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Every group got their unique facial element. The Fremen have blue eyes, then Bene Gesserit became bald, the Harkonnen disfigured and ill, the Imperial officers adorned with metal, and the Mentats got big eyebrows. Possibly because the lip stain was deemed not striking enough.
Mar 3, 2024 · The ones in the 1984 Dune movie have noticeably bushy eyebrows, whereas the ones in Dune 2021 have black marks/tattoos under their bottom lips. Thufir's eyes also roll into his head whenever information is being visibly processed by his mind.
- Denis Villeneuve
- Senior Writer
- Timothee Chalamet
- 1984's Dune Changed Characters and Visuals
- The Plot Structure in Dune 1984 Is Completely Different
- Dune 1984 Changes Ideas, Themes & Atmosphere
David Lynch Used His Imagination To Fill In Some Of The Book's Blanks
David Lynch approached Dune's characters and visuals in a manner that was both faithful to the original novel and distinctly Lynchian. Characters from the original book were brought to life, but in some cases, they were updated, altered, or enhanced by the director, who is known for being weird, surreal and unsettling. In Dune's larger roles, Kyle MacLachlanand Sting were cast as much older variations of Paul Atreides and Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen, who in the novel are teenagers. The Reverend Mot...
Lynch Tried To Tell The Entire Story In Just Two Hours
At a runtime of only 137 minutes, it’s surprising Dune attempts to incorporate the huge span of Herbert’s novel. The safer approach would have been to adapt only the first portion and set the remainder up as a potential sequel, but Lynch and Dino de Laurentiis whittled away or truncated plot points in order to cover the entire book. Expositions and details from the novel are included, but are either literal or vague. For example, Lynch incorporated the book’s use of characters’ inner monologs...
Lynch Added His Own Touches To Fight Scenes, The Music, & The Ending
Outside of character and structure, the fans’ biggest gripe with Lynch’s Dune is undoubtedly its removal of the “prana-bindu training” — the high-speed martial-arts that Paul and the Fremen use. Probably pressured by Star Wars and other tech-oriented science fiction films of the era, Lynch and de Laurentiis repurposed the “Weirding Way” to include “Weirding Modules” — sound weapons that use deadly, amplified voices “to paralyze nerves, shatter bones, set fires, suffocate an enemy or burst his...
- David Lynch
- Senior Author
- Kyle Maclachlan
Oct 21, 2021 · They’re Mentats, the human replacement for advanced computing in the world of Denis Villenueve’s 2021 Dune adaptation, starring Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Oscar Isaac and more.
- Susana Polo
Dec 14, 1984 · Dune: Directed by David Lynch. With Francesca Annis, Leonardo Cimino, Brad Dourif, José Ferrer. A Duke's son leads desert warriors against the galactic emperor and his father's evil nemesis to free their desert world from the emperor's rule.
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- Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
- David Lynch
- 1984-12-14
Oct 23, 2021 · Both of them. For miles stretching as far as the eye can see, oceans of sand slumber beneath two moons. In the distance, a pair of figures, a mother and son, cross this vast chasm of dunes on...
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Dune is a 1984 American epic space opera film written and directed by David Lynch and based on the 1965 Frank Herbert novel Dune. It was filmed at the Churubusco Studios in Mexico City. The soundtrack was composed by the rock band Toto, with a contribution from Brian Eno.
