Dune (1984) [HD DVD]
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Actor: Brad Dourif, Daniel Bryan Corkill, Francesca Annis, Leo Cimino, Linda HuntBrand: Universal Studios
Cinematographer: Frederick Elmes
Cinematographer: Freddie Francis
Cinematographer: James Devis
DVD: Region Code 0
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Dubbed); Spanish (Dubbed)
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 137 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-11-28
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Universal Studios
Movie Reviews of Dune (1984) [HD DVD]
Movie Review: A Fistful of Spice
Summary: 5 Stars
I set my mind to reviewing David Lynch's film 'Dune.' I sat diligently, adopting my usual scrupulous technique: watch twice, jot down points, events, slivers of music, shudders, inane trivia etc - then write it all up on the WP to be sliced down to a palatable size later...
Blankness.
So, basics: Did I enjoy it? -- yes, very much. Did it have breathtaking set design and production values which left the inferior 'Bladerunner' in its dust.. comprehensively. Was I horrified and delighted in equal measure by the antics of the prime villain - Baron Harkonnen ? -- indeed I was. Was the music suggestive and grandiose..? The Sand-Worms completely awesome....? Sting bad...?
Yes, and more...
Lynch is a curious film director. His films are not like anybody else's. People go on about them - say things like: "Lynch doesn't normally do sci-fi, but you could argue that ALL his films are sci-fi..." Heavy stuff like that.
Some admit that they do/don't/can't/won't understand them - others imagine. Some can't see the point in bothering...
All his films are comedies - Kyle MacLachlan's 'Dune' voiceover for example, is as pointed a clue without being blatant - and is otherwise inexplicable.
Much like 'La Cabina,' funny/weird people start the day with just a suggestion of funny/weird, escalating into hardcore funny/weird by the final quarter.
As someone who doesn't understand film at all, I have to wonder how Lynch gets finance. Imagine taking 'Lost Highway' to a bunch of execs and hoping for some millions to make it happen... yet happen it did. Does anybody think studio money-men are sympathetic to an 'artist' ? Lynch is bankable you say...?
Lynch's 'Dune' is a surgical burrowing through the bowels of an enormous omnibus of a novel. The plot is helpfully zilch: a spice controls the universe; everyone wants it; shenanigans ensue when they all try to get it; big battle.
Cue 'Prophecy' theme.
Why everybody makes SUCH a fuss is beyond me: "Fans and critics alike, are divided in equal measure..." What? Why.....!?
Then again, why would anyone even contemplate reviewing 'Dune' ? It's a movie, it runs about 2 ? hours and is big and quite exciting.
It's a David Lynch film, and that means you can spout the most abstract, pompous, selfish, insanely reversed clap-trap about it - and people will still take you seriously.
(And despite the proximity of incendiary words like 'spice,' 'girl' and 'power,' I've resisted all temptation to mention Mel B's extraordinary breasts - so delightfully omnipresent in all sections of modern media. Aren't I the good boy...?)
Summary of Dune (1984) [HD DVD]
Universal Dune (HD-DVD)Actors: Dune
Format: AC-3, Dolby, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen
Language: English
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Studio: Universal Studios
DVD Release Date: November 28, 2006
Run Time: 137 minutes
Average Customer Review: based on 152 reviews. (Writea review.)
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Even more than most of David Lynch's deliberately bizarre and idiosyncratic movies, Dune is a "love-it-or-hate-it" affair. An ambitious, epic, utterly mind-boggling--and, let's admit it, all-out weird--adaptation of Frank Herbert's classic science fiction novel, Dune remains one of the most controversial films in the director's exceedingly provocative career. The story (if Dune can be said to have just one story) is complex and convoluted in the epic tradition; it has something to do with political intrigue and a planet that is home to a precious spice and gigantic sand worms. Think Shakespeare's Henry IV with a dash of Tremors, and set in another galaxy. But despite plenty of strangely whispered voice-overs that explain the characters' thoughts (and endlessly detailed exposition), storytelling is not really among the film's strong points. There are, however, a lot of memorably fantastic/grotesque images, an extraordinary cast, and a soundtrack featuring Toto. I told you it was weird. Among the stars are Kyle MacLachlan, Jos? Ferrer, Dean Stockwell, Brad Dourif, Sting, Kenneth McMillan, Patrick Stewart, Sean Young, and Linda Hunt. --Jim Emerson
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