Flesh and Sand (Spanish: Carne y arena) is a 2017 American short virtual reality project written and directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu that plunges "viewers into the harsh life of an immigrant".[1] It was created by Iñárritu and cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki in collaboration with ILMxLAB with support from Legendary Entertainment and the Fondazione Prada in Italy.[2]
Flesh and Sand (Carne y arena) premiered at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival as part of the official selection and was the first virtual reality project to ever be featured at the festival.[3][4] It was later featured at the Prada Foundation in Milan,[1] attracting significant international attention for its highly innovative character as well as its strong political message.[5][6] It was awarded the first Special Achievement Academy Award in over 20 years by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.[7]
^ abPeter Aspden, "Carne y Arena: Alejandro Iñárritu’s virtual reality project", Financial Times, August 11, 2017
^"Carne y Arena part 1 - VR by Alejandro G. Iñárritu with Emmanuel Lubezki, ASC, AMC - The American Society of Cinematographers". theasc.com. Archived from the original on August 13, 2023. Retrieved November 5, 2017.
^"The 2017 Official Selection". Cannes. April 13, 2017. Archived from the original on April 17, 2017. Retrieved April 13, 2017.
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^Tim Robey, "Carne y Arena: the harrowing Cannes VR installation that Donald Trump needs to see" Archived August 13, 2023, at the Wayback Machine, The Telegraph, May 19, 2017: "It’s not cinema as we’ve ever known it, that’s for sure. ″It’s its own medium,” Iñárritu likes to say. Just as those early film viewers freaked out when the Lumière Brothers premiered ″L'Arrivée d'un Train en Gare de La Ciotat″ in 1896, it ambushes your sensibilities as the first thing of its kind."
^Peter von Becker, "Sturm an der Grenze" Archived August 13, 2023, at the Wayback Machine, Tagesspiegel, July 21, 2017 : "So ist hier das bislang wuchtigste, bewegendste Kunstprojekt wider Trump und alle anderen Formen mitleidloser Abschottungspolitik gelungen", Eng: "So we have here the currently strongest, most moving art project against Trump and all other instances of ruthless rejection politics."
^Tapley, Khristopher (October 29, 2017). "Oscars: Alejandro G. Inarritu's Virtual Reality Installation Carne y Arena to Receive Special Award". Variety. Archived from the original on August 13, 2023. Retrieved December 28, 2017.
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