Dune 2 Director Denis Villeneuve has waded into an increasingly controversial film debate ahead of the release of his highly anticipated film.
The director, whose credits include; Arrival and Blade Runner 2049is busy promoting his new film which is receiving critical acclaim including The independentby Clarisse Loughrey, who awarded the film five stars out of five.
During a new interview, he questioned how long the Dune sequel, which stars Timothée Chalamet and Zendaya, will finally be released in March after being delayed by the Hollywood strikes in 2023.
Over the last 10 years, movies have been getting bigger and bigger, with many regularly questioning on social media whether these increased dimensions are necessary.
Recent films that have found themselves at the center of such discussions include those by Christopher Nolan Oppenheimer and Martin Scorsese Killers of the Flower Moonlasting three hours and three hours, 30 minutes, respectively.
One person who thinks this argument is silly is Villeneuve, whose Dune 2 has a running time of two hours, 46 minutes.
When asked about the running time in a new interview, Villeneuve said that the film's distributor, Warner Bros. Pictures, did not tell him to cut the film, saying “it was almost the opposite.”
But Villeneuve doesn't shy away from complaints that blockbusters these days are too big, narrative The times: “I trust the public.”
Defending the new film's running time, he said the story, adapted from Frank Herbert's novel, was “too dense” to be told in a more convenient way.
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“That was the only way I was going to succeed,” he said, adding, “Also, think Oppenheimer. It's a three-hour, R-rated movie about mostly talking nuclear physics. But the audience was young – this was the movie of the year by far for my kids.”
Zendaya and Timothée Chalamet in “Dune: Part 2”
(Warner Bros Pictures)
Villeneuve argued that while many people may be disappointed in longer screenings, young people today really want movies to be longer.
He said: “There is a trend. The youth love to watch big movies because if they pay they want to see something meaningful. They crave meaningful content.”
It was found in 2023 that its average length The 10 highest grossing movies in the US and Canada it was two hours and 23 minutes – almost 30 minutes longer than the average recorded in 2020.
Addressing whether there will be a third Dune film, Villeneuve said: “There is absolutely a desire to have a third, but I don't want to rush it.
He said that when he is going to make another sequel, titled Dune: Messiahhe will bide his time as “the danger in Hollywood is that people get excited and only think about release dates, not quality.”
Dune: Part 2 hits theaters March 1.
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