Things are going very, very well. Denis Villeneuve Now. Dune: Part 2—the sequel to his six-time Oscar-winning 2021 film dune-Already obtain rave reviews and is expected to be a huge box office success.And before his careerdune It also received a round of applause. But there was one film that was so influential that he still feels its weight from time to time.
“Blade Runner is one of my favorite films, it’s an absolute masterpiece,” Villeneuve said in New interview with The Hollywood ReporterRiver “Ridley Scott is one of my favorite filmmakers, and even though he gave me his blessing, for me, hearing and seeing in his eyes that he agreed with me when I made this The movie is very important. But I was thinking about the original movie the whole time I was making it Blade Runner 2049. It’s impossible not to do this. “
Frankly, it seems like he’s still thinking about it seven years later. “so 2049 It’s really a love letter to the first film, but it’s one of the most difficult projects I’ve ever done so far and I don’t think I’ll ever approach someone else’s universe again,” Villeneuve continued “Sometimes I still wake up at night and ask myself: ‘Why am I doing this? ‘ I turned down several other projects of similar size, but at the time I said to myself, “This is a crazy project, but it’s worth the risk of losing everything.”
Perhaps adding an extra flavor to these night terrors is the fact that Ridley Scott himself expressed regret at not directing a sequel to his 1982 classic; just last year, Napoleon filmmaker says Time conflicts mean he is forced to make a choice between Alien: Covenant and Blade Runner 2049: “I shouldn’t have made this decision…but I had to do it. What I should have done blade runner 2“.
This isn’t the first time Villeneuve has commented on his experience as a director Blade Runner 2049. When the first dune came out – his first project 2049 released–He said “I knew when I made this film I was flirting with disaster,” which put him in “artistic danger” to the point where he feared it would ruin his career, and the film’s mixed reception It definitely made the feeling worse. . Apparently, Villeneuve is recovering well: Dune: Part 2 Now playing in theaters.
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