In Dune? "Your mothers warned you of my coming" is such a cold badass line. His whole speech was sooooo good.

@@RafitoOoO i wish i remembered that one. that sounds crazy

"Lead them to paradise" hit me so hard.

@@DanielEzraMusicFacts. It’s so powerful, because in that moment, he knows what he’s about to unleash. He has made the decision to let billions die, including his friends. Because it must be done.

"I got robbed by a sweet old lady on a motorized cart. I didn't even see it coming."

I agree. Lea really sold me that she was pretty seductive in everything she did on that scene

2 points: - Léa Seydoux is an Actress with a capital 'A'. With only ~4 min of screen time [1], she makes every single tonal inflection, body movement, and her sheer screen presence count. - The encounter between Margot and F.R. is definitely the most sensual scene Villeneuve has shot. It would be perfect as a gonzo high-end perfume or fashion campaign ad/short film. *Footnote* [1] I've seen the film 5 times now, so I definitely counted!

Yeeeees loved that scene

"God I wished that was me"

Leading directly to pain, which feyd likes

The moment I loved the most in the film was when Paul convinces all the tribes to follow him. And he does it with words. Words are essential in my opinion. I would have provably liked the film better if it had more dialogs.

@@Ignasimp Well placed (and phrased) words are certainly and essential part of the magic, but they are usually most effective set in contrast to the action rather than the words having to carry too much of the story.

The idea actions and activity are somehow inherently more emotionally engaging than dialogue fits the theme of this video, but isn’t true whatsoever in writing or cinema. Nor are action and dialogue separate elements, that’s a false dichotomy. “Show don’t tell” (IE summary v. scene) is the most common and basic rules of writing (meaning great writers break it all the time) but it refers to narrative exposition, not characters talking. _We had a terrible fight_ is summary, hearing the argument is scene. Even though it’s all “talking” it’s still action. Villeneuve’s style deserves study and appreciation, but we don’t need to pretend it’s the best or only way. Try writing banter sometime and tell me it takes a lot more planning to tell a visual story. 😆

Scarface… legendary lines… beautiful non dialogue scenes

@@IgnasimpTrue. that scene was one of the most powerful ones in the movie. But also entirely by design since its the moment that we have been waiting for since the first movie. But you are right. The words are whats powerful here, delivered really well. But you can also think that maybe the sudden burst of prophetic words shocks us that extra just because the rest of the movie is concentrated with such visual and non verbal storytelling and a ”show don’t tell” philosophy. Perhaps the weight of the words in that scene are heavier because of it.

The sounds of their knives clashing was *chef's kiss*.

I love soundtracks and listen to them more than any other type of music, but nothing can be more powerful than letting the natural sounds speak for themselves in the right moments.

I may be stupid but isn’t it Dark Knight Rises? Or is there an older movie idk about

what tension? :DDDD they just started fighting out of the blue.

Except Batman vs Dune looked horrible

First thing I said was he did amazing with silence. So much was told with people's faces.

@@braria9855 So true.

*ascend

That transition of the Bene-Gesserit robes from black to white in one take was stunning and was a great way of explaining what was going on visually to the viewer. So much attention to detail.

​@@NainGeantMiniatureThat transition made me sit right up in my chair! My brain was just going Holyshitholyshitholyshit, what the hell is happening?? This film just set a new standard for epic filmmaking in all departments.

he's talked about his progression as a film maker. He's talked about how he only takes on a project that he feels he is capable of and he won't take something that would be beyond what he believes he can handle. He used the example that he wouldn't have attempted Dune before Arrival because he didn't believe he had the technical skills, but Arrival, then 2049 helped him learn them so he dove in on Dune. Even DP2 he said he took what he learned on DP1 and pushed further.

George Miller did it similar for Mad Max Fury Road.

Agree, watched it 3 times in cinema!

Its infinitely scarier than "Kill them all" because of the genuine belief that they're helping people by killing them. Herbert did say he took inspiration from Jonestown

My tongue was about to loll out of my mouth when I watched it the first time! That scene is definitely the most sensual throughout D.V.'s career and, with some minor retooling, can work as a gonzo luxury perfume or fashion campaign ad!

@@KnarfSteinmore sensual than the hologram threeway in 2049?

