David Lynch's definitive words on his 1984 film adaptation of "Dune". January 13th, 2006 The full interview is available here : • David Lynch: The Idea ...
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@Garbageman28 Жыл бұрын
Y’know what? Fair play to Lynch to outright saying he regrets it and that he considers that an instance of him selling out. Too many people would mince their words or go about it differently but he just says it in a straightforward, no bullshit, hard to misinterpret manner.
@sailirish76 ай бұрын
That level of honesty and self assessment is rare.
@Teauma6 ай бұрын
@user-cq1ro5dr6g I'm kind of with you on that, it's certainly better to say that every movie exist for a reason. But then again, that's how he feels, and apart from that his career has been exemplary in a sense, so I get how someone with little leniency toward himself wouldn't want to mince his words.
@Gamxin6 ай бұрын
@user-cq1ro5dr6g Regretting a project and regretting what resulted from it aren't mutually exclusive
@sandroabate6 ай бұрын
It’s impossible to pretend that his Dune wasn’t a horrible disaster. What he did to Dune should be illegal. If he had done to a person what he did to Dune, he would still be in jail doing time.
@Garbageman286 ай бұрын
@@sandroabate i think that’s a bit much. It’s only a movie.
@YodaOnABender4 ай бұрын
I like how almost every video of Lynch is in black and white for literally no reason
@3choblast3r46 ай бұрын
The old Dune is a guilty pleasure of mine
@zensempai73716 ай бұрын
Its the word guns right? 😅
@cdcaleo5 ай бұрын
I personally love the film, and saw it in the theaters when it came out. While it certainly had some issues, Lynch nailed so many other details, including a generally excellent cast who brought an old world feel to some of their roles. The costume and set designs were fantastic. If he had been given his final cut, and a somewhat larger budget, it might have went down as a true masterpiece.
@seanhewitt6035 ай бұрын
It has shown me humanities true face more clearly than air. Edit, Frank Herberts' written novels have shown me the truth of humanity, not the director.
@magetaaaaaa5 ай бұрын
Usul no longer needs the weirding module!
@GulDukat4795 ай бұрын
Word.
@ARIZJOE5 ай бұрын
The chair fits the hair. David Lynch has always been a man of style. So unusual, quite an artist.
@megavide04 ай бұрын
He should have sat down in a chairdog. ;)
@ludnix3 ай бұрын
The choice of this chair with the black and white filming is an absolutely brilliant. Did this interview have a cinematographer on staff, what a great stylistic choice.
@stephennicholas15905 ай бұрын
What a tragedy that we never will see the full vision of DUNE that David Lynch had.
@grantwithers5 ай бұрын
One day an AI artist will fill in some holes and make the pacing good etc.
@stephennicholas15905 ай бұрын
@@grantwithers When you say pacing I’m not sure what you mean?
@franlovelsimic84215 ай бұрын
AI "artist" 💀
@stephennicholas15905 ай бұрын
@@franlovelsimic8421 What do you think needs fixing specifically?
@robmchale79455 ай бұрын
The irony of an AI adapting dune is so funny if you know the lore @@franlovelsimic8421
@Zigzog4205 ай бұрын
Even if you don't like his work you have to appreciate how well he articulates and even understands the art of creation. A rare thing.
@austin21x4 ай бұрын
Absolutely, I'm not a big fan of his from an enjoyment perspective but I love and respect him for his creativity and originality
@DerpASherpa1174 ай бұрын
Even as a failure, Lynch's Dune is still a spectacular work of art and entertainment.
@OneWithinn4 ай бұрын
Spectacular isn't the word, for sure
@blaarfengaar4 ай бұрын
Uhhh it's pretty awful
@andyroobrick-a-brack93554 ай бұрын
Oh, I think it's still quite awful. That doesn't make it an invalid piece of art.
@user-ox7xr8nu4t4 ай бұрын
@@blaarfengaarNo, it isn't.
@user-ox7xr8nu4t4 ай бұрын
@@andyroobrick-a-brack9355It isn't awful.
@squamish4244 Жыл бұрын
Lynch's opinion of the film has softened in recent years, if newer interviews are anything to go by. He says he is happy that it has a lot of fans, and that he is proud of many scenes in it. This is how I would describe it as well. Many individual scenes are superb and have been influential in science fiction films since then. The Fremen, the worms, the sietches...great stuff. Now that Villeneuve's amazing version is out, people have been looking at Lynch's version again and seeing what is great about it, as Kyle MacLachlan observed in an interview. I'll be damned if Villeneuve did not take inspiration for some scenes from Lynch's version.
@deezee296511 ай бұрын
Back in april 2022, he was mentioning his Dune in an interview for AVClub. The interviewer pointed out that he has been reworking on his previous work and asked about Dune. Then Lynch said : "No. But Dune-people have said, “Don’t you want to go back and fiddle with Dune?” (...) But the thing was a horrible sadness and failure to me, and if I could go back in I’ve thought, well, maybe I would on that one go back in." Then he is asked "Really?" And he said : "Yeah, but I mean, nobody’s…it’s not going to happen." One year later he said he does not want to ear about Dune, so... I guess it depends on the mood.
