It is not just a movie, but in many ways the culmination of his life and career to this point. At one point, many believed that the son of david bowie would lead the revival of science fiction film. Mute is ambitious in all the wrong ways the ringer. Netflix scifi film mute ends up lost for words cnet.
Mute is een britsduitse neo noirsciencefictionfilm uit 2018, geregisseerd door duncan jones. Mute, a netflix original film from filmmaker duncan jones. Directors duncan jones producers stuart fenegan overview mute is a science fiction film about a bartender named leo living in berlin, germany forty years into the future. From a familiar set of references, the movie forges an unexpected narrative stew namely, the story of a voiceless amish man in a blade. Leo, who is mute, is searching for his missing girlfriend who had suddenly disappeared. Duncan zowie haywood jones born 30 may 1971 is a british film director, producer and screenwriter. Quite honestly, mute is the definition of a movie that tries very hard and fails. Duncan jones on netflixs mute, designing a futurist noir, and that moon connection by haleigh foutch march 17, 2018. Visually polished but narratively derivative and overall muddled, mute is a wouldbe scifi epic whose title serves as an unfortunate guide to how it might be best enjoyed.
Mute though undeniably dazzling in the visual department, moon director duncan jones gimmicky future noir has nothing interesting to say. Prepare yourself for mute, a new netflix original film by visionary director duncan jones, starring alexander skarsgard, paul rudd and justin. Brian tallerico february 23, 2018 when duncan jones was doing press for his excellent moon, he told me that he already knew what his followup would be, a passion project called mute, which he said would be to his first film as blade runner was to alien. Watch the first trailer for duncan jones new film mute. Mute is a 2018 neonoir science fiction film directed by duncan jones, who co wrote the script with michael robert johnson. Mute centers on a brutish 40 year old man named leo, who lost his ability to speak in a childhood boating accident. He is a director and writer, known for moon 2009, source code 2011 and mute 2018. Theres more to mute, the latest film by duncan jones, than meets the eye.
Duncan jones launches kickstarter for final chapter of. Sixteen years ago, duncan jones originally conceived of mute as a very different film, but once it became a science fiction project, he knew how the moon easter eggs would make sense. But that young gamer has grown into the director of the first world of warcraft movie. Mute is a much better, much more interesting movie than its rotten. Madi will be the first major project for jones after his film, mute.
The moon reference featuring sam rockwell in duncan. The moon director has delivered a catastrophically misjudged riff on blade runner with an. On the surface, duncan jones new movie mute is a singular thing. Duncan jones to direct conspiracy thriller tv series killer intent the filmmaker is currently looking for donations for a kickstarter to help fund a graphic novel based on his script for an unproduced film that is set in the universe created in moon and mute.
However, after the financial and critical megafailure of warcraft, an adaptation of the popular video game franchise, this hope faded into obscurity. With alexander skarsgard, paul rudd, justin theroux, levi eisenblatter. This soulful scifi journey from filmmaker duncan jones moon. A mute bartender goes up against his citys gangsters in an effort to find out what happened to his missing partner. The discussion ranged from his thoughts on smaller, more independent films finding a home on streaming services like netflix and amazon to the possibility of making a film based on the world of the comic 2000 ad.
He is best known for directing the films moon 2009, for which he won the bafta award for outstanding debut by a british writer, director or producer, source code 2011, warcraft 2016 and mute 2018. Though jones first two films, moon and source code, developed a cult following, his subsequent films had much more trouble. A decade on, the film still packs a punch and has become part of a larger universe, what with sam bells cameo in jones film for netflix, mute, and jones plans for a third film as an. Screen rant was able to sit down with duncan jones ahead of netflixs release of his new film mute, starring alexander skargard, paul rudd, and justin theroux. He also mentioned that the film would take place in the same universe as moon, and that he hoped to make it soon. In his interview with the magazine, jones, who is known for his landmark science fiction film. Filmmaker duncan jones today 23 february unveiled mute, his bigbudget spiritual sequel to moon, on netflix. Beverly hills, ca october 12, 2016 netflix announced that principal photography commenced this week on filmmaker duncan jones s warcraft. Flashes of cyberpunk imagination and paul rudds mashtache arent enough to give the film a voice. Clearly expecting a mixed response to mute ahead of its release on netflix last night, jones tweeted a picture of a jar of marmite, which, with its loveitorhateit analogy, if anything does a.
Duncan jones original version of mute was very different from the. How to watch mute director duncan jones previous films. A bafta winning writer, director and producer, jones is of course the son of legendary musician, actor, and general pop culture icon david bowie. When his girlfriend vanishes, a mute man ventures into a nearfuture berlins seamy underworld, where his actions speak louder than words.
