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Dune

Carrying on from the previous entry… the next DVD that I think I shall watch again is Dune. I’ve just been prompted by reading an entry on Kevin’s Blog. Like him, I really enjoyed the books, and I like the feel that David Lynch brought to his visualisation of the story. Yes, there’s a lot of voiceover exposition, so those who have not read the book are in danger of feeling lost, but seeing the duel of the House Harkonnen and the House Atreides visualised in such a baroque style is, for me, a real treat. For he is the Kwisatz Haderach!
 
Update: Out of curiosity, I’ve just leafed through my paperback copy of Dune. It was published in 1965. I was somewhat amused to see that it bears the proud declamation on its cover: "Soon to be a major film!". Well, in fact it was almost twenty years later when Lynch’s Dune reached the silver screen in 1984…

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2 responses to “Dune”

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    Kevin

    Hey! Have you seen the SciFi channels adaptation of Dune?  I think it is fantastic and quite a bit better than the David Lynch film (which I still like too).

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    Geoff

    Kevin – no I haven’t seen that adaptation. I thought at first you were referring to the TV (extended) version of Lynch’s Dune, which apparently is a bit of a mess, but now I see there is a version produced in 2000. The reviews look interesting, so I’ll try and catch up with that. I see there’s even a "Children of Dune" sequel dating from 2003, which has even more enthusiastic reviews

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