{"id":120542,"date":"2017-10-01T07:47:20","date_gmt":"2017-10-01T11:47:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=120542"},"modified":"2017-10-01T07:47:20","modified_gmt":"2017-10-01T11:47:20","slug":"quebec-filmmaker-villeneuve-says-scott-warned-him-before-making-blade-runner-2049","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/10\/01\/quebec-filmmaker-villeneuve-says-scott-warned-him-before-making-blade-runner-2049\/","title":{"rendered":"Quebec filmmaker Villeneuve says Scott warned him before making “Blade Runner 2049”"},"content":{"rendered":"
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MONTREAL — Filmmaker Denis Villeneuve said he was warned by the director of the first \u201cBlade Runner\u201d that he better do his homework before embarking on a remake of the film.<\/p>\n

The Quebec director said Ridley Scott told him about the source of inspiration for the first movie, which came out in 1982, and the backstory.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd then with the new one, he told me: ‘It’s your responsibility. If you do your homework correctly, it can be fantastic; if you don’t, it’s going to be (a) disaster,\u201d’ Villeneuve said Thursday in an interview with The Canadian Press.<\/p>\n

Scott, who is executive producer on the remake, gave Villeneuve carte blanche, which is something the director said he needed to make the film properly.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat’s what I needed to hear,\u201d said the director of \u201cBlade Runner 2049,\u201d in theatres Oct. 6. \u201cHe would give me full responsibility but full freedom. And I felt great with that.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was all on my shoulders, and I wouldn’t have been able to make the movie any other way.\u201d<\/p>\n

Villeneuve said the first \u201cBlade Runner\u201d really influenced him when he first saw it, and he wanted to use his highly anticipated remake as a \u201clove letter\u201d to the classic.<\/p>\n

The film already has critics raving, with words like \u201cdazzling,\u201d \u201cstunning\u201d and \u201cbeautiful\u201d being tossed around. Villeneuve is also being praised for his attention to detail and respect for the original.<\/p>\n

He explained that although the special effects in the film were executed with the help of a\u00a0computer, he wanted to make sure each scene had \u201ca sense of realism.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe film has very few shots that are entirely digital,\u201d Villeneuve said. \u201c(Most) of the shots are images taken ‘on camera’ and reworked after with a\u00a0computer.\u201d<\/p>\n

A major theme of the movie, which stars Canadian Ryan Gosling, is the reflection on humans and technology.<\/p>\n

\u201cReplicants,\u201d the robots first introduced in the original \u201cBlade Runner,\u201d are back in the remake and their presence brings up questions that are more pertinent today, Villeneuve said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen the first ‘Blade Runner’ came out in 1982, it was during the dawn of the\u00a0computer\u00a0age,\u201d he said. \u201cPeople were just starting to buy computers at home. Today, our relationship with technology has multiplied by 10 since that time, it has modified out social relationships, our intimate connections in a way that is very profound.\u201d<\/p>\n

One of the main goals of the film, he said, was to capture the gloom and sadness of the first one.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere were several objectives,\u201d he said. \u201cOne of them was to try and bring back that fantastic, beautiful melancholia that was in the first movie. I worked hard to try and bring that melancholia back to the screen.\u201d<\/p>\n

Villeneuve’s current project is \u201cDune,\u201d although he was keeping tight-lipped about it since it’s early in the process. He did say the movie will be \u201cat a level I’ve never approached before.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said he’d like to continue making science fiction films, but admitted they are \u201cexhausting.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt demands a lot,\u201d he said. \u201cTo create different worlds, but it’s intoxicating at the same time. I loved it.\u201d<\/p>\n

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