The production is famous for its grueling 9-month shoot and uncompromising technical standards.

Iñárritu utilized long, sweeping tracking shots and wide-angle lenses to immerse the audience in the environment, avoiding quick cuts even during intense action sequences like the opening battle.

Directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu , the film depicts nature not just as a setting, but as a merciless antagonist and a symbol of both destruction and beauty. Technical Achievement and Cinematography

Iñárritu won his second consecutive Best Director Oscar (following Birdman ), and Lubezki became the first person to win Best Cinematography three years in a row.

After being brutally mauled by a grizzly bear, Glass is betrayed and left for dead by John Fitzgerald (Tom Hardy), who murders Glass’s son, Hawk.