Duncan Jones Talks About His Future After The Moon

Duncan Jones, the director of the much anticipated old school Sci-Fi drama “The Moon”, talks with io9 about his hopes for his next job in the big chair.

Duncan has expressed his desire to make a movie in the spirit and feel of Blade Runner. As Mr. Jones describes so well in his comments, the Blade Runner world of future Los Angeles feels like a real place. Visually, the density of the scenes, even the ones without people give Blade Runner an almost documentary feel. Watching BR, It feels as if  the actors went about being filmed by cameras and by equipment hidden from the comings and goings of an actual, living breathing environment. If you look past Harrison and the rest of the cast there are a thousand other stories to see and to be told. The sound design and music also contributes greatly to the density and realism and should not be overlooked.

Duncan can explain this in his own words. Enjoy some excerpts from his interview below.

Speaking of Ridley Scott, you mentioned earlier a desire to make a Blade Runner-esque sequel set in a futuristic Berlin. Can you tell us more about that?

I still want to do that film, and I’m still hoping to do it, and have it be the next film I do. It’s not Blade Runner 2. I have no claim on that at all. The only reason that I mention Blade Runner is because there’s something about that particular film, where they really created a believable and realistic living breathing futuristic world. For all of the other films that have tried to do that I don’t think anything has come as close the way Blade Runner has to creating something believable. Something that feels real and organic. It’s like going to a real city and shooting a film there. You just get a sense that this place exists. [In] most of the science fiction films, it always feels a bit fake and a bit flat, but Blade Runner really didn’t. That’s the aspect of Blade Runner I’m hoping to capture. If and when I get the chance to do my film that I’m making.

Since characters are very important to you, what type of characters and actors are you looking for, for this film?

I think it’s really just a matter of coming up with believable humans, you know rounded people. People you actually believe exist. One of the great things about Mute, which is the title for this next film… First of all, there’s more than one person [as in Moon], but also there’s a couple of villains in there which I’m really excited about. They’re so different than anything you’ve seen. I hope I get the chance to make the film because they’re going to be very unique, you’re not going to have seen anyone like these two guys before.