‘Dune: Part Two’: Oscar-winning technical wizards discuss the ‘clear vision’ of Denis Villeneuve

“  The thing with Denis is we kind of professionally grew up in the same circles in Montreal. We come from independent films,” remembers production designer Patrice Vermette about filmmaker Denis Villeneuve, with whom he’s worked on multiple films, most recently Dune: Part Two. They teamed up on a relatively smaller scale at the start of their collaborative relationship over a decade ago. In 2013, they made the mind-bending indie Enemy and the studio crime thriller Prisoners. “ The relationship it’s like...