Villeneuve also intimated his desire to make a dialogue-free film at some point.
I hope one day I will be able to make a film that will not use spoken language.
I try as much as possible to use the power of images.
Denis Villeneuve speaks onstage during the 68th BFI London Film Festival, October 2024.Jeff Spicer/Getty Images
Then when I was in Mexico, I got a call from the producer.
He said, You must find a place where nobody will see us.
That was how it happened.
Ridley is the busiest director.
While I make one movie, Ridley makes three.
I think Harrison Ford was tired of waiting.
He got his international breakthrough with crime thrillerSicarioin 2015, followed by Arrival (2016).
If there was one name that spoke to me, it was Spielberg.
I first thought I would write, but I found filmmaking so interesting, I pursued it.
I feel as though a project chooses me, I feel a deep desire to explore.
But there is no plan.
Ive learned that making a film has to be an act of generosity.
I spent a year meeting everybody, all the students, police, investigators, ambulance drivers, everybody.
I probably made mistakes, I felt all over the place making it.
It was, to my great relief, well-received.
I found this screenplay very, very powerful, an exploration of cycles of violence.
It was made very quickly and to this day one of my best experiences.
I had my dream cast in Emily Blunt, Benicia del Toro and Josh Brolin.
It feels real because it is close to reality.
And that all goes back to Taylors script.
The book is a 30-page masterpiece, about how language can change a persons reality.
When the book was published, it was interpreted by some as a celebration of the one the messiah.
I wanted to correct that perception, and to be faithful to Frank Herberts vision.
