With its multi-stranded, chronology-jumping structure and raw, striking visuals, Amores Perros ripped out of nowhere to become one of this year's most essential foreign-language movies. Director Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu weaves together three Mexico City-based tales which all explore why, as the title says, Love Is A Bitch with Oscar-worthy verve (it received a nomination but no gong), delivering a rock-hard triple-whammy of a conclusion.
DVD Extras:
Deleted scenes with commentary, behind-the-scenes featurette, campaign development gallery, trailers, three music videos.No commentary, unfortunately, but that's understandable - with the disc admirably shunning the English-dub route, a commentary would only tempt a confusion of subtitles.Instead we get a decent Making Of treatment with a few behind-the-scenes glimpses (witness what those fighting dogs really did to each other) and plenty of insight into the editing process thanks to the excellent deleted scenes commentary. A DVD you surely have to own.
