File photo of the great director James Cameron. (Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images for Disney)
[The Epoch Times, April 07, 2024](Compiled and reported by Epoch Times reporter Ye Jie) In addition to great directors Steven Spielberg and Christopher Nolan, they are very interested in “Dune 2” directed by Danny Villeneuve. Full of praise, James Cameron recently praised the film as persuasive and pure cinema. Legendary Pictures also confirmed that “Dune 3” is in production.
“Dune: Part Two” directed by Denis Villeneuve is adapted from the novel of the same name by American science fiction writer Frank Herbert and continues his 2021 The story of the first “Dune” directed in 2008. Not only did Villeneuve interpret the “Dune” novel, David Lynch also directed the 1984 “Dune” before this.
Villeneuve’s interpretation of “Dune” not only won praise from the great directors Steven Spielberg and Christopher Nolan, but Cameron, the director of the “Avatar” series, accepted the French “Le Figaro” on the 4th. (Le Figaro) also expressed his opinions on “Dune 2” during the interview.
Cameron said: “David Lynch’s “Dune” is disappointing and lacks the spirit of the original novel. “Dune” directed by Villeneuve is more convincing, with clear and easy-to-recognize characters. Pure cinema.”
“Dune: Part 2” stills. (Courtesy of Warner Bros.)
The famous French director François Truffaut (François Truffaut) and the famous British director Sir Alfred Hitchcock (Sir Alfred Hitchcock) once had a dialogue on film art and published “Hitchcock and Truffaut” “Conversations”. Cameron said, “I often talk to Danny Villeneuve, it is a dialogue between filmmakers. We record our conversations, just like Truffaut and Hitchcock.”
“Dune 2”, “Dune” and “Dune” received approval ratings of 93%, 83% and 37% respectively from critics on the “Rotten Tomatoes” film review website, and the audience scores were 95%, 90% and 65 respectively. %. So far, “Dune 2” has grossed US$630 million at the global box office, ranking first in the 2024 movie box office.
On March 26, great director Spielberg also praised Villeneuve’s “Dune 2” on the “Director’s Cut” radio program. He said: “You have made the most outstanding science fiction film I have ever seen. Movie.” “You made the desert look like an ocean, like the sea. The sandworms are like sea snakes. The scene of the sandworm surfing is very spectacular. I have never seen it! You made the desert look like a liquid.” (Previous report:Nolan praised “Dune 2” as the scene where Sweet Tea rides a sandworm in Star Wars took 3 months to film）
“Dune: Part Two” (Dune: Part Two) still, sandworm. (Courtesy of Warner Bros.)
According to Variety, on the 4th, Villeneuve is discussing a new cooperation with Legendary Pictures, a nuclear war movie called “Nuclear War: A Scenario.” Legendary Pictures also confirmed that it is producing the “Dune: Part Three” movie with Villeneuve.
Pictured on the set of “Dune: Part II”, (left) Denis Villeneuve. (Courtesy of Warner Bros.)
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