Denis Villeneuve bans cell phones on his sets: “Everyone must be concentrated” - News Room USA

If you have the opportunity to visit a movie set, Denis Villeneuve57, leave your cell phone at home. The “Dune” filmmaker told the LA Times that the use of cell phones is prohibited on his sets.

“Just as a painter must concentrate completely on the color he is applying to the canvas, or a dancer on the movement he is making, for a filmmaker, this attention needs to be shared by the entire team”, began the director.

“Everyone must be focused, attentive and in tune with each other. Therefore, I have not allowed the use of cell phones on my set since day one. The rule is simple: when the ‘cut’ is given, no one should be distracted, looking at Facebook on their cell phone.”

He further said: “I’m just like anyone else. , music or book all the time. It’s compulsive, almost like a drug. I often feel like disconnecting. It would be like breathing fresh air.” This year, the director has ““.

Recently, the director commented that . “First, it’s important that people understand that for me it was really a diptych. It was really a pair of films that was an adaptation of the first book. This is done and ready,” he said.

“If I do a third, which is in the writing process, it won’t be like a trilogy. It’s strange to say, but if I go back there, it’s to do something that feels different and has its own identity,” he continued. He had also already stated that .

Titles are based on . The first book was adapted for film before, in 1984, by David Lych. See below the comparison of the characters in Villeneuve and Lynch’s adaptation.