@sigmasix371910 ай бұрын
The new film is absolute crap, slow dull boring devoid of scenery and anything of interest. 💩💩💩💩💩💩💩👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻
@mikeg24916 ай бұрын
What I liked about his Dune was it focused a bit more on the world building like you saw who the space navigators were while they were barely mentioned in the new one. You’d be hard pressed to remember why people are even fighting in Villineuve’s version, the importance of spice seemed to take a backseat from what I remember. I need to go back and watch it again.
@squamish42446 ай бұрын
@@mikeg2491 I think Villeneuve made it pretty clear. At least, clearer than Lynch's Dune, which tried to jam a massive story into one film. If you didn't know the book, you would have no idea what was going on. Villeneuve did a spectacular job, and two obvious reasons were that he was not pressed for time and had the CGI to realize the full scope of the vision. I agree that the Guild Navigators scene is pretty cool in Lynch's version. What is remarkable about what Lynch did is that despite what I do regard as a mess of a film when taken as a whole, he had no experience with science fiction and still managed to make something that impressive in certain aspects. One critic called it "the most interesting failure of a movie ever made".
@Bat_Boy6 ай бұрын
I do NOT, I mean NOT understand all this rave over the recent Dune movies. Lynch's version will ALWAYS be my Dune. Imperfect or not. (Vill-whatever should have remade Cat People instead. The visuals match his, but he'd mess up the sexuality part...wo maybe it's better he didn't. I actually don't think he's a visionary director....more of cinematographer).
@drradon4 ай бұрын
It’s so interesting to see that it’s not the material he resents but the fact that, among other things, he was forced to cut short.
@Kalle724 ай бұрын
In other words: You didn’t understand what he said at all: “On Dune I started selling out even in the script phase”. “It was a slow dying the death.” “(Do you regret making it?) Yes!” “There is no other version. There’s more stuff, but even that is putrified”.
@V3ntilator5 ай бұрын
He explained everything i wanted to know in less than 2 minutes. Most important. "There is no other version". I still always liked his Dune movie and it had a great casting and soundtrack.
@erich37845 ай бұрын
For so many years I've heard he didn't even want to talk about Dune anymore, and I've always wanted to have his opinion about it. So yeah, these 2 minutes are very precious to me. I understand producers tinkering with a movie is a plague, Jodorovsky said as much (about Lynch's movie), but I never had confirmation from the man himself. My next question would have been, are there any parts of the movie, any, even tiny ones, that he doesn't hate?
@V3ntilator5 ай бұрын
@@erich3784 The reason why he don't like any scene, is because it's not his movie. The whole movie is a sore thumb to him. There might be some scenes he may like, but it's irrelevant to him when it wasn't his movie even before they started filming. I can understand him. If i wanted to do something, but someone else made it a different thing than what i wanted. I wouldn't like that either. If it's not my vision it's not my thing either. I can see why many director's used to freedom abandoned the movie industry in the past, when studios took over movie directing. They thought they were protecting money, but many lost money instead as the movies became flops because the director didn't have control.
@mikcnmvedmsfonoteka5 ай бұрын
There is a Spicediver edit 3 hours long, it's on KZfaq it's great! Best version of Dune 1984
@V3ntilator5 ай бұрын
@@mikcnmvedmsfonotekaThank you. I will find it.
@AthelstanKing5 ай бұрын
Lynch fans are incapable of telling you whether they like a film or not till they get their opinion from other lynch fans lol. Pathetic tbh
@derekdalton56586 ай бұрын
The Elephant Man is one of the finest films made in the last 100 years. Never can figure out why it isn't more lauded for its brilliance.
@vandalg2825 ай бұрын
Some see it as a flash in the pan, while a great film, it'll never be in anyone's top 10. Its a great arthouse film for students, but it isn't a classic by any means. It took him 10 years to bring the audience anything close to substantial, till Mulholland Drive, with that said, he's still not bankable, and Hollywood is above everything else, a business.
@antimaxsmacks5 ай бұрын
It was nominated for 8 Academy Awards, at the time :)
@vandalg2825 ай бұрын
And completely forgotten after....there's a reason Lynch is reliable, but never bankable.
@Frerrva5 ай бұрын
I had an experience with the elephant man that I haven't had with any other movie. I cried so hard watching it I felt light afterwards, like I had wept all the way to my soul. I will never forget it.
@grendel32905 ай бұрын
Probably because it's Lynch's most widely accessible piece and it gets buried down quite a lot by the other weirder films he's made
@BIacklce2 жыл бұрын
davids hatred of dune is more of a disapointment of himself it seems
@darnellmajor8895 Жыл бұрын
I think the reason he dislikes Dune is because the film doesn't fall in line with his overall style of filmmaking.
