“TV has ruined movies,” or why Villeneuve wanted to make a silent film

Villeneuve just released “Dune: Part Two” and it doesn't look like he'll be moving to TV next

to Denis Villeneuve He likes it The first filming is about dialogueIt is something that has always been this way, and moreover, it is increasing with age. His early works distributed narrative weight among almost all the parts most of us understand a film should have, such as story, dialogue, photography, and soundtrack. severelyBut Dennis seems to have had enough and more than enough With three of them, up to two If you rush to him.

“honestly, I hate dialogue“, the director admitted to the newspaper times In an interview on the occasion of the film premiere Sand Dunes: Part Two In theaters March 1. “Dialogue It's for theater and television. I don't remember the movies for a good line, I remember the movies for Strong image. I'm not interested in dialogue at all. Pure picture and sound, this is the power of cinema, but it is not evident when watching movies today. “TV has ruined movies.”

Nails Very strange words For someone who made the decision to continue the story Blade runnera movie with someone Most memorable dialogues From the history of cinema, as Roy Batty said: “I have seen things you would not believe: attacking ships in flames beyond Orion. I have seen C-rays sparkling in the darkness near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost to time.” Like tears in the rain. “It's time to die.”

The director continues, “In an ideal world, I would like to make a compelling film that doesn't feel like an experiment but is… Don't have a single word In which. People would walk out of the theater and say, “Wait, there was no dialogue?” But they won't miss him.”

There was a time when he was about to make a series

Although now a manager Access also Assassin Making these statements, the truth is that for many years It was related to adaptation That HBO wanted to make for television a novel by Norwegian author Jo Nesbø entitled Sonwhich we know within our limits as the heir. The series has been confirmed so far It would have featured actor Jake Gyllenhaal As the protagonist.

However, after many years of stagnation, although it seemed that this would finally be achieved, Villeneuve, Consistent with what he saidHe canceled the project, claiming that television was not his medium.

“It's a project that I absolutely love. I love the book. I love that writer, he's a very strong writer.” He said to turn around In the same month of February. “The thing is, I brought this project to make a miniseries, because I thought I was trying to do that Protect all elements of the book, it was too much for the movie. But I felt that the edit we did, which I thought was excellently scripted, was too far removed from my sensibilities.

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