>> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY. WELCOME BACK TO "THE LATE SHOW."
MY NEXT GUEST TONIGHT IS THAT OSCAR NOMINATED DIRECTOR OF
MOVIES SUCH AS "PRISONERS," "RIVAL," AND "BLADE RUNNER
2049." WE NOW RETURN TO A ARRAKIS WITH
"DUNE: PART TWO." >> YOUR BLOOD COMES FROM DUKES
AND GREENHOUSES. GREAT HOUSES.
WE DON'T HAVE THAT HERE. HERE WE ARE EQUAL, MEN AND WOMEN
ALIKE. WHAT WE DO WE DO FOR THE BENEFIT
OF ALL. >> I'D VERY MUCH LIKE TO BE
EQUAL TO YOU. MAYBE YOU COULD BE.
MAYBE I'LL SHOW YOU THE WAY. >> Stephen: PLEASE WELCOME
BACK TO "THE LATE SHOW," DENIS VILLENEUVE.
♪ ♪ SO NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
>> THANKS FOR THE INVITATION. >> Stephen: THANK YOU.
I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY ON SUNDAY NIGHT TO GO TO THE U.S. PREMIERE
OF "DUNE: PART TWO" INTRODUCE YOU AND YOU CAME OUT.
>> Denis: THANKS AGAIN. THAT WAS VERY NICE OF YOU.
>> Stephen: I'M A VERY NICE GUY BUT IT WAS REALLY A PLEASURE
NOT ONLY TO INTRODUCE YOU PURCHASE IT FOR THE SECOND TIME
BECAUSE I HAD ALREADY SEEN IT IN ANTICIPATION OF HAVING YOU AND
MANY OF THE CAST MEMBERS ON THE SHOW BUT I SAW IT IN A SCREENING
ROOM. AND I SOUNDED IN THE BEAUTIFUL
SCREEN BUT IT WAS JUST ME AND A COUPLE PEOPLE BUT TO SEE A MOVIE
OR THE WAY IT'S MEANT TO BE SEEN IT REALLY ELEVATES THE
EXPERIENCE EXTRAORDINARILY EVEN FINDING OUT OH, MY GOD, IT'S
REALLY FUNNY AT TIMES, THIS MOVIE ESPECIALLY JAVIER BARDEM.
>> Denis: BRINGS A BEAUTIFUL ASPECT OF HIS CHARACTER THAT
MAKES THE ARK EVEN MORE TRAGIC I WOULD SAY.
>> Stephen: AMAZING CAST. ANYA TAYLOR-JOY, ZENDAYA,
TIMOTHEE CHALAMET, AUSTIN BUTLER REBECCA FERGUSON JOSH BROLIN,
AND LE SEYDOUX. THEY WERE ALL THERE PLUS 1500
PEOPLE IN THE ROOM. DO YOU ENJOY BEING THERE WHEN AN
AUDIENCE SEES THE FILM? >> Denis: THE FINAL PART OF
THE FILM PROCESS TO ME. I SHARE A MOVIE WITH THE
AUDIENCE. AT THE PREMIERE.
AFTER THAT I WILL STOP WATCHING THE MOVIE OF THE NEXT TEN YEARS.
>> Stephen: YOU DON'T, YOU DON'T SEE IT AGAIN AFTER THAT?
>> Denis: NO. BUT I LOVE, MY KIDS WERE IN THE
THEATER AS WELL SO I WANTED TO EXPERIENCE A MOVIE WITH THEM.
IT'S JUST LIKE A MOMENT THAT I LOVE WHEN I FEEL THE EMOTION OF
THE AUDIENCE AND AFTER THAT I CAN'T WATCH IT AGAIN.
>> Stephen: THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THAT YOU HAVE BROUGHT US TO
A RAKAS TO FRANK HERBERT'S "DUNE" WHICH SOME PEOPLE HAVE IN
THEIR OWN MIND AND I'M SURE YOU HAVE FOR MANY, MANY YEARS BEFORE
YOU EVER CREATED THIS FOR MORE PRODUCT TO US.
BECAUSE YOU HAD ALREADY BROUGHT US THERE ONE TIME BEFORE, DID
YOU HAVE SORT OF FREEDOM AND LATITUDE THAT YOU DIDN'T HAVE
THE FIRST TIME THAT YOU HAVE TO LAY OUT THE RULES OF THE WORLD
FOR US? >> Denis: IT WAS LIKE I HAD
DONE ALL THE HOMEWORK IN "PART ONE."
WE HAD DESIGNED THE BOX AND NOW I HAVE THE CHANCE TO PLAY WITH
THE SAND IN THE SANDBOX. IT'S LIKE IF I HAD DONE ALL THE
HOMEWORK OF THE EXPOSITION EXPLAINING WHO'S WHO AND
THE BACKSTORY AND THE SECOND PART IS JUST A PLAYFUL
PLAYGROUND FOR CINEMA. IT'S MORE OF AN ACTION MOVIE,
MORE MOMENTUM. THE SEQUENCES THAT ARE I WANT TO
SAY IT WAS MUCH MORE DIFFICULT TO SHOOT BUT MUCH MORE FUN.
>> Stephen: IT MUST NOT BE EASY TO WORK WITH SAND WORMS.
>> Denis: IT'S ALL ABOUT CASTING.
>> Stephen: YOU'VE GOT TO GET THE RIGHT SIZED WORM.
