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dune 2 Director Denis Villeneuve has entered the increasingly controversial film controversy ahead of the release of his long-awaited sequel.
Filmmaker, credits include arrival and blade runner 2049is busy promoting his new film, which has received rave reviews from critics such as: independent person‘ Clarice Laurie gave the film 5 out of 5 stars.
In a new interview, he was asked about when the Dune sequel starring Timothée Chalamet and Zendaya will be released. The film is finally scheduled to be released in March after being delayed due to the Hollywood strike in 2023.
Over the past decade, movies have gotten longer and longer, and many people regularly wonder on social media whether these extra lengths are necessary.
Recent films that have been at the center of such discussions include those directed by Christopher Nolan. oppenheimer and Martin Scorsese’s Murderers of the Flower Moonlasting 3 hours and 3 hours and 30 minutes respectively.
One person who thinks this argument is ridiculous is Villeneuve. dune 2 The running time is 2 hours and 46 minutes.
Asked about the running time in a new interview, director Villeneuve said that the film’s distributor, Warner Bros. Pictures, had not told him to shorten the film, saying, “It was pretty much the opposite.”
But Villeneuve was undaunted by complaints that recent blockbusters are too long. times: “I trust my audience.”
He defended the new film’s running time, saying the story, based on Frank Herbert’s novel, is “too dense” to be told any more conveniently.
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“This was the only way I was going to be successful,” he said, adding: oppenheimer. This is his three-hour R-rated film about nuclear physics, mostly spoken. But the audience was young, so for my kids this was the best movie of the year. ”
Zendaya and Timothée Chalamet “Dune: Part 2”
(Warner Bros. Movie)
Villeneuve argued that while many people may be annoyed by longer running times, today’s young people actually want movies to be longer.
he said: “There’s a trend. Young people love to watch long movies because if they’re going to pay money, they want to see something substantial. They crave meaningful content.”
In 2023, the average running time of the top 10 grossing movies in the United States and Canada was 2 hours and 23 minutes, nearly 30 minutes longer than the average recorded in 2020.
Regarding whether there will be a third Dune movie, director Villeneuve said:
When it comes to making the next sequel, he Dune: Messiahhe plans to take his time as “the danger in Hollywood is that people get so excited that they only think about the release date and not the quality.”
Dune: Part 2 ‘ will be released in theaters on March 1st.
