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Director: David Lynch
Writers: Frank Herbert(novel), David Lynch(screenplay)
Cast: Kyle MacLachlan, Virginia Madsen, Francesca Annis
Genre: Sci-Fi
10,000 Years into Mankind's Future. The spice drug Melange, a substance that expands consciousness, extends life and makes interstellar travel possible...is threatened by a genetically superior super being who's the son of a powerful Duke. In a ploy to kill him, a series of events take place that reshape the future of mankind.
I highly recommend watching the original Theatrical Cut and not the extended version that was done for TV. The Theatrical Cut, doesn't drag and includes some scenes that were far too disturbing for TV. If the version you watch starts out with a young woman (Virginia Madsen) superimposed over a star field, then you're watching the Theatrical Cut.
Princess Irulan
Dune (1984) is either loved or hated, with scant little space in between. I seen Dune in it's first run at the theater. I had seen the trailers on TV and then read the novel by Frank Herbert...then I watched the movie, which I enjoyed. David Lynch's version of Dune had a great look to it and his casting was sublime. For me, someone who was familiar with the book, the movie served as a visual abridged version of the novel I had just read. Other people at the time thought the movie was weird or confusing. And if I hadn't read the book I would have agreed with that.
Paul Atreides later known as Paul Muad'Dib
I think the reason people dislike Dune is it can't match the book for detailed nuisances and 'plans within plans'....There's no way David Lynch within the two hours allotted to him by the executive producers and the studio could tell a complex, multi character, multi plotted, story in only 2 hours. He would have needed to make a 4 hour movie if not longer to do that. So what we get is a visual record of most of the scenes that occur in the novel, but without the meat. The scenes are brief. Too brief for the casual viewer to connect to the film. In the end it's just too much story for only 2 hours.
On the plus side David Lynch gave us a beautifully envisioned Dune, richly detailed with colorful characters. It is what it is and I for one enjoy it.
DUNE (1984)
Writers: Frank Herbert(novel), David Lynch(screenplay)
Cast: Kyle MacLachlan, Virginia Madsen, Francesca Annis
Genre: Sci-Fi
10,000 Years into Mankind's Future. The spice drug Melange, a substance that expands consciousness, extends life and makes interstellar travel possible...is threatened by a genetically superior super being who's the son of a powerful Duke. In a ploy to kill him, a series of events take place that reshape the future of mankind.
I highly recommend watching the original Theatrical Cut and not the extended version that was done for TV. The Theatrical Cut, doesn't drag and includes some scenes that were far too disturbing for TV. If the version you watch starts out with a young woman (Virginia Madsen) superimposed over a star field, then you're watching the Theatrical Cut.
Princess Irulan
Paul Atreides later known as Paul Muad'Dib
On the plus side David Lynch gave us a beautifully envisioned Dune, richly detailed with colorful characters. It is what it is and I for one enjoy it.