A great way to explain this using one filmmaker doing it really well, and really poorly is Nolan. The Hong Kong sequence in TDK is perfect action, but then you have the rooftop fight in TDKR that has terrible choreography that can't be saved by the quick cuts. Nolan's weakest moments on film are his hand to hand combat scenes. I don't know if he just doesn't understand how to shoot it, or if he doesn't put the time in to make the choreography believable.

I mean minimal dialogue is just one way to make a movie and to act like it is inherently better than lots of dialogue is dumb. Take The Social Network for example, that is a great movie that has a lot of fast dialogue and doesn’t have particularly long takes.

@78TBGAMER yeah totally get that. There's definitely a place for dialogue heavy film and TV. My personal preference and challenge is to tell a story with as little exposition and dialogue as possible, using the image and sound to create mood and elicit an emotional response. I've come to the same place recently in terms of the image, where I start with complete darkness and add only the necessary light to create the mood I want. There's something appealing about the purity of starting with nothing and telling an emotional story with as little as possible added.

@@adventurefilmclub2549 I think that it’s fine to have minimal dialogue, and to have no wasted moments in a script. Under the Skin is a fantastic movie if you haven’t seen it, and it has zero wasted moments. My personal approach though is that everything should be done with the intent of telling the story in the best way possible. I think it can be fun to challenge yourself to be as minimal with dialogue as possible as an exercise, but giving yourself that challenge means you aren’t challenging yourself to write the best story possible. Because sometimes the best way to tell a particular story involves heavy dialogue. I just feel like focusing on trying to tell a story in a particular way can be limiting, and can lead people to write worse stories. Like I personally feel like Dune Part 2 was a bit of a let down. The best example of why is Chani and Paul’s relationship. I felt like they didn’t have a ton of natural chemistry, and since there was so little dialogue between them to build the stakes of their relationship, I found myself not very invested in their relationship. So when Paul betrays her, I didn’t really care.

I legit teared up at that scene. Love blossoming like a rose in the dessert.

That's how I'd describe most of his movies since polytechnic onward. I remember going to see that in cinema simply on the strength of the word to mouth at the time (which was incredible). Incendie felt similar. Pretty much every Villeneuve movie I'd describe as an experience. It's the common thread in his cinema ever since he took a hiatus after his first two movies left him dissatisfied. Something changed in the man and he started making different kinds of movies.

I saw Blade Runner 2049 3 times in the cinema. It is an EXPERIENCE. The commitment to realism due to his documentary roots, like Roger Deakins, just made it so effing great.

@@NainGeantMiniature He said in several interviews early in his Hollywood career that he felt his first two films were shallow, and he was unhappy with his storytelling style. He needed to work on finding his voice. He was also super uncomfortable with the rate he was pressuring himself to make films. He took 9 years off from filmmaking work to spend time in theatres learning how to work with actors, learning how to write better. and just listening better. When I read about that, my respect for him just shot to the skies. Yet he still remains humble and uncomfortable with some parts of Dune Part 2 (watch his Vanity Fair breakdown of the worm ride, at the end of the video). The man does not let ego get in the way of the final product.

@@flodobaggins totally agree with you 🙌

I thought it was a value for the script because you really care and every line is so important to a scene rather than you try to explain anything by that lines rather than by images or how a scene it tell you.

I legit don’t remember any lines from dune except “cultivate desert power”

@@impatrickt even you didnt remember two of those iconic lines for me, "lead them to paradise" and "may thy knife chip and shatter"? There's so much iconic lines in these two parts dune movies.

@@BrushWayne47 book lines aren't great dialogue lol

@@impatrickt They are if the context is interesting

Funny too schwarzenegger didn’t like the line and Cameron was like “trust me, just say it.”

people have been dumbed down, I don't understand any complaints about editing or pacing, it was just right - nothing felt out of place, not too slow or too fast.

Sicario is possibly my favourite film of all time. It’s the visuals with the music, and the subtle dialogue, that creates a massive sense of foreboding throughout.