@BIacklce Жыл бұрын
@@darnellmajor8895 it is very accessible.
@squamish4244 Жыл бұрын
He doesn't hate it. At least not anymore. He's become more accepting of the film recently and says he likes a lot of individual scenes. What he really hates is just what he says here, that creative control was taken away from him.
@rodrigocarvalho8587 Жыл бұрын
I dont know how u can interpret this out of what he says in the video. Editing is like rewriting the script, so if the writer/director cant edit the way he envisioned it, the movie becomes something created by someone else (the producer)
@plaidchuck6 ай бұрын
@@rodrigocarvalho8587many directors dont edit their own movies though
@DocTinfoil5 ай бұрын
David's Dune remains a "guilty pleasure" for many of us filmmakers to this day. A "dodgy" film badly cut-up from many spectacular parts♥♥♥ SO many beautifully conceived images!
@nolanthomas49505 ай бұрын
people who say guilty pleasure are gay.
@guinnessharvey44766 ай бұрын
Love how honest he is
@thecaptainsarse5 ай бұрын
The casting and wardrobe for 1984 Dune were spot on.
@snmcfadden5 ай бұрын
The casting was atrocious. A lot of good actors cast in roles that did not work for them at all with a few exceptions.
@keneutervalve94595 ай бұрын
I still laugh, picturing sting trying to act... good god... worse at movies than he is music.
@icemav57405 ай бұрын
I’d argue casting was one of the worst if not the worst aspect of the film. Every single actor felt so off for their roles
@Bonkikavo5 ай бұрын
Music was spot on too.
@TheSilentShane5 ай бұрын
Wardrobe was mostly great, but the casting in Dune was probably its biggest blunder. Patrick Stewart as Gurney Halleck was horrifically bad. Sting as Feyd-Rautha was cartoonish and silly and I can't for the life of me know what possessed them to cast him beyond star power. Paul looks almost 30 years old and seems incredibly uncomfortable and out of place in pretty much every scene that isn't the Gom Jabbar. All of this doesn't even touch on the questionable decision of casting predominantly white actors to play the core Fremen characters.
@MojoFB792 жыл бұрын
It’s so ironic that this film was “squeezed” by the studio when that’s exactly what the Baron tells Rabban to do to Arrakis
@criticalbil1 Жыл бұрын
And what I wish to do to my oranges.
@squamish4244 Жыл бұрын
You have no idea what it cost me to destroy the Atreides.
@DarthRushy6 ай бұрын
GIVE ME SPICE
@armenmichaeli67046 ай бұрын
We should not assume many in the studio even read the book, so they wouldn't get the irony anyway.
@sushiter4 ай бұрын
Corporations squeezing anything for profit
@captainobvious91885 ай бұрын
I was born 1980 and saw old Dune when I was like 8. It was such a weird foreign world that nothing ever really matched. I read all the books as a teen. New Dunes are wonderful - don’t get me wrong - but there is something magical and weird about the old one that I love.
@davido.p.98504 ай бұрын
I agree. I actually like the low budget British mini the most though as it gets to cover more of the depth in the book.
@krusher744 ай бұрын
lynchs movie trasported me to a world somewhere out there in the universe. Villeneuve took me nowhere.
@futuristica17104 ай бұрын
Truly agree ❤
@hayorge27 Жыл бұрын
I loved Dune. My aunt recorded it on vhs off The Movie Channel, and I must’ve watched it 50 times
@squamish4244 Жыл бұрын
What do you think of the new one?
@Cap683 Жыл бұрын
@@squamish4244 The new Dune is truly awful. The old Dune developed it's characters and the back story at least. The new Dune is all Hollywood with stunning visuals but otherwise empty.
@squamish4244 Жыл бұрын
@@Cap683 I didn't ask you.
@patinho5589 Жыл бұрын
@@Cap683 I agree.
@jasonturner22066 ай бұрын
@@Cap683I think for me the one stand out from Dune 1984 was the soundtrack. It absolutely made the film for me, made it a hugely emotional experience..
@mineofilms6 ай бұрын
That is cool that he talked about it a little bit. I think these 2 minutes sums it up pretty good.
@peonmyhall Жыл бұрын
Imagine if he got to make the movie he wanted to. That would have been amazing.
@GhostPants946 ай бұрын
All 3 of them
@andyhall70326 ай бұрын
I disagree...it's not a great film and he was out of his depth. Sorry.
@andyhall70326 ай бұрын
@@Shofixi I'm not saying he's a bad director ( The Elephant Man is a wonderful film ) but this wasn't a David Fincher Alien3 moment...there's a reason he never took on a big production like this again. And not having final cut doesn't cover that up.
@seniorslaphead83366 ай бұрын
@@GhostPants94 Yeah three 4 hour films, maybe. Half an hour of someone with a bucket and mop cleaning up after the Guild Navigator, for starters.
@maxdamagusbroski6 ай бұрын
Nah it would have log ladies and dwarves talking backwards.
