Two Oscar titans walk into a Zoom call and actually agree on something for once.
Guillermo del Toro and Alfonso Cuarón discuss fellow Mexican director Fernando Frías de la Parra's award-winning film "I'm No Longer Here."
Writing
Del Toro's poetic tangents about cumbia culture
Direction
Cuarón's precise, thoughtful analysis of Frías's craft
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This conversation exemplifies the 'Three Amigos' solidarity—del Toro, Cuarón, and Iñárritu have spent decades boosting younger Mexican filmmakers like Frías through public praise and private mentorship.
Del Toro's obsession with cumbia rebajada isn't random—he personally curated the slowed-down tracks for the film's soundtrack after discovering the subgenre through Frías's research.
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I think the movie is a good example of the phrase, "Once you leave, you can never go back home."
@p_ro9532 75
Regardless of anybody's social life and status "...in the end, we all dance alone."
@ludvikherrera 45
Imagine getting this praise on your debut film from two legends like these😮
@andeace23 41
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