Director Denis Villeneuve has been comfortably positioned in the sci-fi genre in recent years, dating back to 2016’s “Arrival.” And even when you compare that film to his more recent “Blade Runner 2049” and “Dune,” it’s clear the filmmaker is working with much bigger budgets and massive sets and crews.
His recent features dwarf the size of films like “Sicario” and “Prisoners,” making them feel, in retrospect, like scrappy indie features.
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