( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ♪♪
>> Stephen: HEY!
WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY!
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MY NEXT GUEST TONIGHT IS THE
OSCAR-NOMINATED DIRECTOR OF FILMS SUCH AS "PRISONERS,"
"ARRIVAL," AND "BLADE RUNNER 2049."
HIS NEW FILM IS "DUNE."
>> YOU DISMISS MY MOTHER IN HER OWN HOUSE.
>> COME HERE.
KNEEL.
>> HOW DARE YOU USE THE VOICE ON ME.
>> PUT YOUR RIGHT HAND IN THE BOX.
YOUR MOTHER BADE YOU OBEY ME.
I HOLD AT YOUR NECK THE GONJIVA.
POISON NEEDLE, INSTANT DEATH.
THE TEST IS SIMPLE.
REMOVE YOUR HAND FROM THE BOX, AND YOU DIE.
>> WHAT'S IN THE BOX?
PAIN.
>> Stephen: PLEASE WELCOME DENIS VILLENEUVE.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ♪♪
>> Stephen: I'M SO HAPPY YOU CULD BE HERE.
IT'S AN HONOR, SIR.
THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: ABSOLUTELY MY OWNER.
WE GOT TO SPEAK BRIEFLY OVER A YEAR AGO, WHEN THIS FILM LAST
AUGUST OF 2020, WHEN I INTERVIEWED YOU AND THE CAST
WHEN THE MOVIE WAS SUPPOSED TO COME OUT THAT YEAR, SO I
CONGRATULATE YOU ON KEEPING YOUR PATIENCE.
NOW THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS AM I PRONOUNCING YOUR NAME
CORRECTLY?
( PRONOUNCING) >> THAT IS SO BEAUTIFUL.
I WAS THINKING AT ONE POINT TO CHANGE MY NAME BECAUSE NOBODY IN
THE UNITED STATES CAN PRONOUNCE IT CORRECTLY BUT YOU,
APPARENTLY.
( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: THIS IS A
BEAUTIFUL ADAPTATION.
I'VE SEEN IT TWICE NOW, DEEPLY MOVED.
I READ THE BOOK WHEN I WAS 19 YEARS OLD AND IT COMBED INTO MY
VIEW OF THE WORLD AND I'M WONDERING WHEN YOU FIRST
ENCOUNTERED.
>> I THINK I WAS AROUND AT THE END OF 13, 14 YEARS OLD, YES,
AND I STEPPED INTO AN ISOLATED BOOK IN THE LIBRARY AND IT BLEW
ME AWAY AT THE TIME.
I'D DONE A PORTRAIT OF THE 20th CENTURY AND ALL THE
CURRENTS, AND THAT BOY REALLY STRIKE ME.
>> Stephen: WERE YOU IN YOUR MIND PAUL.
>> 13 YEARS OLD, WHAT DO YOU THINK?
OF COURSE!
( LAUGHTER ) IT'S LIKE TO SEE THIS YOUNG BOY
BEING CURIOUS ABOUT ANOTHER CULTURE, DREAMING ABOUT THIS NEW
WORLD, AND DEALING WITH THAT INSANITY BECAUSE HE HAS FAMILY
HERITAGE, RELIGIOUS AND POLITICAL HERITAGE HE HAS TO
DEAL WITH, AND FINDING SOLACE IN ANOTHER CULTURE.
THE FACT THAT HE FINDS COMFORT IN ANOTHER CULTURE IS REALLY
BEAUTIFUL.
>> Stephen: THERE'S AN ASPECT OF THE STORY, AND I'M NOT GIVING
ANYTHING AWAY, THAT PAUL IS THE CULMINATION OF MANY PEOPLE'S
PLANS IN MANY WAYS.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: THE NORMAL SORT OF POLITICAL PLANS MANY NOBLE HOUSE
MAY HAVEO FOR AN HEIR AND MANY OTHER PLANS AS WELL.