@werideatdusk Жыл бұрын
The sets, costumes, casting, and score of the original Dune are sublime. Its a shame he wasnt able to make the film he wanted to. The first draft of his script reads more like Eraserhead, its out there. I think the hardcore book fans would have revolted either way until the Villeneuve version came along.
@werideatdusk11 ай бұрын
@@MilesjDoyle yeah, but what about 1984 dune???
@VuotoPneumaNN6 ай бұрын
Set and costumes yeah. Casting nah. Score... Hit or miss.
@JamesVytas6 ай бұрын
Villneuves dune is a bore. Lynch had so much tension and real style even if it wasn’t his idealised film. Compare the bene Jesuit witches and the burning hand scenes. Lynch wins. Compare introduction of the baron. Oozing with pustules, manic grin sweaty greasy skin, heart plug. Complete horror show. Like being in the presence of Saddam and his sons. Denis’ is like a music video slick and sterile and vapid. Compare the steampunk Corporeal mutant (guild navigator), evolved beyond humanoid, whale-like, grotesque, regressed or evolved to fetal state of a god, encased in a turn of century vitrine / incubator breathing spice folding time. Imagery is exquisite. Even the sinister priests escorting him. Everything feels like an extension of history. Nightmarish and absurd. Claustrophobic. As opposed to latest version outdoors impersonal or non threatening just ceremonial and dull( for viewer). No sense of power play at hand. Prescriptive. No caution or tension. Lynch’s civilisations embedded in their worlds and vying for celestial dominance. So much at stake yet primitive and mechanical and analog unlike villneuve’s. The score I can’t hear at this moment but I do remember being moved and epic like the old biblical Hollywood pictures. That sense anyway. Everything is brass and stone and leather with grubby rubber. Not high tech unlike latest. Speaking of tech, the blade fight and cumbersome force field. Something inelegant and practical about it. Also I love all the actors in Lynch’s dune. I do not see the appeal of Timothy chalemet. He’s a weak actor. No depth. No charisma. Vacant eyes. No cunning. Not even convincing naïveté for the young prince. Looks dumb and more narcissistic. Not the redeemer prophesied. On the path to greatness. He was the same in that king movie he made. Spoilt brat. He was terrible woody Allen’s film too. No match for Selena Gomez who was sharp as a tack. Intriguing and playful. Had a real alluring quality to her performance.
@werideatdusk6 ай бұрын
@@JamesVytas I like both versions. Let's see Part 2 in March and then have the fuller idea of which version is the more successful adaptation.
@JamesVytas6 ай бұрын
Ok.
@JoeyArmstrong2800 Жыл бұрын
Dune is one of my favorite movies. Don't be too hard on yourself Mr. Lynch.
@SMGJohn6 ай бұрын
Favourite for you, but the worst for him, imagine you are making someone, then your boss takes it away and remakes it completely, would you be happy about that? It was also a film that was heavily criticised in its day for being nonsensical, the story was all over the place, there were bizarre cuts and the pacing was uneven to say the least, so could it have been better? Yes definitely, but it ended up not being, because of management.
@DroosterH6 ай бұрын
I'm a fan of the books and Lynch's adaptation. Despite his horrendous experience and the differences from the original novel, I absolutely adore his aesthetic vision of the Dune universe. The Spicediver Edit (available on KZfaq) is glorious.
@JoeyArmstrong28006 ай бұрын
@@DroosterH I've checked it out and it is amazing. Much better than the horrendous extended TV version.
@V3ntilator5 ай бұрын
They should have completed the Lynch Version before cutting it. Many other movies from back then were completed, but the studios ruined them afterwards before release.
@BurnartOz5 ай бұрын
Beautifully filmed interview.
@charlie-obrien5 ай бұрын
I love Dune '84 and always have. There's more to any movie besides the director's vision (although I agree that's a huge element), there is also the story, which is fantastic, there are the characters and no matter what you think of individual casting choices, all are are recognizable, have distinct and exciting arcs. And then there is art design and actual filming. David and his cinematographer, Freddie Francis can accept a lot of praise for these outstanding achievements. The film is gloriously beautiful and captures the pictures that Frank Herbert painted in our heads with his words. It's not a perfect film and even walking out of the theater the first time I saw it, I knew that. And when I went back the next day to see it again, I felt the same. I have probably watched it nearly fifty times and never thought it was perfect. But here in 2024, it lives on and 20 years from now, Dune '84 will still be the definitive filmed version of the book. Sorry David, sometimes greatness is thrust upon you.
@AGoldenPolaroid5 ай бұрын
Lynch's Dune certainly isn't the definitive adaptation of the book, that's a little bit insane to me. Glad you like it, though.
@MrMarkOlson6 ай бұрын
I hope David Lynch comes to realize, even with the film edited by someone else, "Dune" remains an extremely great achievement in film history. What he created is a visual masterpiece. David should have edited an extended cut for the home market.
@hoon_sol6 ай бұрын
How can you possibly call Lynch's version of Dune a "visual masterpiece"?
