Denis Villeneuve on Dune: Part Two

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2 ай бұрын

Denis Villeneuve discusses Dune: Part Two with FLC's Vice President of Programming Florence Almozini.
Film at Lincoln Center recently presented “Denis Villeneuve,” a celebration of critically lauded films by the Canadian filmmaker alongside a selection of works he has cited as inspiring and influential in his own filmmaking. Learn more: www.filmlinc.org/series/denis...
The saga continues as award-winning filmmaker Denis Villeneuve embarks on “Dune: Part Two,” the next chapter of Frank Herbert’s celebrated novel Dune, with an expanded all-star international ensemble cast. The film, from Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures, is the highly anticipated follow-up to 2021’s six-time Academy Award-winning “Dune.”
The big-screen epic continues the adaptation of Frank Herbert’s acclaimed bestseller Dune with returning and new stars, including Oscar nominee Timothée Chalamet (“Wonka,” “Call Me by Your Name”), Zendaya (“Spider-Man: No Way Home,” “Malcolm & Marie,” “Euphoria”), Rebecca Ferguson (“Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning”), Oscar nominee Josh Brolin (“Avengers: End Game,” “Milk”), Oscar nominee Austin Butler (“Elvis,” “Once Upon A Time…In Hollywood”), Oscar nominee Florence Pugh (“Black Widow,” “Little Women”), Dave Bautista (the “Guardians of the Galaxy” films, “Thor: Love and Thunder”), Oscar winner Christopher Walken (“The Deer Hunter,” “Hairspray”), Léa Seydoux (the “James Bond” franchise and “Crimes of the Future”), Souheila Yacoub (“The Braves,” “Climax”), with Stellan Skarsgård (the “Mamma Mia!” films, “Avengers: Age of Ultron”), with Oscar nominee Charlotte Rampling (“45 Years,” “Assassin’s Creed”), and Oscar winner Javier Bardem (“No Country for Old Men,” “Being the Ricardos”).
“Dune: Part Two” explores the mythic journey of Paul Atreides as he unites with Chani and the Fremen while on a path of revenge against the conspirators who destroyed his family. Facing a choice between the love of his life and the fate of the known universe, he endeavors to prevent a terrible future only he can foresee.
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@samfilmkid 2 ай бұрын

I like what he said “I wasn’t always faithful to the book, but I was always faithful to Frank Herbert.” That’s the right attitude for adapting a book.

@cesnaanida9235 2 ай бұрын

Exactly, understanding the essence of the medium you are using

@BigMikeMcBastard 2 ай бұрын

Yeah. He adapted the novel to the time without sacrificing the original themes or message. Couldn't have asked for a better rendition. And given the impetus for writing Dune Messiah I think even Frank Herbert would approve the changes in Part Two made to better emphasize that this was not a 'good' ending to the story, and Paul was not to be lauded.

@samfilmkid 2 ай бұрын

@@BigMikeMcBastard Though given that Chani hasn't drank the Kool-Aid, does make me wonder how different Messiah would be, should it get made.

@Valarmorgolis 2 ай бұрын

Denis Villeneuve is the Lisan al Gaib and he has brought us to paradise.

@cesnaanida9235 2 ай бұрын

Haha perfect

@hypatia137 Ай бұрын

Hmm. Isnt Lisan al Gaib a cursed man? I do not want DV to be cursed.

@oogiegoogie2826 2 ай бұрын

Man, imagine how good Dune Messiah could be with Villenueve and the crew having two Dune films of experience

@pheasantpluck 2 ай бұрын

Don’t you mean will be!?

@tonycezar1645 2 ай бұрын

its definitely happening boys, 2026-7 probably

@jzpat 2 ай бұрын

I haven’t felt this way watching a film in a long time. I was sweatinggggggg. What a masterpiece. I am going to be so sad once he leaves after dune messiah.

@timothynommensen 2 ай бұрын

It felt like watching a movie made by the universe, not a human.

@antoineharvey-boudreault5565 2 ай бұрын

makes sense he really said he did his best to erase himself from it (althought thats impossible he knows hed always be a filter) @@timothynommensen

@aayushtamu 2 ай бұрын

@@timothynommensen so so so true. Great cinemas tend to do that 🤌

@aayushtamu 2 ай бұрын

Me too. i really wish he did all the remaining original books by Frank Herbert every few years. Because he has already established the cinematic language for the movies.

@a.t.c.3862 2 ай бұрын

There'll be other wonderful movies still to come from him. We are fortunate.

@AyebaOwl 2 ай бұрын

I have not read the book, but Chani pushing back on Paul at every turn in this movie was a great call. I knew she would be a character to watch out for after the first. He has a great instinct.

