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Denis Villeneuve

Canadian director Denis Villeneuve is one of the great modern auteurs, renowned for his large scale spectacles within genre frameworks. With Dune Part Two hitting physical media this month, let’s delve into some of his trademarks. Music If you pay close attention to the music of Villeneuve’s films, you will discover that his scores better resemble soundscapes. Using deep resonating tones and slow pulsating sounds, the music in his movies is often foreboding, though never overbearing, and reflects moodiness and attitude. Visual distortion Villeneuve’s films are full of mystery, and visual distortion is a hallmark of his storytelling. Important moments often begin as blurred images, or from obscure angles. This keeps the audience at a distance wanting to be let in. From rain-covered windscreens and humidified windows to laced curtains and soft focus reveals, nothing is given to the audience for free. Colour If you’re familiar with his body of work then consider the use of colour. His filmography is a spectrum of colours, mostly representing the mood of the story being told or the personalities on screen. When we think of Enemy (2013), for example, we think of yellow. Sicario (2015) is green, Arrival (2016) is blue, and Dune (2021) is orange, etc.

Definitely the first X-Men movie from 2000. We got a free copy with a DVD player we bought.

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I remember looking at the DVD excited to watch it, but being too young at the time. Once I was old enough it

hooked me on superhero movies.

What’s one of your all-time favourite movies, and why? The Princess Bride - I watched this movie as a kid with my dad and could always vividly remember scenes from it, but could never remember the title. It wasn’t until many years later after watching it with a friend that I came and bought a copy from JB. Now I watch it every year. What’s one of your all-time favourite TV series, and why? Doctor Who - I remember watching what is now dubbed “Classic Who” with my dad every weeknight. Since ‘NuWho’ started up in 2005, with Christopher Eccleston and Billie Piper, I haven’t missed an episode. What have you been watching lately that you’d recommend? My partner and I have been watching through all the Agatha Christie Poirot and Miss Marple shows. If you love any of Agatha Christie’s other works like Murder on the Orient Express, Death on the Nile, or A Haunting in Venice , then you will love these!

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What’s the best thing about working at JB? The people and the culture that is created by them. I have made so many lifelong friends. It really makes JB-Hi-Fi such a fun place and I actually look forward to coming into work.

On The Radar

Things are set to get a little raunchy in July with Zendaya hitting the court in Challengers . The Spenglars are back with help from the original gang in Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire , while Oscar winner Diablo Cody also returns with the hysterical horror-comedy Lisa Frankenstein .

What’s a movie you saw as a child that has left a lasting impression on you?

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Opening lines from what 1967 classic crime movie? Q3 Which Oscar-winning film’s title refers to people whose parents are deaf? Q4 This movie featured a reading of the Bixby letter of condolences written by Abraham Lincoln to Lydia Bixby, who lost her five sons in the American Civil War. Title please. Q5 Who were the first father and son to win Oscars for the same film? Q6 Which Kevin Costner movie has a scene in a roadside diner called

Dotties Squat and Gobble ? Q7 What was unusual about Robert Rich, the Oscar-winning writer of The Brave One in 1956? Q8 What was the movie Alfred Hitchcock made twice? Q9 Which legendary film actress who won a clutch of movie awards had the middle name Houghton? Q10 This Martin Scorsese film is primarily about a classic rock band with probably the most generic name ever? Title please.

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Attack of the 50 Ft.Woman Tim Burton and Gone Girl writer Gillian Flynn are currently developing a remake of Attack of the 50 ft. Woman for Warner Bros. The original film wowed audiences in 1958 and was part of a Hollywood moment when stories about abnormally sized

Q1 Which 1992 movie’s opening scene includes eight men eating breakfast in a Los Angeles diner discussing the Madonna song Like a Virgin ? Q2 “ Cell... prison cell... how did I get here? ”

humans dominated the screen. Contemporaries included The Incredible Shrinking Man and The Amazing Colossal Man (both 1957). Burton’s film will be the second remake following Christopher Guest’s 1993 film starring Daryl Hannah. Details of the new movie are scant, but we would like to think that it will be a fun companion piece to Burton’s most excellent love letter to 1950s B-movies, Mars Attacks! .

MAY 2024 (Issue 235) ANSWERS - A1. She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949) A2. Jamie Lee Curtis A3. In Like Flint and Caprice both released in 1967 (The system was made obsolete by the advanced Panavision) A4. Wesley Snipes’ character in Drop Zone is named Nessip A5. Peter Grant, who managed the heavy metal band Led Zeppelin A6. Javier Bardem won the ‘Best Supporting Actor’ Oscar for his role in No Country for Old Men (2007) A7. James Cagney in White Heat (1949) A8. Silence of the Lambs (1991) In fact it won five Oscars in total A9. The Exorcist (1973) A10. Randolph Scott in Sam Peckinpah’s western Ride the High Country (1962)

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