@danielmarriott65806 ай бұрын
For me it's among the worst films of all time.
@sultanoftippoo38576 ай бұрын
@@hoon_sol Because to many people including me it was a visual masterpiece. That’s the point of subjective opinion.
@hoon_sol6 ай бұрын
@@sultanoftippoo3857: There are people who think a pile of feces put on public display in a gallery also makes it a masterpiece. If you can't deal with the fact that there are objective factors at play in art, then feel free to be a delusional ignoramus all you like.
@MrMarkOlson6 ай бұрын
@@hoon_sol Watch it and you'll know.
@edwardelric603 Жыл бұрын
Even Lynch’s worst movie is better than so many other directors, so it’s okay Lynch; Dune is appreciated
@ToomanyFrancis6 ай бұрын
Did you watch the video? He doesn't care if it's appreciated. He's said for decades now that it's not even his movie.
@edwardelric6036 ай бұрын
@@ToomanyFrancis I did watch the video and I am aware of his sentiments towards the project. I was saying it's okay because WE LIKE THE MOVIE. Now GTH
@matejkacmar3256 ай бұрын
@@edwardelric603 Bro chill 😅
@sandroabate6 ай бұрын
This movie is awful garbage. It is worse than the Disney Star Wars sequels.
@renewalofmind22665 ай бұрын
Scorsese, Wes Anderson, Tarantino & Spike Lee are much better directors than Lynch. 😊
@Oxtorayk Жыл бұрын
i like his honesty
@siddbastard5 ай бұрын
how bad things are when we get shook by some normal honesty ...
@ambre24966 ай бұрын
The first movie i went twice to watch, i was almost 13, what a monumental slap ! Thank you Mr Lynch, it was great !
@DaLiJeIOvoImeZauzeto5 ай бұрын
I wish I could hug this man and tell him how much I adore Dune, despite all its flaws. And that spacediver fanedit, dear Lord, it's heavenly!
@polycera85705 ай бұрын
Lynch's Dune looked great and it had a great cast. Kenneth McMillan was amazing as the Baron.
@12345.......4 ай бұрын
We need a director's cut. The deleted scenes that are found, make us wanting more.
@mikofi5 ай бұрын
I liked the old dune just the way it was. Maybe it wasn't a commercial success but it was an amazing movie.
@stitchfinger76784 ай бұрын
I really appreciate that he manages to find nuggets of goodness in it, and gets why it has fans But also how honest he is about it all
@DtEarth16 ай бұрын
A David Lynch Dune cut would be the great thing ever
@JaceDanielFilms6 ай бұрын
He said so himself that it doesn’t exist
@Bob-Fields6 ай бұрын
@@JaceDanielFilms doesn't mean that @DtEarth1 is wrong.
@shadowtrooper37646 ай бұрын
@@Bob-Fields He does refer to the remaining footage as putrified. I'm sure a Lynch cut would be better, but it sounds like the remaining footage probably isn't as amazing as people imagine.
@sandroabate6 ай бұрын
No one could polish this turd.
@Fergus3166 ай бұрын
As he says here, the script was not his script from early on. So that means there is no David Lynch film there. It is sad because the incredible work of the set designers, wardrobe, cinematographer, editing, actors etc. etc. on that film is obvious. An actual Lynch Dune film would have been a cult film or maybe even masterpiece for the ages.
@lonl1235 ай бұрын
It's sad that he disowns it...I understand it, but I would like him to know I adore the film....for a very long time it was THE Dune movie....and when I read the books now it's the characters I see from his movie that I see in my mind's eye while reading. He absolutely nailed the aesthetic of Dune and picked fantastic actors for Paul, Lady Jessica and Duke Leto. If the Baron had been portrayed like he is in the latest film, the movie would be an outright Masterpiece and we wouldn't need a new film. Regardless I will be a fan of the movie till I go into the ground and I hope that maybe that would give Mr. Lynch some comfort knowing that some people love the movie. (Or not, he seems to have completely disowned it.) It was way ahead of it's time...that's the real problem....was too much for people of the 80's (Hollywood mostly...I think they wanted a new Star Wars so they could sell toys).
@whyareyoureadingmynickname81584 ай бұрын
I'll always love 1984's "Dune". The whole movie feels so surreal and otherworldly with it's great soundtrack, unique visuals and whacky larger than life performances that I just can't help but be fully immersed into it. And, to be honest, it's that surrealism and otherworldliness that's really missing in Villeneuve's two movies. While the movies themselves are excellent, the world they are set in feels lifeless, sterile, devoid of colors and a little too ordinary. Even Zimmer's soundtrack, while it suits the movie's atmosphere very well, doesn't bring the Arakis to life in the same way the Toto's soundtrack did. If I can best describe Lynch's "Dune", I would say that it is like a dream. A very crazy dream, sure, but also oddly comforting and pleasant.
@JOXCY3 күн бұрын
Imagine if he was able to split the story it into two it three films like Denis has. David's imagination is like no other and he would have created something even more unique and spectacular.
