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With Kyle MacLaghlan, Max Von Sydow, Jurgen Prochnow, Sting, Sean Young, Dean Stockwell, Brad Dourif, José Ferrer, Francesca Annis Directed by David Lynch The huge task of translating the vast science-fiction world of Frank Herbert to the screen oddly fell on the shoulders of off-center director David Lynch. But, in effect this added to the dark tone he is so good at. Regardless of Herbert purists who felt too much was left out or altered, they must realize that a film cannot be six hours long. The far reaching originality of the material get utilized well as we follow a young Paul Atreidis' rise to become the desert world saviour where gigantic sandworms roam, the Spice at the heart of it all. The Harkonnen villains are adequately slimey, with a range of interesting races and creeds from across the universe dealing with politics, power struggles and fights for survival. Dune features Kyle MacLaghlan who became a Lynch regular and did a soundtrack by rock group Toto and great costume design. This is one of the director's most glossy and commercial movies, but excels at giving us quirky, dark, thinly veneered alternate realities from small town America to the big city, as in Blue Velvet and Mulholland Drive. PS. Sixteen years later a more detailed TV mini-series with William Hurt paid more attention to Herbert's many plot points, but it lacked Lynch's ominous mood. 4 / B - PB 1 2 3 4 5 6 A - B - C |
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