Iñárritu Says 'Digger' Reveal Was the Only Way to Tell the Story
Alejandro González Iñárritu discusses the pivotal reveal in his film 'Digger' and the writing impasse that shaped it.
Filmmaker Alejandro González Iñárritu has spoken about the creative impasse that led to a major reveal in his latest film, 'Digger', saying the choice became the only viable route for the narrative.
Speaking in Los Angeles, the writer-director said the project at one stage felt like a dead end. The story, he explained, had grown heavy, complicated and expensive to tell, leaving him unsure how to move forward.
It was in that period, he said, that he arrived at a solution involving humour and distance — a turn he declined to spell out, preferring audiences to encounter it fresh.
Iñárritu suggested viewers may arrive with fixed assumptions about what the film is about and how it unfolds, and that those expectations do not match what the finished work delivers.
He urged audiences to watch it in a darkened room, set their phones aside for two hours and let the story reveal itself, describing the experience as one meant to provoke laughter, thought and feeling.
Reflecting on the decision, he said the approach he settled on was the only way the story could be told.