Don’t expect Denis Villeneuve to take a call while making Dune Messiah, and not because the signal is weak on Arrakis. The 3x Oscar nominee recently revealed that phones are “absolutely” banned from his sets as they’re “addictive,

Denis Villeneuve recently spoke to the Los Angeles Times and shared his discomfort over how “human beings are ruled by algorithms right now.” He explained: “We behave like AI circuits. The ways we see the world are narrow-minded binaries.

Villeneuve explained that the act of making a movie was all about presence. The post Denis Villeneuve has banned cell phones from his set completely appeared first on The Manual.

Denis Villeneuve refuses to allow phones on the set of his films because he wants cast and crew to be engaged at all times during production.