Director Denis Villeneuve discusses his concerns about technology's impact on humanity, comparing our behavior to AI circuits. He emphasizes the importance of presence and connection, both on and off set, leading him to ban cell phones from his productions.
for a larger conversation about creating movies, in which he discussed technology and his relationship to it on set and off.
“I feel that human beings are ruled by algorithms right now,” he said. “We behave like AI circuits. The ways we see the world are narrow-minded binaries. We’re disconnecting from each other, and society is crumbling in some ways. It’s frightening.”Film Fests 2024: Shah Rukh Khan Excites Locarno, 'Anora' Seduces Cannes, Erotic Fare Turns on Venice
Like most people, Villeneuve admitted that he finds the concept of cell phones “addictive” because someone can have access to any information at any point. “It’s compulsive,” he added. “It’s like a drug. I’m very tempted to disconnect myself. It would be fresh air.”noted that, like Christopher Nolan, he also bans cell phones from his sets because it distracts from the project at hand.
“Cinema is an act of presence. When a painter paints, he has to be absolutely focused on the color he’s putting on the canvas,” he said. “It’s the same with the dancer when he does a gesture. With a filmmaker, you have to do that with a crew, and everybody has to focus and be entirely in the present, listening to each other, being in relationship with each other. So cell phones are banned on my set too, since day one. It’s forbidden.
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