@GuineaPigEveryday 2 ай бұрын

I think it's a good change, because it certainly fits within the personality/identity of the Fremen, and other ideas discussed in the book by other characters, especially in later books, i am super fascinated how Villeneuve will adapt Messiah because it is completely turning the religious saviour narrative on its head and characters like Irulan and Chani have a pretty big role in it. It'll be amazing to Zendaya and Florence have a proper verbal sparring match and act their hearts out because I think Messiah has great dramatic potential even if its very tough to convince an audience to watch their idea of a hero be twisted like that.

@BigMikeMcBastard 2 ай бұрын

Yeah in the book once she believes that Paul is the Lisan al-Ghaib she basically just becomes an accessory and fades into the background even more. I felt it was very disappointing at the time and I'm glad it was changed to better emphasize the dire nature of Paul's ascent.

@juletaurus Ай бұрын

Our current society would not have been ok with her being submissive and complacent to his choices.

@DivinePearl Ай бұрын

@@juletaurus I thought he went the progressive, ahead of her time route with Chani, but after learning the authors intent with the story, it was a good route.

@scottfelix9084 2 ай бұрын

As someone who deeply loves cinema, it was an absolute joy to watch this film. It feels like the culmination of cinema's 120+ year history. Thank you to the Dune Part Two team!

@user-cq5sg9cb4t 2 ай бұрын

That would be going, perhaps, too far, but it's definitely a blockbuster people longed for. Can't remember the last time I had the "edge of the seat" experience in the theatre before that.

@aayushtamu 2 ай бұрын

Absolutely 🤌

@EyeGodZA 2 ай бұрын

@@user-cq5sg9cb4twhy?

@CHA2E 2 ай бұрын

The cinematography and soundtrack in this movie are both the greatest things I’ve ever experienced in IMAX. Paul pulling the sandworm up and hearing the wind rush in with that high pitch before Hans’ soundtrack kicks in as Paul takes waves and waves of sand crashing down was just unbelievable. Lots of moments all over the film like the Bene Gesserit’s powers being used demanded this level of sound design to be as effective as it was. I really can’t get over how incredible this was, I’ve seen it 4 times trying to nitpick problems and I really can’t. It’s an extremely rare 10 out of 10 and I’m so happy to be alive to experience it. We need a directors cut that’s as long as possible!

@crowkangi 2 ай бұрын

I vote you make dune messiah 4+ hours long with an intermission in the theater showing. and please do an extended version of Dune 2. we need more of this universe. im going to see Dune 2 again tomorrow and then on Tuesday as well. this feels like something special just happened in our culture.

@d4v1ds 2 ай бұрын

4:07 “Goodbye, my Sihaya”

@timebandit1266 Ай бұрын

The Man, the Myth, The Legend.

@K_LCollectibles_Games 2 ай бұрын

I've never seen a film in theaters as many times as Dune: Part Two. Thank you Denis Villeneuve and cast and crew and Hans Zimmer for this masterpiece of cinema.

@simongander3089 2 ай бұрын

The sound has been phenomenal on both films.

@liserecherches9314 2 ай бұрын

I m from québec and i love Denis and his works. It s an ok interview but i would have love to hear him more. The questions were not great, but he found a way to bring us in his creative universe anyway. Thanks. (She does not seem to know well the books. Common, not kill zendaya?)

@user-ms2ys8bq6y 2 ай бұрын

@liserecherches9314 denis has captured the spirit of the book-s but not the letter of the book-s so he could go either way with zendayas character regardless of the storyline in the book series

@liserecherches9314 2 ай бұрын

I was not talking about denis but the question from the interviewer. Denis knows bettern that Chani has a too great role not to kill her, except at the birth of the twin.

@liserecherches9314 2 ай бұрын

That death will break the messiah

@hvitekristesdod 2 ай бұрын

It’s the most perfect film I’ve ever seen and I will go back again and again

@roman-cq1si 2 ай бұрын

thanks for uploading this!!!

@seanmerchant312 2 ай бұрын

4:07 yeah about that…

@alexhanna2445 Ай бұрын

This is a massive spoiler :/

@juletaurus Ай бұрын

What a gorgeous man. His voice is like warm milk.

@kiwicory100 2 ай бұрын

So as a result of this film I listened to a 1965 interview with Frank Herbert as well as a David Lynch roasting of his own film calling it, “putrification” and finally Denis view of the work he describes as becoming more and more relevant today.

@ovamata 2 ай бұрын

1:58 "... you see all the mistakes you've done" I wish she'd asked: what mistakes did you see in the first film? That would have been an enlightening question.. oh well!

