love's a B*tch", tying in with the relevance of dogs in each of the three separate story strands.
14. El Chivo sarcastically congratulates Luis Miranda Solares for his imagination comparing him with a Publicist which is the occupation of the Director Alejandro G. Iñárritu.