'Dune: Part Two' Director Denis Villeneuve Breaks Down the Sandworm Scene | Vanity Fair

'Dune: Part Two' director Denis Villeneuve breaks down the glorious scene where Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet) uses the thumper for the first time to draw a sandworm out from beneath the surface as Chani (Zendaya), Stilgar (Javier Bardem) and the Fremen look on. Denis explains how he built the "most important" scene of the film over the course of 44 days, with the use of various sunlight levels and blending of visual effects to make it feel edgy and real.



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[kasianyland]

“It sounds easy, but”
No. That does not sound easy, but go on.

[val.flowers]

I need a full director's cut, where he just sits and explains the whole movie to us like this. I could listen to an explanation of the whole film so happily.

[ThePurpleSheep]

Villeneuve is by far one of the most attentive, caring, passionate and wonderfully sensitive directors I’ve ever seen. Every movie he makes shows this.

[energize]

The fact that Denis Villeneuve called the worm an Uber makes me infinitely happy

[nzarob]

12:31 “like he’s about to miss his Uber” love that Villeneuve can dish out humor so nonchalant, it’s reflective in the script where the humor elements don’t seem forced

[yvngarmz]

22:28 To know that despite directing these back to back masterpieces, despite being THIS precise and careful. Villeneuve still has to "make peace" with his adaptations, really highlights his reverance of the source material.

He's dedicated to capturing the imagination and it truly shows. A true legend

[matrog]

YES, really hope they release some kind of director commentary on Blu Ray. I could watch entire movie with him discussing.

[RasmusLodenius]

Did he forget he was doing a YouTube gig and gave us a whole master class instead? 🤩😍

[tillscheller]

And this ladies and gentlemen, is the reason, why he does this kind of stuff in an absolutely outstanding fashion where 99% of other directors would have failed. When one sequence, that maybe takes 10-15 minutes in total, has more weight, meaning and cinematography than other movies in their entirety.

Even tough he created a masterpiece, his modesty and his compliments to his crew and the actors is so lovely.

[oogiegoogie]

This guy understands immersion like no one else. To take something so fantastical and make it so believable is an achievement.

[neomohoto]

Things I LOVED about the movie
1. Austin Butler was phenomenal.
2. The scale of the movie is just beyond.
3. Loved Timothee in the last act.
4. Stilgar is so fun in the movie.
5. Zendaya’s expressive eyes
6. Obviously the incredible score

[azathoth]

I know this version of Chani compared to the book could've been a controversial decision but I really like that they turned her into a unique character and some sort of "the voice of reason" instead of her being just part of the entourage

[davepatois]

"I knew that if this scene was a success, I would have a movie"

such a great quote, so indicative of the passion, care and tremendous attention to detail Villeneuve has poured into this project to make it into such an incredible experience

[swh]

i can watch him go through each and every frame of the whole movie for hours...

[TheShapingSickness]

This scene is insane, in the cinema you can feel like you're getting drowned in sand, and the shaking and bumping of the stunman on top of the platform makes it so real.

At the end, when the camera pans and you see the fremen rising their fist to that awesome HZ track, you get chills and then you get that worrisome look on Chani, that's when you realize there's no turning back. Paul has ascended.

[FabledGentleman]

As I am writing this, Dune Part two is passing $500.000.000 at the global box office. Congratulations Denis, keep making great films. 👍👍

[douglasmodesto]

The way he praises every single person that worked with him when he mentions them is pretty wholesome

[filmscorn]

The level of calculation and meticulous planning that went into this scene just makes me appreciate this film even more than I already did.

[bjorkyorke]

seeing this scene on a much smaller screen, on phone speakers made me realise how much I appreciate the cinema experience