Dune director Denis Villeneuve hopes to make a silent movie one day: “I try as much as possible to use the power of images.”

Is it time for this “talkies” fad to come to an finish? I definitely assume so. Films needs to be seen, not heard! Dune director Denis Villeneuve just lately spoke at a BFI London Film Festival occasion (by way of ScreenDaily) and expressed his need to make his personal silent movie one day.

“I love dialogue, but not [always] in cinema,” Villeneuve stated. “I hope one day I will be able to make a film that will not use spoken language. I try as much as possible to use the power of images.” Following a clip of a climactic scene in Dune: Part Two, Villeneuve added, “Zendaya gave an unbelievable efficiency, the place she has principally no dialogue however simply the reactions – and we perceive the tragedy.“

This isn’t the primary time Villeneuve has expressed his choice for imagery over dialogue in films. “I don’t remember movies because of a good line, I remember movies because of a strong image. I’m not interested in dialogue at all,” the director stated earlier this 12 months. “Pure picture and sound, that’s the energy of cinema, however it’s one thing not apparent whenever you watch films right this moment. Movies have been corrupted by tv.“

Silent films largely turned extinct after Hollywood embraced sound. However, there have been a variety of silent movies (or largely dialogue-free) produced within the a long time since, most notably The Artist, which received the Academy Award for Best Picture in 2012.

Villeneuve is at present engaged on the third installment of the Dune franchise, however he just lately stated that he doesn’t view Dune 3 because the completion of a trilogy. “First, it’s important that people understand that for me, it was really a diptych,” Villeneuve stated. “It was actually a pair of flicks that would be the adaptation of the primary guide. That’s performed and that’s completed. If I do a third one, which is within the writing course of, it’s not like a trilogy. It’s unusual to say that, but when I am going again there, it’s to do one thing that feels totally different and has its personal identification.“

Would you want to see a silent movie directed by Denis Villeneuve?