@user-vy2qr8ce5n5 ай бұрын
"The sleeper has awakened!" Gave me real chills. I love the original Dune. He did so much with so little.
@spaceistheplace83765 ай бұрын
it has so much soul to it,new one as far as i can see is kinda blend in this regard
@TheBalloonBob4 ай бұрын
@@spaceistheplace8376no need to knock the new one to say that the old Dune is good.
@Aragorn2805 ай бұрын
I love David Lynch Dune. It's weird but all his films are ! I just can't imagine what he could have done with Dune with all the liberty (and time !) given to Denis Villeneuve.
@user-dq3jn6mp2q4 ай бұрын
It would be a masterpiece.
@M.H.I.A.F.T.2 ай бұрын
It's a sore point for him, but credit to him for answering the question so graciously and thoughtfully.
@cakeandicecream15826 ай бұрын
This makes me feel so much better. I really didn’t like his version of Dune, but I think he’s a great director. This makes more sense now.
@agesflow68155 ай бұрын
Considering he solidified final cut on all his films thereafter, I call it a win. Also, I really enjoy it. 👍
@bigbakaboon6 ай бұрын
I'm really sad he says he regrets it, because dune 1984 is one of my favorite movies. I've watched a lot of interviews from the cast and they all seemed like they had a blast making it. And then you had Kyle MacLachlan who came out of dune and did twin peaks, which is like my favorite Lynch stuff.
@petezah26866 ай бұрын
I think it's funny
@cffrlima6 ай бұрын
I like Lynch's Dune. I saw it when I was a kid (10 years) and I really enjoyed it. Even as an adult, I still like the movie. The cast is great, very good costume designs, art director and interesting soundtrack. The editing, visual effects and the screenplay push down the movie. The Redux version is a glimpse of what could be the Final Cut version of David Lynch. Really good stuff on the Redux version, much closer to the book.
@nebo11866 ай бұрын
what can i say. started watching new one, lost intrast after 30 min, turned it off and played the Lynch version ...for like, 10th time
@user-lr2ib1cv4d6 ай бұрын
Perhaps what lynch didn't want (i.e., petrified as he said of his visiin). But what is shown remains one of the most ambituous endeavors in film history, that is, worth the effort given.
@Rhacman5 ай бұрын
There was a version I saw on TV once that I feel in love with but later when I bought the DVD to show a friend, it wasn't the same. There were scenes missing and other weird scenes that didn't seem to add anything. I wish I could find that version I originally saw.
@LordDirus0073 ай бұрын
To this day, I still watch the Dune 1984 Extended Cut in 4K on KZfaq. I love the Film, especially the Final Act. I love how Paul Changes after drinking the Water of Life. Prior, he tries to make a Speech standing in front of the Fremen and you can tell he isn't so sure of himself. Then right after he drinks the Water of Life and unlocks his "Third Eye", he speaks with such confidence. "A STORM IS COMING, OUR STORM FOR WHEN IT ARRIVES IT SHALL SHAKE THE UNIVERSE......LONG LIVE THE FIGHTERS!!!!"
@kurtdewittphoto6 ай бұрын
Makes you wonder what a longer version with a Lynch final cut would have been like.
@tonyfelder12064 ай бұрын
On a positive note it might of been the film which he first worked with Kyle Maclachlan and Dean Stockwell with whom he later worked with on the movie Blue Velvet. And again with Klye and Everett McGill on the series Twin Peaks.
@heavycritic95546 ай бұрын
I absolutely understand his misgivings and outright dislike, but I still really like the movie. It's one of those "I can see what he really wanted" kind of things, coupled with a love of weirdness. 😁
@divinefallfromgrace5 ай бұрын
First movie of his I ever watched. Flawed, but endearing. Would love to see what his own personal Director's Cut of it would look like. 👍🏻
@TehJumpingJawa5 ай бұрын
Even though Dune(1984) might not have reached David's vision, it's undeniably an influential movie & cinematography as an art form is improved by its existence.
@Trusteft6 ай бұрын
I still like it, a lot, a lot.
@cdcaleo5 ай бұрын
I still love it. The things Lynch got right, as well as the costumes and set design, are far better than the Villeneuve version.
@Trusteft5 ай бұрын
@@cdcaleo I haven't seen any other version, including the various TV series. I did like the game on PC though, Dune 2.
@cdcaleo5 ай бұрын
The TV series was horrible, in my opinion. No depth or gravity to the characters. it looked like a cheap New Age fantasy. I haven't seen the new film, but some scenes look good, other scenes, not so much.@@Trusteft
@Trusteft5 ай бұрын
@@cdcaleo which tv series? There is more than one. Iirc.
@JohnColorado38114 ай бұрын
I couldnt agree more with his points and yet I still love the movie. The shame is how much better it could have been had he been given full control
@samfrito5 ай бұрын
I saw it a year after release as a double feature with Brazil. I could see long-lasting effects of seeing them both in one evening.
