Dune (1984) [Extended Edition]
DVD9 | ISO | NTSC 16:9 | 02:56:48 | 7,89 Gb
Audio: English AC3 5.1 @ 448 Kbps | Subs: English SDH, French, Spanish
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
DVD9 | ISO | NTSC 16:9 | 02:56:48 | 7,89 Gb
Audio: English AC3 5.1 @ 448 Kbps | Subs: English SDH, French, Spanish
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
In the far future, a duke and his family are sent by the Emperor to a sand world from which comes a spice that is essential for interstellar travel. The move is designed to destroy the duke and his family, but his son escapes and seeks revenge as he uses the world's ecology as one of his weapons.
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The first time I saw "Dune" in a theater I was with a friend who was a big fan of the Frank Herbert science-fiction novels. He had to explain things to me all through the film; I really didn't have a clue. I'm just glad I wasn't sitting behind us.
Based on the first book in the series, "Dune" is a big, sprawling, complicated, almost unwieldy picture, filled with far too many characters with far too strange-sounding names to digest in one sitting. Still, thanks to its visual splendor, fine special effects, and bizarre style it holds one's attention perhaps more than it deserves to. Maybe it's just fascinating to see how quirky director David Lynch's next scene is going to be. In any event, the film has developed a cult following of its own, quite apart from the books on which it is based.
Now that it is on DVD, I suspect its popularity will rise another notch. After all, it is now possible for a person not only to get a print almost as detailed, albeit not as clear, as the one shown in theaters, but for a person to quickly and easily go back and view again a scene that didn't make sense the first time around. At long last, "Dune" is revealed!
The plot is hardly what matters, but let it suffice that the year is some eight thousand years in the future, and transportation to and from any spot in the universe is accomplished by special space jockeys who can bend the fabric of time by means of a spice mined only on the desert planet Dune. Needless to say, control of this spice is a pretty important matter, and several royal families, controllers of the known universe, are battling it out for the rights. Among these combatants is the hero of the story, young Paul Atreides, played by Kyle MacLachlan, who may be the man legend says will unite the families, bring peace to the galaxies, and, of course, command the spice.
Actually, this bending of time and space business isn't quite as formidable to understand today as it was a decade and half ago, what with increased speculation on black holes, worm holes, and the like, and recent movies featuring similar topics, like "Contact" and "Event Horizon." Still, the subject matter is engaging, if no longer so controversial.
The overriding impression one gets of the film is due largely to its tone: It is relentlessly grim. It is not depressing, per se, but it does take itself extremely seriously; indeed, too much so. Nowhere in the picture does anyone ever utter a witticism or a jest, laugh a warmhearted laugh, or even smile a lighthearted smile. I suspect this is why there were no sequels to "Dune" as there were to "Star Wars" and "Star Trek."
What's worse, there is little for most of the actors to do with their roles except mouth the words. MacLachlan is stoic and wooden, as are most of the performers, and through no fault of their own. They are at the service of a deadly-somber script that merely puts them through their paces. Only the villainous Baron Vladimer Harkonnen, played by Kenneth McMillan, and the loyal Gurney Halleck, played by Patrick Stewart, rise above the situation as creations of individual dimensions, no matter how clichéd. It is no coincidence, I'm sure, that Stewart was shortly to be given the role of Captain Picard of the Starship Enterprise.
Still, the film is strange and fascinating to watch again and again and continue to feel a sense of wonder. It's an odd duck, but most of the time it works.
The 1984 release of the movie adaptation was long awaited, and a disappointment to many fans, suffering in many of the same ways that The Fountainhead did, as being too rich and too long a story for screen adaptation. Yet what did appear on screen in 1984 was faithful in large part to the spirit of the original novel.
This release begins with some exposition done by charcoal storyboard, and there is narration which could have either been better done or omitted. But the added visuals and the cut-out plot elements will make this version a must-see for anyone who enjoyed the original.
The care that was put into designing the sets for the interior shots, done by H.R.Giger of Aliens fame, is wonderful. Much of this was lost from the original theatrical release. Likewise, the extra-widescreen version of this release makes the viewing experience much more enjoyable.
If you liked the first release with all its flaws, this is a must-see.
Special Features: None
Note! Film taken from side B of US DVD (Universal Pictures - Extended Edition) release.
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