{"id":60751,"date":"2020-09-05T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-04T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/dune-director-denis-villeneuve-actually-thinks-david-lynchs-version-is-pretty-good\/"},"modified":"2020-09-05T01:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-09-04T22:00:00","slug":"dune-director-denis-villeneuve-actually-thinks-david-lynchs-version-is-pretty-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/dune-director-denis-villeneuve-actually-thinks-david-lynchs-version-is-pretty-good\/","title":{"rendered":"#\u2018Dune\u2019 Director Denis Villeneuve Actually Thinks David Lynch\u2019s Version is Pretty Good"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#\u2018Dune\u2019 Director Denis Villeneuve Actually Thinks David Lynch\u2019s Version is Pretty Good<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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Director David Lynch\u2019s Dune<\/em><\/strong> is among the most famous box office bombs in Hollywood history. The eclectic filmmaker behind films like Mulholland Dr<\/em> and Blue Velvet<\/em> did not have final cut on his film adaptation of Frank Herbert\u2019s 1965 sci-fi novel, and Lynch even had his name removed from a version of it that was later edited for television. Seeing the film morph into something beyond his control was clearly a painful experience for him, but the finished version wasn\u2019t a total loss \u2013 in fact, new Dune<\/em> director Denis Villeneuve<\/strong> thinks the Lynch adaptation is pretty good.<\/span><\/p>\n

Denis Villeneuve, the filmmaker behind Blade Runner 2049<\/em>, Prisoners<\/em>, Arrival<\/em>, and Sicario<\/em>, is about to unleash a new version of Herbert\u2019s sci-fi classic\u00a0upon the world later this year. (The first trailer debuts on September 9, so be sure to head back here to check it out.) Speaking with Empire Magazine, which has a new\u00a0Dune<\/em>-centric edition out now, Villeneuve explained that he likes David Lynch\u2019s Dune<\/em> more than Lynch himself does.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m a big David Lynch fan, he\u2019s the master,\u201d he said. \u201cWhen I saw [Lynch]\u2019s\u00a0Dune<\/em>\u00a0I remember being excited, but his take\u2026there are parts that I love and other elements that I am less comfortable with. So it\u2019s like, I remember being half-satisfied. That\u2019s why I was thinking to myself, \u2018There\u2019s still a movie that needs to be made about that book, just a different sensibility.’\u201d<\/p>\n

Villeneuve\u2019s \u201cglass half full\u201d assessment seems to largely align with the critical consensus about Lynch\u2019s Dune<\/em>, which currently holds a 52% Rotten Tomatoes score. Hailed as a misguided spectacle, the 1984 movie starred Kyle MacLachlan<\/strong> as the protagonist, Paul Atreides, and featured an impressive group of actors, among them\u00a0Virginia Madsen<\/strong>, Sting<\/strong>, Sean Young<\/strong>, Max von Sydow<\/strong>, and Patrick Stewart<\/strong>. Here\u2019s the trailer, in case you\u2019re wondering what all the fuss is about:<\/p>\n