Denis Villeneuve: “Frankly, I Hate Dialogue. Dialogue Is For Theatre And Television”
deadline.comDenis Villeneuve is a credited screenwriter on six of the acclaimed features he has directed — including Dune: Part One, for which he received a Best Adapted Screenplay nomination from the Academy but not directing nomination.
He is, however, not a fan of dialogue. “Frankly, I hate dialogue,” the filmmaker told The Times of London in a recent interview. “Dialogue is for theatre and television.
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.
Pure image and sound, that is the power of cinema, but it is something not obvious when you watch movies today.” Villeneuve then went on to make an even more pointed assertion, especially given the quality of small-screen content over the past two decades. “Movies have been corrupted by television,” he said.
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