It's interesting that you mention Star Wars because I think there's more to a good movie than just visual vs dialogue and the Star Wars movies kinda make that point. For me the best of the movies was the first one released, Star Wars 4: A New Hope. The dialogue was a bit cheesy at times but they pull it off, and the visuals were actually pretty good for that time period, with a few shots standing out in my memory but not a lot. Then we compare it to Star Wars 1: The Phantom Menace. The dialogue was still a bit cheesy but the actors still pull it off, largely thanks to Liam Nelson.The visuals however were quite incredible and mind-blowing for that time period (we've come to take such for granted nowadays) So if the visuals were so great compared to SW4, why do I like SW4 so much more? It certainly wasn't the dialogue.For me, it comes down to the 'heart' of the story. Those visuals in SW1 were beautiful, but the movie never touched my heart. I never felt any compassion or empathy to young Anikin Skywalker - and I really should have. It was something I needed to feel, but it was completely lacking. Cheesy dialogue and so-so visuals aside, SW4 had heart in abundance. It 'connected'. The actors are a very important component in the movie making process. The wrong actor in the wrong part can kill a movie. The right actor in the right part can make cinema gold. For example: Iron Man. RDJ will always be remembered for this role, but it almost went to Tom Cruise. No shade to Mr. Cruise, he's a great actor, but I cannot imagine him as Iron Man.The movies would have been very different, even if the shots and dialogue had remained the same. --just a thought to throw into the mix!

Appreciate you! Thanks for sticking around.

They must ride until the worm is too tired to go on and bother with its passengers, so I imagined this back when there was only the book, they let go of the hooks and the tired worm then slowly plunge into the sand gently leaving our riders on ground level. If I remember well, Fremens calculate long distances by the number of worm rides they must take for the journey.

Not even just film. The same goes for pretty much all storytelling. Show dont tell is the reason Malazan is such an incredible series of books. I wish Villeneuve was into fantasy enough to adapt Malazan into a TV series, cause I feel like hes the only person who could do it justice. So many authors stumble by simply explaining shit to the reader in infodumps or directly mentioning things the characters already know.

thanks so much! I honestly enjoy that part more than the talking part 😅

Yeah he’s a great visual director. I think the scripts are lacking and I don’t typically get much narratively from his films but the visuals are fantastic.

Baldur's Gate 3, where I watched a 30 minute Raphael conversation just last night: 👀👀👀

Arrival is my favourite Denis movie, too. That film is a lightning in a bottle type of production - family comedy producers, horror screenwriter, French-Canadian dude who's only done drama, Amy Adams in Enchanted and American Hustle and freaking Hawkeye and the King of Scotland, what the what?? That film really paved a way for Denis to Dune. The adaptation from Ted Chiang's short story to the film is just insane. AND THE EDITING, TOO!

@flodobaggins 100% it paved the way! Nice to meet a fellow Arrival fan. It certainly was an unlikely collective that came together to make the movie, but under Denis' vision and Bradford Young's cinematography it's (in my opinion) one of the most beautiful stories ever put on screen.

@@KROMAprd Bi-lal kaifa! 🥹

Chris Nolan is like this, too. Neither of them is afraid to lean on VFX when the situation calls for it, but because they're not usually building everything in the movie from the ground up without any reference, the VFX teams are able to focus much more narrowly on really important moments that sell the scene. Dune Part II was the first time in quite a while where I was never thinking about VFX during the movie--I was just too immersed.

@@Crazy_Diamond_75 100% ! I watched BTS for Interstellar and was equally as amazed when the Millers Planet scenes were just shot in the North Atlantic Ocean 😂

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Costco! Kirkland!

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Walken was amazing!

how tf bro there are only camera versions ffs

I mentioned it!

@@impatrickt damnit! I swear I watched it twice before I commented - I only caught the comment right before the ad break! Apologies for bad viewing behaviour! 😋🤣

I agree. Dune 2 is slightly overhyped, but deserves attention because finally there is an antithesis to CGI fest that is Marvel flicks (i love some of them, but they created a trend with CGI and superhero stuff). So, people are fatigued and oversaturated. Besides, there is going to be another Nolan like cult director and it is Villeneuve. Dune 2 is deeply flawed, relies heavily on set pieces, giving little to no character development. With dune specifically, Villeneuve couldnt overcome his ego of making "pure" movies. But with Dune one needs exposition, some info dumb (which should have been Part 1).

Agree. Villeneuve is a breath of fresh air in the mainstream, a director that truly cares about art and quality not being boring and anal at the same time (like Nolan). Having said that Dune 2 didn't stick with me anywhere near the first installment did, not to mention Sicario and early Villeneuve work like Incendies.

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Make it!

I love Nolan but this. He's so obsessed with practical effects he doesn't use CGI even if it was a better fit.

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