Visionary director Steven Spielberg praised Denis Villeneuve's work in the film Sand dunes : Part twowhich has already crossed the $500 million mark in global box office receipts since its release less than a month ago.
boss Encounters of the third kind (1977) and And the foreigner (1982) spoke with the Quebec filmmaker on the podcast The director snappedproduced by the Directors Guild of America (DGA). You've made one of the most amazing sci-fi movies I've ever seen
summed up Steven Spielberg when he talked about it Sand dunes : Part two.
He continued: “It's a visually epic film, and it's also filled with very rich characters.” But the dialogue is very sparse for the length of the film. It really is cinema. The sequences are very aesthetically pleasing, but there's nothing pretentious.
In the tradition of Kubrick, Lucas and Nolan
At the beginning of the podcast, Steven Spielberg also emphasized that Denis Villeneuve was one of the rare directors who can be proud to be World builders
a list he says includes Georges Méliès, Walt Disney, Stanley Kubrick, George Lucas, Tim Burton, Wes Anderson, James Cameron, Christopher Nolan, Ridley Scott and Guillermo del Toro.
The list is not very long, and I strongly and passionately believe that you are one of the newest members on this list.
Director Denis Villeneuve at the New York premiere of “Dune: Part Two,” February 25, 2024.
Photography: Reuters/Andrew Kelly
Spielberg also praised the visual aspect of the massive spice harvesters roaming the desert of the planet Arrakis, particularly the scene in which Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet) rides the film's sandworm.
That scene of him surfing on a sandworm is one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen in my entire life. You've managed to make the desert look like liquid.
A scene from the movie showing one of the amazing sandworms.
Image: Warner Bros.
With the critical and popular success he achieved Sand dunes : Part twothe table is set for the third and final part of the trilogy that Denis Villeneuve had in mind.
If it were to see the light, this section would be titled christ of the dunes, It will be inspired by the second volume of Frank Herbert's epic, Christ DunesA book published in 1969.
With information from The Hollywood Reporter and Variety
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