![]() ![]() As was true of other Netflix prestige pictures such as “Roma” and “Mank,” “Bardo” is a hard-to-sell concept that is bound to frustrate some TV watchers, many of whom will never make it to the end. It is not best experienced from the lounge chair whose occupant may be distracted by the phone or the proximity of the kitchen. Yet it’s a dense, plotless, phantasmagorical swirl of memories, wishes and grudges, and so it demands full concentration in a theater. That the movie was produced by Netflix creates a mismatch-though the streaming service is releasing it in a few theaters now, nearly all viewers will experience it on television, where it lands next month. ![]() Click the Get Chronicle Pro to purchase Chronicle Pro. Tap any of the buttons on the bottom toolbar (example toolbar pictured below): You will then be presented with a purchase screen showing details about Chronicle Pro. Iñárritu’s latest, “Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths,” signals accurately in its title that it’s a heady dose of magical-realist arthouse cinema intended for serious filmgoers only. On your iPhone or iPad, launch the Chronicle App, or click here to launch the app. Iñárritu, the director of “Babel,” “Birdman” and “The Revenant,” is one of the most celebrated filmmakers alive, and so he is among the few who can get a green light for a wildly self-indulgent 2½-hour cinematic dreamscape, from an Oscar-craving tech firm with a proven willingness to spend outlandish sums of money in pursuit of awards. But after you’ve won five Academy Awards, you may feel you’ve earned the right to luxuriate in your fancies. ‘Tell a dream, lose a reader,” writing teachers say to their charges. ![]()
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