@Nicopolis777 Ай бұрын

seen it three times now and its only gotten better just a wonderful adaption, i just wish paul and chandi had better chemistry in the first kiss scene is maybe the only flaw i can find

@BearFattfilm 2 ай бұрын

I haven’t even read the books and I can tell this interviewer didn’t do her homework. The fact that she says Zendaya and not Chani… Villeneuve must be a patient man.

@rianjohannemanzon7771 Ай бұрын

Dune Messiah (2026) Tagline: The Empire Rises Directed by Denis Villeneuve Screenplay by Hampton Fancher Jon Spaihts & Eric Roth Based on Dune Messiah by Frank Herbert Produced by Mary Parent Cale Boyter Patrick McCormick Tanya Lapointe & Denis Villeneuve Cinematography Greig Fraser Music by Hans Zimmer (Hans Will Composed 29 Tracks in 94 Minutes) Runtime: 174 Minutes (2 Hours and 54 Minutes) Premise: 13 Years After Dune Part Two Paul Muad'Dib Atreides Becomes the Emperor Of Arrakis As He Face's His Demons From the Past To Take Over Arrakis Once More Cast Ryan Gosling as Paul Muad'Dib Atreides Timothée Chalamet as Young Paul Muad'Dib Atreides Margot Robbie as Queen Irulan Corrino Florence Pugh as Young Irulan Corrino Rosario Dawson as Chani Zendaya as Young Chani Anya Taylor-Joy as Alia Atreides Rebecca Ferguson as Reverend Mother Jessica Javier Bardem as Stilgar Josh Brolin as Gurney Halleck Christopher Walken as Emperor Shaddam IV Charlotte Rampling as Reverend Mother Helen Mohiam Tim Blake Nelson as Edric Walker Scobell as Leto Atreides II Mckenna Grace as Ghanima Atreides

@solargh 2 ай бұрын

"I didn't fit into the robot suit."

@noreavad 2 ай бұрын

What did he mean by that?

@thimkthimk Ай бұрын

@@noreavad Zendaya wore an outfit by a French designer made in the 90s that looks like a robot from the film Metropolis at one of the Dune Part Two premieres.

@JeffreyBernabe 2 ай бұрын

4:15 BIG Oof for DUNE:Messiah

@alexhanna2445 Ай бұрын

This is a massive spoiler :/

@DBStarr7 2 ай бұрын

People keep giving "Oppenheimer" the credit for the retransfer to 70mm film, when, as I understand it, Matt Reeves was the first to do it for a major film with "The Batman". Am I wrong?

@user-nw2si7hu3u 2 ай бұрын

He’s a truly great film maker ❤

@Yarzongei 2 ай бұрын

I was always pretty convinced it was the spacing guild who controlled everything behind the scenes and not the sisterhood, time to reread the books again I suppose.

@theavatar9191 2 ай бұрын

That was in the 84 film version

@humbleopulence 2 ай бұрын

You're correct. They are. Denis gutted the story and characters. You're only getting roughly 50% of the book in character, plot and world building terms.

@theavatar9191 2 ай бұрын

@@humbleopulence The Spacing Guild are an important faction but they did not orchestrate the Atreides massacre

@humbleopulence 2 ай бұрын

@@theavatar9191 doesn't matter. If you don't make a movie thats slow paced all over as opposed to in parts, you could've fit most of the book into two films. Denis just doesn't know how to work with a fluctuating pace, only with a monotonous one.

@theavatar9191 2 ай бұрын

@@humbleopulence I don't think the point of the adaptation was to fit as many details of the book as possible into 2 films

@adi_c-171 2 ай бұрын

🤙🤙

@kelownatechkid 2 ай бұрын

Great to hear from Denis, but the interviewer should at least know the book. I mean really

@a.bettik8698 Ай бұрын

When French accent meets French accent.

@moniquelee3623 2 ай бұрын

"The sport is more important than anything. More important than any of the people in it. Of course I say what I think. I always have, even if it upsets people like Ecclestone and Balestre. Why should I be afraid of them? The fans aren't here to see politicians and manipulators. They're here to see Alain and Mario and Carlos and me. I am very secure in my feelings about racing. I make a lot of money from it, but one thing I can tell you for sure: if the money disappeared overnight, I would still be in racing, because I love it. The entrepreneurs would be gone." Gilles Villeneuve. Replace motor racing with cinema and Denis could easily pass for Gilles' son.

@AngelaCovacs 2 ай бұрын

The book has been out for 60 years, eventually everyone dies, with the exception of

@carontorliak2760 2 ай бұрын

DUNCAN IDAHO

@alexhanna2445 Ай бұрын

Why do you have to do this my god y’all are terrible

@SiimKoger 2 ай бұрын

The dude's dream was to work on Dune, and with Dune 2 he accomplished that which is arguably THE BEST sci-fi action movie to date.

