Interview: Denis Villeneuve on the Task of Crafting 'Blade Runner 2049'

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“It’s the multiplication of brains and [all] the people that you have to tune to make sure that they are all dreaming in the same direction.” He’s a master filmmaker and continues to deliver some of the best films of this decade – Denis Villeneuve. Born in Quebec, Villeneuve has been an acclaimed filmmaker for many years but finally got his foot into Hollywood’s door after making Incendies in 2010. He followed that up with Prisoners, as well as Enemy released the same year, before making Sicario and Arrival. His latest is Blade Runner 2049, a highly anticipated, long-awaited sequel to the sci-fi cult hit from 1982 starring Harrison Ford as a cop named Deckard. I didn’t get to chat with Villeneuve for Arrival last year (it was one of my favorite films), so I chased him this time for Blade Runner and got to spend a few minutes talking with him. ›››