News culture “Everything went wrong in 1983”: This famous science fiction director doesn’t want to work on a Star Wars film
Denis Villeneuve is probably one of the most outstanding directors of his generation and one of the great masters of modern science fiction. However, Star Wars is not his thing. In any case, that hasn't been the case for a while.
Broken heart
Denis Villeneuve has earned an extremely good international reputation with numerous cinematic masterpieces: We owe him powerful thrillers such as “Prisoners”, “Incendies”, “Sicario” and “Enemy”, but also a great commitment to science fiction with “Premier Contact,” “Blade Runner 2049,” and the last two Dune films. Even though we are eagerly awaiting a third part of Frank Herbert's saga, We can also ask if he wants to take on other big franchises in the Hollywood landscape. Star Wars for example.
The problem is that the director is actually no longer interested in the world of George Lucas, as he just explained so well in the “The Town” podcast. For him, Episode VI, Return of the Jedi, definitely took us away from Star Wars.
Denis Villeneuve
I was the target group. I was 10 years old. It got into my head like no other. I was obsessed with Star War! I mean, The Empire Strikes Back is the movie I've been most looking forward to in my life. I saw it in the theater a billion times, even though it traumatized me. I loved Star Wars.
The problem is that everything went off the rails in 1983 with “Return of the Jedi.” It's a long story. I was 15 and my best friend and I wanted to take a taxi to Los Angeles and talk to George Lucas because we were so angry! Even today: the Ewoks, that is. It was a children's comedy… […] Star Wars crystallized into its own mythology, very dogmatic, it looked like a recipe that needed to be repeated, with no further surprises. That's why I don't dream of making a Star Wars movie, because I feel like the code is very… codified.
That's it, it is said.
I'm not a fan of Star Trek either
Star Wars and Denis Villeneuve, so it's no longer a love story. As for Star Trek, another pillar of science fiction, the filmmaker also doesn't explain his laziness. “I’m not a Trekkie,” he simply blurted out on the same podcast. By the way, He also reiterated his desire not to work directly for a streaming service like Netflix.
The big screen is part of language, it allows us to tell a story together, to experience the shared emotional experience of cinema in one room. We are not created to be alone, we are created to share together. (…) I believe that the experience of theater will prevail.
Very nice words that actually fit his Dune films, which take on a whole new dimension when you see them in a cinema worthy of the name, especially in IMAX. Do you agree with his words?
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