HE DEALS WITH, A, THE PRESSURE, THE SENSE OF ALIENESS THAT HE
HAS BY BEING THE SORT OF CULMINATION OF OTHER PEOPLE'S
PLANS, HE'S NOT LIKE OTHER PEOPLE, AND THAT KIND OF JIBES
WITH WHAT IT'S LIKE TO GO INTO PUBERTY.
YOU'RE TURNING INTO SOMETHING ELSE.
>> THAT'S WHY TIMOTHEÉE CHALAMET COMES INTO THE PICTURE.
>> Stephen: HE'S PERFECT BECAUSE HE ALWAYS LOOKS LIKE HE
JUST CAME THROUGH PUBERTY.
( LAUGHTER ) IT'S VERY RARE BECAUSE HE'S A
MATURE ACTOR IN HIS 20s.
>> HE'S BRILLIANT.
HE'S A VERY INTELLIGENT YOUNG MAN, MAYBE BECAUSE TO HAVE THE
COMBINATION OF AMERICAN CULTURE, FRENCH CULTURE.
>> Stephen: I BET HE PRONOUNCES YOUR NAME PERFECTLY.
>> HE SPEAKS FRENCH, WHAT CAN I SAY.
>> Stephen: WHEN YOU READ IT THE FIRST TIME, DID YOU READ IT
IN FRENCH OR ENGLISH.
>> FRENCH.
>> Stephen: HOW DO YOU SAY FEAR IS THE MIND KILLER IN
FRENCH?
( SPEAKING FRENCH ) DOESN'T SOUND AS SCARY.
SOUNDS KIND OF SEXY WHEN YOU SAY IT IN FRENCH.
>> WHAT CAN I SAY.
>> Stephen: I WANT TO ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY OUT THERE
NOT ONLY TO SEE THIS BUT SEE IT IN THE THEATER.
SEE IT AGAIN ON HBO MAX BUT SEE IT IN THE THEATER BECAUSE THE
SCALE OF THIS FILM IS ABSOLUTELY EXTRAORDINARY.
I HAVEN'T SEEN -- LIKE, THERE ARE SCENE AFTER SCENE OF A SCALE
OF LIKE SORT OF THE BATTLE IN THE LORD OF THE RINGS IN THE
THIRD MOVIE.
THE SCALE IS EXTRAORDINARY JUST IN THE SHIPS THEY TRAVEL IN, IN
THEIR LANDING CRAFT, IN LITTLE MOMENTS THAT AREN'T EVEN PUSHED
AT THE AUDIENCE MUCH TAKE YOU INTO A TOTE LIL ALIEN WORLD
BECAUSE NOTHING IN OUR LIVES IS TO THE SCALE YOU'VE CREATED.
>> WHEN WE DID IT, IT WAS BEFORE THE PANDEMIC, AND THE PLAN WAS
TO DO A LOVE LETTER TO THE BIG SCREEN, THE BIG SCREEN, THE
THEATRICAL EXPERIENCE IS PART OF THE LANGUAGE.
WE SHOT THE MOVIE FOR SOMETHING BIG AND WIDE TO GET AS IMMERSIVE
AS POSSIBLE AND, OF COURSE, IN THE AREAS, AWARD WINNING SAFETY
FIRST, WE UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT IF IT'S SAFE, IF YOU WANT TO
HAVE A GREAT EXPERIENCE, A GREAT BIG SCENE, I THINK THAT'S A
MOVIE YOU WON'T BE DISAPPOINTED IN.
>> Stephen: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE AND THANK YOU FOR
THE BEAUTIFUL FILM.
TCKETS ARE ON SALE NOW FOR "DUNE" IN THEATERS AND ON
HBO MAX ON OCTOBER 22.
DENIS VILLENEUVE, EVERYONE.
THAT'S IT FOR "THE LATE SHOW."
TUNE IN TOMORROW WHEN MY GUESTS WILL BE THE CAST OF
"SUCCESSION."
JAMES CORDEN IS NEXT.
HIS GUEST IS DANIEL CRAIG!
GOOD NIGHT!