Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu does not like superhero movies. Oscar winner Said in 2014 While promoting Birdman, superhero movies were a form of “cultural genocide,” adding, “I don’t respond to those characters. They were toxic because audiences are overly exposed to intrigue, explosions, and shit that means nothing about the human experience.”
Robert Downey Jr studied Inarritu’s commentary in 2015 during an interview with Watchman to promote his role as Iron Man in the Marvel blockbuster “Avengers: Age of Ultron”, but the actor’s response was somewhat controversial. Downey Jr. noted that he “respects the right to get out of” Inarritu but also mocked Inarritu’s Spanish roots by saying, “For a man whose mother tongue is Spanish, being able to coin a phrase like ‘cultural genocide’ only speaks of how bright he is.”
in a new way Interview with IndieWire From Telluride, where Iñarritu’s Netflix movie “Bardo” premiered after its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival, Iñarritu reflected on Downey Jr’s response. Suffice to say, Inarritu is still somewhat annoyed by Downey Jr’s return.
“It was like, ‘Oh, you guys are from your banana country,’” Inarritu said. “If you’re from Denmark or Sweden, I might be seen as philosophical, but when you’re Mexican and you say things, you’re arrogant.”
In his initial remarks, Iñárritu said that just the word “superhero” annoyed him, adding, “What the hell does that mean? It’s a misguided and misguided perception, the superhero. Then, the way they apply violence to it, it’s quite right-wing. If you notice the mindset of most of that The movies, it’s really about the rich, who have the power, who are going to do the good, and who are going to kill the bad. Philosophically, I just don’t like them.”
“Bardo” opens in theaters November 18 and will stream on Netflix starting December 16.
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