Denis Villeneuve

with his eyes, there's tiny things, the micro-precision of acting that he can bring. I mean, I'm open to ideas, but in general, sometimes it's more loose, some sequences, there's more space for the actor, and those are also I love when I have time to give space to the actors to bring some ideas. I'm talking about the settings of a scene. It's very inspiring when when people bring good ideas.

with his eyes, there's tiny things, the micro-precision of acting that he can bring. I mean, I'm open to ideas, but in general, sometimes it's more loose, some sequences, there's more space for the actor, and those are also I love when I have time to give space to the actors to bring some ideas. I'm talking about the settings of a scene. It's very inspiring when when people bring good ideas.

Exactly. But at the same time, it requires tremendous acting skills. to be able to uh to perform and and to bring life to to uh like timothy facing the worm or amy adams facing the aliens or to be in relationship with something that doesn't exist it's like it requires nice uh imagination and and and it's not easy to to for actors to perform in those

Exactly. But at the same time, it requires tremendous acting skills. to be able to uh to perform and and to bring life to to uh like timothy facing the worm or amy adams facing the aliens or to be in relationship with something that doesn't exist it's like it requires nice uh imagination and and and it's not easy to to for actors to perform in those

Exactly. But at the same time, it requires tremendous acting skills. to be able to uh to perform and and to bring life to to uh like timothy facing the worm or amy adams facing the aliens or to be in relationship with something that doesn't exist it's like it requires nice uh imagination and and and it's not easy to to for actors to perform in those

movies with big toys and all these things and to answer to your first part of your question about techno cranes or dollies etc those are it's all planned in advance as when I built the scene it's all drawn prepared so we can we know exactly what kind of technology we'll use on the day of course

movies with big toys and all these things and to answer to your first part of your question about techno cranes or dollies etc those are it's all planned in advance as when I built the scene it's all drawn prepared so we can we know exactly what kind of technology we'll use on the day of course

movies with big toys and all these things and to answer to your first part of your question about techno cranes or dollies etc those are it's all planned in advance as when I built the scene it's all drawn prepared so we can we know exactly what kind of technology we'll use on the day of course

No, we were almost as possible outside in the real environment or with real sets. We built as much as we could. And we were in the real environments, in the desert. And those landscapes are, for the people who have been in the landscape that are bigger than life, that bring humility inside you, that the impact on those landscapes is tremendous, on the actors and myself.

No, we were almost as possible outside in the real environment or with real sets. We built as much as we could. And we were in the real environments, in the desert. And those landscapes are, for the people who have been in the landscape that are bigger than life, that bring humility inside you, that the impact on those landscapes is tremendous, on the actors and myself.

No, we were almost as possible outside in the real environment or with real sets. We built as much as we could. And we were in the real environments, in the desert. And those landscapes are, for the people who have been in the landscape that are bigger than life, that bring humility inside you, that the impact on those landscapes is tremendous, on the actors and myself.

The right crew. It requires a certain amount. We can erase footsteps in the background, things like that with CGI, but you cannot have an actor walking in their own footsteps again because that's a nightmare for VFX. So you have a crew with rakes? So it means that we have to plan to find areas where we will each take, move the camera, put the camera on a dolly and move. Find another spot.

The right crew. It requires a certain amount. We can erase footsteps in the background, things like that with CGI, but you cannot have an actor walking in their own footsteps again because that's a nightmare for VFX. So you have a crew with rakes? So it means that we have to plan to find areas where we will each take, move the camera, put the camera on a dolly and move. Find another spot.

The right crew. It requires a certain amount. We can erase footsteps in the background, things like that with CGI, but you cannot have an actor walking in their own footsteps again because that's a nightmare for VFX. So you have a crew with rakes? So it means that we have to plan to find areas where we will each take, move the camera, put the camera on a dolly and move. Find another spot.

To make sure that we have the perfect place to do five or six or seven or eight takes, that we will also have, the crew will have the discipline not to make any footsteps. It sounds simple, but it's not. It's like when you have a crew of 800 people in the sand to make sure that everybody follows the same path. Yeah. Amazing. And it gives the opportunity to see crazy things.

To make sure that we have the perfect place to do five or six or seven or eight takes, that we will also have, the crew will have the discipline not to make any footsteps. It sounds simple, but it's not. It's like when you have a crew of 800 people in the sand to make sure that everybody follows the same path. Yeah. Amazing. And it gives the opportunity to see crazy things.

To make sure that we have the perfect place to do five or six or seven or eight takes, that we will also have, the crew will have the discipline not to make any footsteps. It sounds simple, but it's not. It's like when you have a crew of 800 people in the sand to make sure that everybody follows the same path. Yeah. Amazing. And it gives the opportunity to see crazy things.

Like every night when I was going back from the set, at sunset, there were 100 people grooming the sand dunes. That's terrible. So the wind will do its work during the night. And it's very poetic. That I felt, oh my God, am I Miguel Omani? Yeah, you're a monster.

Like every night when I was going back from the set, at sunset, there were 100 people grooming the sand dunes. That's terrible. So the wind will do its work during the night. And it's very poetic. That I felt, oh my God, am I Miguel Omani? Yeah, you're a monster.

Like every night when I was going back from the set, at sunset, there were 100 people grooming the sand dunes. That's terrible. So the wind will do its work during the night. And it's very poetic. That I felt, oh my God, am I Miguel Omani? Yeah, you're a monster.