'Dune' Director Denis Villeneuve On His 'Brilliant, Intelligent' Star Timothée Chalamet

Stephen Colbert is a known "Dune" superfan so he delights in picking the brain of director Denis Villeneuve, who explains the delicate process of adapting such a far-reaching novel into a film and expresses his admiration for its star Chalamet. #Colbert #DenisVilleneuve #DUNE

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[K__a__M__I]

The way they did 'The Voice' is absolutely mindblowing. Small speakers simply cannot do it justice. It made me jump when I saw it in the theatre.

[jdg]

One of the best Directors working today.

[sammysoppy]

I love Denis. he is not only a master but a genuinely good, warm guy. He is proof that a director doesn’t need to be an asshole to make brilliant work

[haloyo]

If you only go to the theatre once this year, go see Dune. Trust me it was a mind-blowing experience.

[WestOfEarth]

Villeneuve is a cinematic master. I could listen to Stephen and him chatting for an hour.

[TheOneWithTheManyZs]

Villeneuve can do no wrong. I'm seeing Dune for the second time in a theater tomorrow and can only encourage everyone to watch it on the biggest theater screen you can find.

[wolfstar]

Polytechnique, Incendies, Prisoners, Enemy, Arrival, Blade Runner 2049 this guy has been making nothing but brilliant cinematic works. Really excited for Dune.

[emilsn]

You had Stephen interview Denis, and all we got was 6 minutes?! Stephen could have spend way more time on talking about Dune with him. Come on. Let the nerdom flow!

[DiscoverMontréal]

The pride of Quebec! Not sure I've ever been more excited for a film, merci Denis♥

[PTron]

He is so humble, the man doesn't even know hes the best film maker of the past 10 years

[SeriouslyJaded]

Dune was released in some parts of the world already and I saw it at an IMAX theatre here in Norway a few weeks ago. Absolutely stunning movie and as faithful an adaptation of the book as you could probably get away with. Definitely among the best Sci-fi movies ever made.

[stephaniehumala]

Love his accent when speaking in English, you recognize quickly the Quebecer accent 🙂

Denis is making Québec proud, merci!

[GABISNAIL]

Stephen played that so cool, when we all know he was absolutely freaking out on the inside

[cyranodaburgerack]

A bit of trivia. I remember when Denis Villeneuve started his filmmaking career as a young contestant on the French CBC show "La Course Autour du Monde" (The race around the world). Young aspiring filmmakers had to submit a short film every week from a different location. Each contestant's film was then graded by judges on the weekly program. This was, of course, well before the advent of digital cameras, which made the process of shooting say, in a jungle, and then editing, etc... a lot more difficult. Cameras got broken, film got lost, etc... It was akin to guerilla filmmaking and tested more than just mastery of filmmaking tehniques. Denis Villeneuve won the 1990-1991 edition of "La Course Europe-Asie".

[Negla]

I live in Germany and saw the movie it’s absolutely amazing

[guthriechristina]

so nice to see Denis on this show I am from New Brunswick and have a long heritage from the region he is from and Quebecers are encouraged to be deep thinkers and artists in a way that is not as encouraged in other parts of Canada

[mbz]

I didn't read the book, but this movie was amazing. The visual experience was truly unique.
10/10

[rolandkloka]

I was fortunate enough to watch this film multiple times. It is one of the greatest experience in the movie theatre.

[Evy]

I can't wait for the movie, I love the director and I love Timothée in the lead role. He's such a talented actor and actually look like Paul should look.

[OwocowyMr]

Seeing Dune in a movie theatre really was a once in a lifetime experience. I'm glad they moved the movie and not just released it on streaming, because it really deserves to be seen on the biggest screen possible. The amount of detail and the overall scale of the movie should be viewed on a cinema screen and the beautiful music by Hans Zimmer really hits your body with a right sound system (I guess that's how you can call it, non-native speaker here). So if, or more likely WHEN you find some free 2, 5 hours, go watch Dune in the nearest theatre. You wont be disapoinent, it's a visual masterpiece, the most beautiful movie since Avatar ❤️