@h1ob3553 ай бұрын
I love the old one, and much more than the new one. The reason is that Lynch´s "Dune" had an escapist effect on me, the wish to learn more about that world in novels, RPGs, video games and so on. It fascinates me, until today. Villeneuves movies......well, I´m watching them, but I don´t feel anything.
@JustWasted3HoursHere6 ай бұрын
I went to see "Dune" with my older sister back when it first came out. She had read all the books and I had not. She absolutely hated it, but I, seeing it with untainted eyes, loved it! The new one is fantastic, but I still have a soft spot in my heart for the David Lynch version too. The music, even if you didn't care for the movie itself, is excellent.
@brandontownsend69556 ай бұрын
Had the same experience with my older brother! 😅 I still love it.
@JustWasted3HoursHere6 ай бұрын
@@brandontownsend6955I had the same experience with The Shining (never read the book) and Logan's Run (saw the movie first but read the book later. The movie is better!) and Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (based on the book "Who Censored Roger Rabbit?" which is RADICALLY different from the movie and the movie is, again, much better in my opinion).
@sandroabate6 ай бұрын
Lynch’s Dune is irredeemable garbage.
@JustWasted3HoursHere6 ай бұрын
@@sandroabateBut seen through the eyes of a little kid...not so much.
@palamnaeus4 ай бұрын
That's my theory too, you can only have enjoyed this movie if you haven't read the books. Ditto for Blade runner
@amg56565 ай бұрын
The set designs for the locations on Caladan at the beginning of the film were absolutely brilliant. House Hakkonen, though overdone and clownish, had an oppressive feeling of prurience that is pure Lynch, and that Villeneuve’s version could have used a good dose of.
@d1agram4 Жыл бұрын
Dune was awesome
@walternippy194 ай бұрын
I loved his Dune film.
@Garf_malarf5 ай бұрын
I love dune 1984
@KikouEtvavou5 ай бұрын
Even if it misses things for you Mr Lynch, don't regret. I love it. It is perfect for me. Music, actors, atmosphere. Don't don't regret and don't say it's bad, it is a masterpiece
@mllenessmarie5 ай бұрын
It's funny how 2h17mins was the maximum back then and nowadays fans already considered Dune 1 too short and bothered Dennis V. about the "extended" cut. If you have good material, you just want more and more of it, it's as simple as that. Also, there are some stories that need (and deserve!) time to be depicted properly.
@msd58086 ай бұрын
The parts that work in it are brilliant, maybe more so than his movies are generally
@photomaker14 ай бұрын
Ive always loved it
@chaost45445 ай бұрын
Thankfully the other version is available in 2024 and it's incredible. I would be interested to see how he feels about Denis Villeneuve vision of the franchise. It seems Villeneuve received A LOT more creative flexibility than Lynch did.
@snakeoi1sean5 ай бұрын
I really loved the movie as a kid, and I think it stands up well today.
@hopbup74015 ай бұрын
Dune feels like a stylistic graphic novel which is one of the reasons I enjoy it. Maybe that’s why you either love it or hate it.
@Sawta7 ай бұрын
I really respect how straightforward he was about the nature of what the movie was, and his thoughts behind it. A lot of people would have used softer words, or attempted to justify it retroactively somehow. Mr. Lynch didn't do that. I wish more people were honest enough to admit when they made a serious mistake. (I still like the movie a lot, but given his description of it, it does sound like he made it for the wrong reasons.)
@yetiplay6 ай бұрын
Put the pick in there, Pete, and turn it 'round real neat.
@AcidFink6665 ай бұрын
👏👏👏
@matthewblank76916 ай бұрын
I dunno... I'm sure there are a lot of filmmakers that do not use Final Cut but Da Vinci Resolve or something else and their films turn out just fine.
@therespectedlex97946 ай бұрын
De Laurentis resolve, probably Raphaella.
@ZK1.05 ай бұрын
lol
@jeil56765 ай бұрын
Wait...Mel Brooks produced Elephant Man?
@madhavsaxena27315 ай бұрын
amazing
@JnEricsonx6 ай бұрын
I've still loved the movie since I was a kid. Going to see it again in the theater in a few weeks.
@user-bv9nc8cr2f4 ай бұрын
Lynch’s Dune will forever and always be a classic sci-fi to me.
@robertbick9865 ай бұрын
I've known for a while Lynch's feelings about Dune, but it's still one of my favorite films of the 80's, and still my favorite screen adaptation, despite more recent entries being more "book accurate" in some ways. This version just fits better with my own mental image of the world than any of the others.
@nationalcoasternews57985 ай бұрын
Interested to see how Dune Part 2 is in a couple of weeks
@VladDracula045 ай бұрын
Definitely. The new Dune movies just don’t look like how I imagined the world.
@The_real_Marcoman4 ай бұрын
His Dune movie will always be my favorite version. Even if it doesn't quite correspond to the original novel. When I read Dune, I see its film aesthetic in mind.