@ryanfranklin3206 2 ай бұрын

Up there with Lawrence of Arabia

@antanicchio71 2 ай бұрын

it's funny that in every interview Denis is always told how "current" the story is, he has to remind the book was written in the sixties... *EYEROLL*

@Thurnishaley6969 Ай бұрын

He said the book is coming more relevant by the year lmao

@semasiologistics Ай бұрын

Sorry, but the notion that it's a documentary of modern times is absurd. Spices haven't represented the value they once did in over 100 years, and war has been and will always be a natural phenomenon because of the way conflict works. You don't need politics to make the movie work or to make it more relevant. It needn't be an apologia for people's bankrupt ideologies. It speaks for itself and is its own work and that's it. Art doesn't need propaganda, propaganda needs art. Thanks for such a wonderful escape from life, can't wait for a part III if there is one. For an entire franchise! Please, please, please don't let politics ruin it.

@byucatch22 2 ай бұрын

This interviewer seems to think that the adaption was catered to our times...feminism, dictators, fanaticism...it's not. It turns out that the source material was written pretty darn well and it was done before modern feminism. Actually, the females in the movie are there in spite of modern feminism. They have incredible depth, being both moral and morally compromised. They have significant flaws and strengths and they're incredibly interesting. If the female characters had been written 'for our time' they'd be insanely boring girl-bosses. Thank goodness they aren't.

@figga222 2 ай бұрын

dawg shut up lmao

@cesnaanida9235 2 ай бұрын

I think you are misunderstanding feminism in general but I do agree that female characters in the movies are amazing characters, and that it self is a very feminist take on it, just as you said, "they have significant flaws and strengths and they're incredibly interesting" , as Dennis himself said :) Feminism at its core is the call to see women as equal being to men. No more no less.

@byucatch22 2 ай бұрын

@@cesnaanida9235 The way you described feminism certainly was the foundation of the movement when it began. It's gone through several 'waves' since then and is something quite different today. But we can probably agree that over the last decade or so hollywood has gone all in on the 'strong female characters' except that they're perfect girl-bosses that are as interesting as a card-board cut-out and have as much depth as one too. What Dune (the books and the movies) does is portray something far more interesting.

@_FILMBuFF_ 2 ай бұрын

Interviewer wasn’t great this time.

@eleven2435 2 ай бұрын

The Bene Gesserit controls the Dune universe, what is this lady talks about!!!

@Nolimitsbestfriend 2 ай бұрын

Will Paul be recasted in messiah ‽

@filmscorn1105 2 ай бұрын

If you kill Zendaya😅😅 OH boy....

@TheBailarinabruna 2 ай бұрын

The interviewer is annoying with her biases. I'd prefer to just have Denis talking.

@Personneinternet 2 ай бұрын

Shes not a great interviewer

@garrettharsh4880 2 ай бұрын

not a blockbuster in the traditional sense at all... much more intelligent and had a grand presentation which is deserved when the fate of the universe rests in the hands of a select few people.

@garrytee6297 2 ай бұрын

Moderator is trying too hard ! Chill! Listen to him and bounce. Referring to Kurosawa 7 Samurai was trying too hard and it’s annoying. Moderator, coming across pretentious.

@AyebaOwl 2 ай бұрын

She’s only comparing his compositional abilities with Kurosawa. They’re both good at it. There’s nothing wrong with this comparison lol.

@mythicalsalmon3621 2 ай бұрын

Denis literally said in another interview that Kurosawa movies inspired Dune Part Two

@gleenyc 2 ай бұрын

That’s Florence Almonzini, one of the 3 people who organized this series.

@klickj26 2 ай бұрын

This interviewer is horrible omgggggg

@lb2696 2 ай бұрын

These type of events often have pandering nervous hosts.

@daotheking 2 ай бұрын

who is this interviewer? why is she there?

@IJohnSmith 2 ай бұрын

Honestly most of the Lincoln Center interviewers are boring

@Derrick_Ham 2 ай бұрын

Please do not have her moderate again

@yippykayakotherbuckets8870 2 ай бұрын

Pronounce Har ko nnen properly and I might consider watching. Har ko, not Har ka.

@AlternativePrimeVideo 2 ай бұрын

🙄

@PeloquinDavid 2 ай бұрын

Wrong. Finnish names are NOT pronounced with weird English vowels and accented middle syllables. Emphasizing the "O" as much as English-speakers do is to emphasize the "SON" IN "JohnSON", "JackSON" or "PeterSON" since that's exactly the same construction as the Finnish name.

@oogiegoogie2826 2 ай бұрын

Sorry but that’s an incredibly stupid reason to not watch a movie