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I made 'Enemy' to prep myself for 'Prisoners.' I had the need to direct something smaller in English before going to Hollywood. That's the way I sold it to Warner because they asked me if I was berserk to make a movie right before.

~Denis Villeneuve

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My home is Montreal. I will stay in Montreal and continue to make movies in Montreal. But it's also very healthy for Canadian filmmakers to work outside the country. You learn so much.

~Denis Villeneuve

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I must say, I am a 10,000-times better director because I am in therapy. I'm serious. I can understand more the actors. I can manipulate them more easily.

~Denis Villeneuve

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Sometimes you have compulsions that you can't control coming from the subconscious... they are the dictator inside ourselves.

~Denis Villeneuve

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Film is pop art. It's not whether it's auteur cinema or not; that's a false distinction. Cinema is cinema.

~Denis Villeneuve

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When I use violence in a movie, it's just to express the power, the impact of it.

~Denis Villeneuve

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'2001: A Space Odyssey' is a movie that really impressed me as a teenager. And also 'Blade Runner.' And 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' is also one of my favorites. I'm always looking for sci-fi material, and it's difficult to find original and strong material that's not just about weaponry.

~Denis Villeneuve

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A longstanding dream of mine is to adapt 'Dune,' but it's a long process to get the rights, and I don't think I will succeed.

~Denis Villeneuve

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The thing I realized about final cut is it's the power of the best cut. I didn't have final cut on 'Prisoners,' but what you saw is the best cut. 'Sicario' is a directors' cut. 'Arrival' is a directors' cut.

~Denis Villeneuve

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For me, masculinity is about control, and femininity is more of an embrace, the art of listening. It's very inspiring to explore the shadows of masculinity and femininity, and the tensions between both, and the place of women in the world right now.

~Denis Villeneuve

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Biography

Nationality: Canadian

Type: Director

Born: October 3rd, 1967

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