Comments on: ‘Dune’ Is Dead At Paramount

By: Juan

Juan — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:53:04 +0000

Thanks to Lynch I became a huge fan of Frank Herbert, even when it wasn\’t a perfect film, the vision of the writer and the future great director made a movie full of poetry in almost every scene

It\’s not easy to find a truly good director who knows well the science fiction, maybe the best choice could be try with Ridley Scott or a drama film maker; excuseme if what I write could be stupid but sometimes a think, even Hayao Miyazaki could make a animated version (considering his masterpiece Nausicaa) since there are not many real artists who can honor the work of Herbert.
Specially after the horrible try made by John Harrison years ago

By: Piotr

Piotr — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:53:04 +0000

It gives my heart so much joy for reading that others appreciate film of David Lynch as much as I make. The film is not perfect, but is to him a very ambitious science fiction film, very honourably made, very with the noble heart.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:53:04 +0000

Agreed; Lynch\’s film is unfairly beat on, even by Lynch himself. The last 3rd of the script falls apart, but it really is a science fiction film unlike any other — the mood is dreamy, detailed, absolutely unique, the designs are amazing, and the performances are truly Lynchian in their stylization.

That said, I\’m sad that they\’re having trouble getting this thing off the ground. Dune, given the proper treatment, could be extraordinarily relevant today, as the book itself is a roman a clef about the Middle East and oil. A story about an arab uprising could not be more timely.

Which is why I\’m puzzled as to Pierre Morel\’s interest in it — his previous films, to put it generously, have not had the highest regard for Muslims. Making a film where a white kid joins a bunch of jihadis against the west seems a little opposed to his beliefs.

By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:53:04 +0000

I\’ll happily stick with Lynch\’s version. The TV movie made a few years ago proved that unless you hire an artist to make Dune then the whole thing will come across like a bad episode of Star Trek. Lynch\’s Dune is full of amazing visuals, incredible production design, Brian Eno\’s haunting \’Prophecy\’ theme, the mind-bending Water of Life sequence in the desert… Peter Berg and Pierre Morel had no chance of topping Lynch. I\’d much rather see a proper 3 hour reconstituted version of Lynch\’s Dune than an attempt to remake it by the hacks of today.