DP/30: Sicario, Denis Villeneuve

One of the greatest filmmakers working today

My best friend is recently home having spent 9 months working with him on Dune. A lovely guy by his account and a massive talent by all accounts!

Denis is the best director of his generation. Period. I know you see comments like this all the time, but I find it hard to name a more versatile director working today. Although sci-fi is his bread and butter, Denis has made excellent films from multiple genres. This is a subjective claim, but I genuinely think none of his films are bad; it’s merely a matter of which is better than the other (and even that is difficult to determine). The fact that he made a sequel to Blade Runner - a sequel that I think is monumentally better than the original - is a testament to his skill as a filmmaker

I feel so proud that Denis Villeneuve, Jean-Marc Vallée and Xavier Dolan all come from Quebec! They are making beautiful projects, I can't wait to see the next ones

I remember coming into the theatre watching Prisoners having never heard of Denis. Now after also watching Polytechnique, Sicario and Enemy he is probably my top 3 favourite directors.

Hearing Denis Villeneuve admitting to everything he has not felt or experienced on anywhere close to a personal level, and then come out with such masterpieces is just wow. I am an admirer now 👍

You guys need to NEVER STOP making these quality interviews... pretty please

this man one of the best and underrated directors of his generation. i hope he's not too tired for bladerunner i hope you interview ryan cooler as well

Seems like a nice and humble guy!

Here after Dune 👀 🧡

7:56 Even if my English sounds like the one Denis is speaking (we are both from Quebec City), I smiled at that part: You know to know, you know to know the limit, you know to know the where where ;)

One of my favorite directors! I am so excited for his upcoming movies!

These are so brilliantly insightful. When he talks about creative control and ego. Phenomenal.

I literally have not followed a filmmaker as religiously as I follow him. He is a literal GOD!

Hell yeah he's one of the few directors left with cojones.

He is so incredibly talented. I'm a huge fan of Prisoners and looking very much forward for the Blade Runner film even though I'm not a fan of the first one. To see his version and his understanding of the universe and the characters are gonna be so exciting!

I can't wait to hear his Dune interviews soon.

thank you so much for this interview ! So interesting!

Phenomenal director and great interview!

Thank you so much!