Was Denis Villeneuve Right About Dialogue?

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Denis Villeneuve had some pretty strong words about dialogue in movies. But was he right?

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SOURCES:

Todd Berliner, “Hollywood Movie Dialogue and the ‘Real Realism’ of John Cassavetes” Film Quarterly (1999).

Kai Bird, “Guest Essay: J. Robert Oppenheimer Biographer on the Nearly Impossible Adaptation” Hollywood Reporter (2024).

Charlie Chaplin, “Pantomime and Comedy" The New York Times (1931).

Jonathan Dean, “Denis Villeneuve on Dune: Part Two — young people want longer films” The Times of London (2024).

Bilge Ebiri, “An Action Movie About Scientists Talking” Vulture (2024).

Garth Franklin, “Denis Villeneuve Says “I Don’t Hate Dialogue”” Dark Horizons (2024).

Edgar Reitz, Alexander Kluge, and Wilfriend Reinke, “Word and Film” October (1988).

Conor Truax, “Against Autofiction: Two Paths for the Internet Novel” Spike (2024).

Dziga Vertov, “We: Variant of a Manifesto” (1922).

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