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The controlled insanity of Blade Runner 2049 and why Denis Villeneuve is going to become a household name - Kernels podcast
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Blade Runner 2049 is an audacious proposition: a $185 million film that doesn't patronise the audience or feel as though made by consortium. The Independent's Christopher Hooton, Jacob Stolworthy and Jack Shepherd discuss the film's mad brilliance and submit that director Denis Villeneuve, whose filmography also includes Arrival, Sicario and Enemy, is going to be a household name in the same way that Christopher Nolan is.
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