I LOVE THAT DESERT MY FAVORITE IS THE SIGN OF ANY PRIME, THE
HARKONNENS, THEY ARE V PRETTY B. THE HARKONNEN'S, THE BLACK
BRUTALIST ARCHITECTURE. EVEN THE BRUTALIST MACHINES THAT
THEY HAVE, THE BLACKSTONE, IS IT TRUE AND I WANT TO SHOW YOU
THIS, HERE'S AUSTIN BUTLER. IN "DUNE: PART TWO" AND HE HAS
TEETH, YOU JUST CAN'T SEE THEM. IS IT TRUE THAT YOU SHOT THIS IN
INFRARED? >> Denis: YES, I WANTED HAVE
AN EERIE BLACK-AND-WHITE. GREG FISCHER MY STENOGRAPHIC
SUGGEST WE SHOOT IT WITH IR SYSTEMS.
GIVE THIS CAN BECOME LIKE TRANSLUCENT, YOU SEE THE VEINS
IN THE EYES BECOME INSECT LIKE. IT'S QUITE THE FRIGHTENING LOOK.
THE ONLY THING ABOUT THAT IS THAT THERE'S NO WAY BACK.
I MADE SURE TO EXPLAIN. IF WE DO THAT, IT WAS NOT
POSSIBLE TO BRING BACK COLOR. I LOVE TO DO THAT, TO COMMIT AS
WE SHOOT. >> Stephen: DANGEROUS.
>> Denis: IT'S RISKY. BUT IT'S FUN.
>> Stephen: THE RISK IS THE FUN?
DOES THE STUDIO AGREE? >> Denis: I HOPE SO.
>> Stephen: THERE'S A LANG LANGUAGE.
BY SAYING THAT CORRECTLY? IT'S SPOKEN ALL THROUGHOUT THE
FILM. YOU CREATED LANGUAGE, A
VOCABULARY FOR THIS. A LEXICOGRAPHY, INFLECTION AND
GRAMMAR. >> Denis: REMNANTS OF THAT
LANGUAGE IN THE BOOK. DAVID PETERSON CREATED THE OLD
LANGUAGE WITH ITS OWN LOGIC. THEY WENT TO SCHOOL.
THEY WERE FLUENT IN FREMEN LANGUAGE, ALL OF THEM AND THERE
WAS A DIALECT COACH ONSET THAT WAS MAKING SURE THAT THE RIGHT
PRONUNCIATION. BECAME REALLY UPSET --
OBSESSED WITH THE IDEA OF BEING AS GOOD AS THEY COULD BE WITH
CHAKOBOSA AT THE POINT WHERE WHEN DAN WAS HAVING A SHOT THAT
WAS QUITE COMPLEX AND I SAID WE'VE GOT IT.
IT WAS GREAT AND THE DIALECT COACH AND SAID ACTUALLY THE
PRONUNCIATION WAS NOT ACTUALLY CORRECT.
I WAS LIKE, COME ON, BROTHER. IT'S FAKE LANGUAGE.
WE DID IT AGAIN. >> Stephen: THAT'S GOOD.
>> Denis: I WAS MOVED BY THE FACT THAT EVERYBODY COMMITTED SO
MUCH TO THIS LANGUAGE. >> Stephen: JAVIER IS GREAT,
HE IS SO FLUENT. SPEECH WE CAN ALMOST IMPROVISE
AND CHAKOBOSA, LIKE THE FATHER CHAKOBOSA.
>> Stephen: CRATING NOT JUST A LANGUAGE BUT AN IDIOM FOR THE
LANGUAGE, PHRASES THAT WOULD BE UNIQUE.
>> Denis: LIKE ALL POETRY OR LOGIC OF THE LANGUAGE.
SAYING "YOU ARE CRAZY. YOU'RE INSANE."
SHE SAYS "YOU'RE INSANE." BUT THE WAY SHE SAYS IT IS "YOU
ARE DRINKING SAND." OF COURSE FOR FREMEN, THE
ULTIMATE MADNESS. >> Stephen: BATSON YOUR
BELFRY, DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING BUT IT MEANS SOMETHING.
TO KNOW THE PHRASE, BATS IN YOUR BELFRY?
>> Denis: NO. I AM FRENCH-CANADIAN.
I'V NO IDEA. >> Stephen: IT MEANS YOU'RE
CRAZY. YOU HAVE BATS IN THE BELL TOWER
OF YOUR CHURCH. BATS IN THE BELL TOWER OF YOUR
CHURCH. IT MEANS CRAZY.
>> Denis: [SPEAKING FRENCH] MEANS YOU HAVE A SPIDER IN THE
MIND YOU ARE DRINKING SAND. [LAUGHTER]
>> Stephen: ONE OF THE THINGS THAT GOT ME VERY EXCITED AFTER I
SAW "DUNE" WAS THAT SHORTLY THEREAFTER YOU ANNOUNCED IT WAS
GOING TO BE "DUNE: PART TWO" AND I WAS COMPLETELY SATISFIED WITH
THE "DUNE" PART ONE BUT "DUNE: PART TWO" CAME OUT AND I'M JUST
AS EXCITED ABOUT IT AND I LOVED IT AS MUCH.
IS THERE A "DUNE: PART THREE." >> Denis: THERE WILL BE.
THERE'S A SECOND BOOK CALLED DUNE MESSIAH.
I MIGHT DO IT. IT WOULD COMPLETE THE ARK OF
PAUL ATREIDES. IT WOULD MAKE SENSE FOR ME TO
MAKE A FINAL FILM. VISIT ARRAKIS A VERY LAST TIME.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> Stephen: PLEASE.
DENIS, THANK YOU SO MUCH. "DUNE: PART TWO" IS IN THEATERS
TOMORROW. DENIS VILLENEUVE, EVERYBODY.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK."