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Denis Villeneuve’s Dune Wouldn’t Exist Without Steven Spielberg
By DEBOPRIYAA DUTTA
Steven Spielberg's “Jaws” and Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune II” are very different films, but both employ Spielberg's “less is more” approach when it comes to making their movies.
Spielberg’s influence on Villeneuve’s work is no secret. The “Dune” director recently spoke in depth about the legendary filmmaker in a recent NPR interview.
He said, “There was always a name attached to these movies and this name was Steven Spielberg. And then I started to be more interested about what it meant to be a director.”
Villeneuve also praised the director during the 2022 DGA Awards while Spielberg was in the audience, thanking him for still being “a pure source of inspiration” after all these years.
During his speech, Villeneuve recounted his reaction to watching “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” on the big screen, and how it stuck with him and made him feel at home.