David Lynch is one of my favorite directors, & Dune is my favorite of his movies.
This is fascinating.....
This is fascinating.....
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For Fans Of Dune
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And if you want to know something of Eraserhead.....
I understand why the movie wasn't popular.
But I rank it as one of the 10 best sci fi movies of all time.
As one reviewer points out, the imagery is memorable,
a stellar achievement in any genre.
But I rank it as one of the 10 best sci fi movies of all time.
As one reviewer points out, the imagery is memorable,
a stellar achievement in any genre.
Same my favorite...
Me and my bro had it on video, would watch it so many times.
The directors cut is 3 hours long; yet love how it includes so many extra good quotes from the book.
Dune as a metaphoric story of what is prophesied in many books is an amazing concept.
I'll take the contrary position: it ranked up there with some of sci-fi's worst from the 1950s. When I watched it the second time a few years ago, I was appalled that I had originally thought it even mediocre: Poor script, bad acting, horrible staging and set design...Ugh!
But clearly, this is a matter of personal preference
But clearly, this is a matter of personal preference
Also lets just look at some of the quotes within it, as they're philosophy is deep:
'I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.'
'In this time, the most precious substance in the Universe is the spice melange. The spice extends life. The spice expands consciousness. The spice is vital to space travel.'
'I will move like a reed in the wind.'
'I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.'
'In this time, the most precious substance in the Universe is the spice melange. The spice extends life. The spice expands consciousness. The spice is vital to space travel.'
'I will move like a reed in the wind.'
I recently saw this on DVD and enjoyed it.
Lynch's original? or the TV miniseries?
He later told Willis E. McNelly that the novel originated when he was supposed to do a magazine article on sand dunes in the Oregon Dunes near Florence, Oregon.
I live on the oregon coast about 3 hrs North of the dunes. It's a stunning enviroment, since its not desert but a heavy rainfall area and heavily forested. The oregon coast is a hyper lush enviroment vegitatively. Now I could go on and on about the coast but what I am alluding to here is that this story springs up out of the landscape. The landscape insires the story into existence, the story didn't not inspire the landscape into existence. If we walk the oregon dunes there is zero scientific evidence that the story dune even exists and yet it exists that's a curious notion to me.
I live on the oregon coast about 3 hrs North of the dunes. It's a stunning enviroment, since its not desert but a heavy rainfall area and heavily forested. The oregon coast is a hyper lush enviroment vegitatively. Now I could go on and on about the coast but what I am alluding to here is that this story springs up out of the landscape. The landscape insires the story into existence, the story didn't not inspire the landscape into existence. If we walk the oregon dunes there is zero scientific evidence that the story dune even exists and yet it exists that's a curious notion to me.
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I loved the movie and have read the books, even many of those by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson. And there were a couple of quotes from the movie that have sunk into my unconscious but form part of my motivation. One personal and one political:
I'm dead to everyone unless I try to become what I may be.
Your time has come. A storm is coming. Our storm. And when it arrives, it will shake the universe. Emperor...we come for you!!
I'm dead to everyone unless I try to become what I may be.
Your time has come. A storm is coming. Our storm. And when it arrives, it will shake the universe. Emperor...we come for you!!
I would say so but if I were you, I'd watch the @Revoltingest OP video and judge for yourself.
Terrywoodenpic
Oldest Heretic
I have never seen the film. But read the book when it first came out.
It was a seminal work.
It was a seminal work.
I have seen both. I have also read the first twelve books in the Dune series. If one mistake stood out it was not the acting. It was the costuming. The costumes were tied to 70s style. What were they thinking?
I loved the books but did not care for the film. I thought the sci-fi children of dune series worked a little better, but so far, imo, Dune hasn't had a stellar adaptation.
Well you're just wrong!I'll take the contrary position: it ranked up there with some of sci-fi's worst from the 1950s. When I watched it the second time a few years ago, I was appalled that I had originally thought it even mediocre: Poor script, bad acting, horrible staging and set design...Ugh!
But clearly, this is a matter of personal preference
There....that's settled.
Most people didn't like it.
Those few of us who do like it, really like it.
A David Lynch movie is not for those who want a conventional movie.
His are creepy....& Dune has creepy.
I love the scene where the Baron Harkonnen deflowers the scared boy.
I love the whole appearance of the movie...sets, costumes, design.
Many great performances too....Linda Hunt, Ken McMillan, Sting, Max Von Sydow, etc.
Well! I guess you told me!
The origin of the Lego characters...Watched a little bit.
Oh god those shields.
Those were lame.Watched a little bit.
Oh god those shields.
But it was before digital FX.
But hey, Star Wars looks pretty long in the tooth today too.