“Hi there. I’m Denis Villeneuve. I’m the director of ‘Dune, Half Two’.” [TENSE MUSIC] “So this scene occurs precisely after the introduction of Feyd-Rautha, the place we noticed him as a psychopath. And right here, we carry this character into his political surroundings, the place it could be an odd celebration of its birthday, the place in Harkonnen tradition, the prince must battle slaves with a view to show himself in entrance of the viewers. And the entire scene has been designed as a dance between Feyd-Rautha, performed by the nice Austin Butler, and the gang. Austin created a cross combine between, I’ll say, an Olympic sword fighter, a serial killer and Mick Jagger. He introduced great intercourse attraction to the half. And Feyd-Rautha being one of the crucial iconic characters of ‘Dune’, Austin had massive footwear to fill. And I’m very pleased with what he delivered to the display screen. One side that I like about Frank Herbert’s ‘Dune’ is all of the books can also be a research of the influence of the surroundings on people. How nature shapes human psyche, behaviors, tradition, expertise, politics, et cetera. You wish to know in regards to the Fremen? You have a look at the desert. However for the Harkonnen, it’s a bit extra difficult as a result of they fully destroyed their pure world. And I used to be in search of environmental hints, concepts, clues that can give me some hints about who they’re precisely. And I considered, what if their daylight was subtracting colour as a substitute of showing them? What in the event that they have been coming from a black-and-white world? That might give us some concept from the place that binary, fascist, merciless behaviors are coming from. As my cinematographer, Greig Fraser, and I have been brainstorming collectively find out how to carry an alien daylight that can be black and white to the display screen, Greig had the concept to check infrared. And infrared is the sunshine wavelength that’s normally blocked into cameras as a result of it’s thought-about as noise. And we modified the cameras to let solely that wavelength come by way of and block the opposite colours. And it created that eerie, unusual, alien, nightmarish environment I used to be dreaming of for Giedi Prime.” “Completely happy birthday, expensive nephew.” [CHEERING] “We see nearly by way of pores and skin. The eyes turn into piercing like bugs. And the issue with that method is that there’s no solution to return. We shot it this manner. It’s not an impact that was performed in submit. And so these scenes by no means seem in colours.” “Why do they not cease the battle?” “Plans inside plans.” [DRAMATIC MUSIC] [NON-ENGLISH SINGING]: “Present me who you’re.” “Now, all once more, this scene is a sport between the Baron, who put his nephew, Feyd, beneath great stress, so he can be pushed in entrance of the gang to show his valor. And I stored the scene very intimate round Feyd, holding the gang within the background simply as panorama that can, a bit just like the desert for Paul. A stress that can push on him, and to really feel the influence of that stress in an intimate means. I got here up with the design of those picadors, characters that within the e book are very horrifying. And I got here with that form of devilish form that appeared to return from certainly one of our nightmares. Once more, give us an concept of what’s pleasure for Harkonnen, what’s sport for them, how merciless or desperately merciless they’re. And right here’s a second that I completely love, the place we really feel that Feyd is just not afraid of ache. He loves ache. He likes to bleed, to be on the sting between life and loss of life. It’s somebody that has solely — you respect just one factor, is braveness, and good fighters. And the slave who has show confirmed his abilities gained Feyd’s respect, and that’s the reason he didn’t kill him at first immediately. He performed with him like a cat and a mouse. It’s a scene that, in some methods, could be very near what was described within the e book. And it’s a scene that each time I see it, particularly with the insane Hans Zimmer rating and the nice work of the sound design to carry that crowd to life, I’m very pleased with.” “He’s spectacular certainly.” [CROWD CHANTING]
