Bruce Crouchet deems “Dune” a debacle, criticizing its pacing, adaptation, and score, resulting in a film that fails to capture the novel’s essence.
His evocative magazine and book covers have set the tone for the entire Dune saga
Several top directors and designers tried valiantly to bring Dune to the screen. They failed, but their visions live on.
In the following review, Wilmington assesses Lynch’s use of dark, obsessive, and bizarre visual imagery in Dune, noting that the film as a whole is not necessarily successful.
The filmmaker who tamed “The Elephant Man” undertakes the grandest vision of them all—the realization on the screen of the epic universe created by Frank Herbert.
Lynch doesn’t bring a fresh conception to the material; he doesn’t make the story his own. Rather, he tries to apply his talents to Herbert’s conception.
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