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Denis Villeneuve: 'Cellphones Are Banned on My Sets. It's Forbidden.'

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Story by Zack Sharf
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Acclaimed director Denis Villeneuve rails against the dangers of smartphone dependency and social media algorithms, warning of a crumbling society.
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  • Villeneuve bans cell phones on his sets, declaring it
  • - he sees them as disconnecting people and creating a
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Denis Villeneuve
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