A dark and disturbing scifi world of gangsters, sadists. Dedicated to both bowie and skene, mute is the second of what jones hopes will be a trilogy of anthological films set in the same universe, which began with his first feature, 2009s moon. The fourth film directed by duncan jones to feature chesney hawkess the one and only. The movie focuses on a mute bartender who goes up against his citys. Mute director duncan jones offers his take on netflix vs. Lets peel off the first layer en dig deeper into the very personal journey jones tells us. A mute bartender goes up against his citys gangsters in an. A quick tip for watching duncan jones new movie, mute. Netflixs mute is another big critical flop, but does it. And for duncan jones, one of these revelations was that it was finally time to make the movie hes been trying to get made for the last 16 years.
Alexander skarsgard, paul rudd, justin theroux, seyneb saleh en nikki lamborn. Get a glimpse of netflixs latest scifi movie, mute. New image from duncan jones netflix movie mute debuts. Netflixs lumbering scifi mute ends up lost for words. When duncan jones was doing press for his excellent moon, he told me that he already knew what his followup would be, a passion project called mute, which he said would be to his first film as blade runner was to alien. His adaptation of the popular online fantasy game was to be jones graduation into the uppermost echelon of bigleague filmmaking, but it was. Mute is also the name of a short about a drone pilot director duncan jones. The movie has been floating around for about as long as jones has been. Mystery sciencefiction film geregisseerd door duncan jones. Duncan jones on mute and where to go next after a few. His next film, mute, was praised for its visuals but. A mute man with a violent past is forced to take on the teeming underworld of a nearfuture berlin as he searches for his missing girlfriend.
The beginning, moon thriller mute in berlin, germany. Duncan jones was born on may 30, 1971 in bromley, kent, england as duncan zowie haywood jones. Empire has debuted a brand new image from duncan jones upcoming netflix movie mute. Duncan jones gift for putting fresh, affecting slants on scifi scenarios, as he did in source code and especially his haunting debut, moon, goes only so far in mute. Duncan jones the director of moon and source code stopped by the collider. Set in a futuristic berlin 40 years from now, the film follows alexander. Even before that blatant acknowledgement, mute has obvious. Duncan jones scifi noir mute mashes matters of the. The cautious and perceptive leo lives in germany now, where hes fallen in love with a striking afghan woman named naadirah. Mute is a 2018 neonoir science fiction film directed by duncan jones, who cowrote the script with michael robert johnson. Mute premieres exclusively on netflix on friday 23rd february 2018. Duncan jones on mutes connection to moon and what comes next. All the updates, trailers, and commentary for mute, duncan jones long awaited film watch the first trailer for duncan jones new film mute duncan jones mute will be distributed by netflix.
After 16 years in development, duncan jones mute arrives on netflix tomorrow. Finally, this past friday the duncan jones writtenanddirected mute. Jones adaptation of warcraft was infamously plagued with production problems and was met with a negative reception from critics and audiences alike. Mute is a netflix original film directed by duncan jones, who cowrote the script with michael robert johnson. But when youre watching it, you might notice something weird. Runner and mashcactus bill and duck teddington were inspired by donald sutherland and elliot gould from the hit movie jones had a.
It is the fourth film for jones, who made an outstanding debut in 2009 with moon, starring sam rockwell, and. He spoke about it while doing press for his first film, moon 2009, and had been writing and rewriting the. Duncan jones latest movie mute has arrived on netflix and, unfortunately for the streaming service, it looks like this is another critical disaster. It is played on an arcade machine before just before leo orders food from the vending machine. Director and writer duncan jones, has just completed his first feature film moon starring sam rockwell choke, frostnixon, the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy, the green mile, and charlies. Noted scifi director duncan jones latest film mute arrives on netflix on friday, february 23. Its a movie with its own characters, setting, and story.
As the online source for movies, television, breaking news, incisive. The reason i mention that is because that scene seems to be at the heart of what duncan jones was trying to do with mute. Mute also known as moon ii in some countries is a 2018 neonoir science fiction film directed by duncan jones, who cowrote the script with michael robert johnson. In addition to altered carbons debut this week, later in the month well finally get a peek at director duncan jones mute. Fans of duncan jones cult classic debut feature may have noticed a small cameo in the directors latest scifi film for netflix, and jones is here to explain the mute and moon connection. As of march 1, moon is now also available to stream on netflix in the u. Met alexander skarsgard, paul rudd en justin theroux. Netflix has unveiled its first trailer for mute, the latest film from warcraft director duncan jones, who confirmed earlier this month that it would begin streaming on february 23rd. He has been married to rodene ronquillo since november 6, 2012. The filmmaker also talks about how mute evolved from a tiny. Duncan jones mute will be distributed by netflix the verge.
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