Denis Villeneuve ’s Dune movies are visually outstanding — cinematographer Grieg Fraser and production designer Patrice Vermette already haveOscars from Dune : Part One . ButDune : Part Twois even bolder , and includes a black - and - white sequence that leave behind a loaf impact .
Speaking with Variety , Fraser explained how the entr’acte — the climax of which showcases the gladiatorial art of Feyd - Rautha ( Austin Butler ) as Baron Harkonnen ( Stellan Skarsgård ) and others on Giedi Prime depend on — come into being . Initially , the theme to shoot down in black - and - white come from Villeneuve , who thought the sandy surroundings of the fighting ringing would be too remindful of the moving picture ’s main setting of Arrakis otherwise . Fraser upped the ante by using a tv camera modified to shoot in infrared , a technique he ’d used previously in Zero Dark Thirty and Rogue One : A Star Wars Story “ All the tv camera could see was infrared , and that became their world , ” he say the trade . “ My fascination with infrared start because our oculus ca n’t see [ sure things ] , but the camera can . ”
The Giedi Prime sequence also required peculiar work from the wardrobe department ( costume designer Jacqueline West , whose work on Part One was Oscar - nominated , had to conform her coming to make certain all the Harkonnen outfits appear properly mordant in the unusual lighting ) , and returning production designer Vermette had to think creatively — mention “ septic tank car ” as one surprisal inspiration — when bringing the Harkonnen planet to life .
Austin Butler as Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen in Dune: Part Two.Image: Warner Bros.
manoeuver to Varietyfor the full piece , which also explores how Dune : Part Two ’s editor , Joe Walker ( another Dune : Part One Oscar succeeder ) worked with Villeneuve to make the fight scene as thrilling as possible , and yet in no way resemble “ a modern sporting event , ” peculiarly in the agency its spectator pump vocalize as they ’re reacting to its spectacle .
Dune : Part Two is in theaters now .
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