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‘Dune: Part Two’: Denis Villeneuve On The Challenges Of Shooting In The Desert And Plans for ‘Dune: Messiah’
'Dune: Part Two' director Denis Villeneuve on the challenging desert shoot and plans for 'Dune: Messiah'
With Dune: Part Two, director and co-writer Denis Villeneuve is in the homestretch of realizing an ambition he’s had since age 14: to transfer his vision to a movie screen; to capture the survival of the Fremen in the inhospitable deserts of Arrakis amid the spice harvesters and ruthless House Harkonnen; to capture the giant sandworms’ majesty, and to tell the love story between Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet) and Fremen warrior Chani ( Zendaya). I absolutely love the moment where we go from where the society will bow in front of the emperor, and we go straight into the intimacy of the interaction between both characters, and then the ones that are still standing are this princess who will become his wife for political reasons, and Chani, who is betrayed and leaves the room. I would say that when we did Part One, there were moments where when we shot in Abu Dhabi where we were in a high season where it was very hot and I had to shoot early mornings and late evenings, but the middle of the day was too dangerous to bring a film crew.
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