@Ortzmet4 ай бұрын
He did a great job. That's is the version that plays in my mind when I read the book.
@scottttym5 ай бұрын
I loved his Dune.
@snifey7694Ай бұрын
From what I understood David Lynch has admitted he can't watch Denis Villeneuve's "Dune" (2021) due to some regretd from his 1984. Lynch's version got many challenges and didn't meet expectations, causing him lasting disappointment upon himself. However, Villeneuve's "Dune" has been a praised, critically acclaimed film. It's a form of recovery; not only the dignity of Lynch's Dune but also giving the source material the respect it deserves. One must understand, that both films are like the father regrets his dream is over and living undignified but the son carries his goal vision and realised the goal, Villeneuve's offers fans and newcomers a chance to appreciate as the epic saga intended, I presume Lynch might find some solace in knowing that Dune has finally been done justice. One way or another as written. I would strongly advise watching Dune in a marathon for 45 hours, the first 4 hours are Villeneuve parts one and two. And then watch David Lynch in the next sunrise.
@aperson222225 ай бұрын
I saw it for the first time in many years at a Fathom Event a couple weeks ago. I’m much more able to enjoy it now that Villeneuve’s movie exists as well. Missteps that I can shrug off would bother me a lot more if I came away from it saying “That’s it? That’s the only movie we get?”
@modernly4 ай бұрын
I hope that people who watch the new Dune movies, then learn about the 1984 version, can see past it and recognize exactly who David Lynch is and what he means to cinema
@Zeppenfeldgarden2 ай бұрын
Imagine if we could get David’s version of Dune? I don’t care how long it is. I would be happy to see his Final Cut.
@Swat-ed5bt5 ай бұрын
Love David ❤
@malfy83695 ай бұрын
Disappointed he dislikes his work, his film got me into the books. It is by far my favourite Sci fi series thanks to his film. As a kid I recoded it on VCR and watched it over and over still love it to this day.
@analog_ape5 ай бұрын
So give us a director's cut, onegaishimasu David-san!
@peterlund45016 ай бұрын
I would love to see a David lynch version of the movie 😊
@Jordan.Vaughn5 ай бұрын
Still love Lynch’s Dune.
@acanadianwoodworker5 ай бұрын
Its great watching Dune and Blue Velvet back to back. Dune is so muddled, cramped and confused by the end. When you watch Blue Velvet right afterwards it's like all the smoke has cleared, the atmosphere is so assured and there's such clarity
@LexicographicalPedant4 ай бұрын
Damn, he didn’t have Final Cut. Imagine what he could do today with Final Cut Pro
@offtankgaming13104 ай бұрын
He’s like the original creator disowning an adaptation of the work, but he’s the director
@timsim834 ай бұрын
Never knew this. Thanks for posting! Take Lynch’s name off it and change the title to Dunce!
@nathanmarsh31723 ай бұрын
Only Lynch could produce one of the most incredible sci fi films of all time and hate it. A legend
@skred679218 күн бұрын
I really wish he'd consider a Director's Cut. I know things aren't perfect or how he had envisioned it, but at least we'd have something CLOSE to his artistic vision.
@jjphoenix40556 ай бұрын
Well David, I don't care too much about your opinion of your version of Dune. To me, still the BEST out there, way better than all the mini-series and the crappy remakes.
@hungfao3 ай бұрын
I understand what you're saying, David, but I liked it alot. It has the Lynchian elements that fascinate.
@Martvandelay4 ай бұрын
I don’t like that version of Dune, but I love it for the fact that it was a learning process for him. If anything, it convinced him that his way of making artistic, uncompromising movies is the right way to go.
@StephNuggs Жыл бұрын
In all honesty, Dune could only be done justice in a TV show format. Like HBO with Game of thrones (not counting the last seasons)
@Charles12 Жыл бұрын
what about the denis villeneuve 2 parter?
@squamish4244 Жыл бұрын
@@Charles12 I thought they did it justice. It was split exactly where I imagined it would be when I read the book, and holy shit they did a good job, better than I imagined even from Villeneuve. I just wish he would put back in the 16 minutes of completed film he cut!
@Charles12 Жыл бұрын
@@squamish4244 agreed
@gilian2587 Жыл бұрын
There was a scifi adaptation of Dune as a TV miniseries. In my opinion... that is the best rendition that's ever been made. And yes, Villeneuve's rendition plays second fiddle to it. David Lynch's version was terrible. The Baron Harkonnen is a genius in the books -- Lynch turned him into a Captain Planet style villain.
@aaronmalay54976 ай бұрын
@@gilian2587 The SciFi version has a very community college theater production vibe to it. The actors got the characters, and the script did a solid job of following the book. You got arguably the best Baron Harkonnen. The costumes - hoo boy, the costumes - ate the entire budget. The set design, aggressive greenscreen, and potato CGI were hot garbage. There are reasons to love each one. Lynch, for the weirdness and wonder. SciFi for breathing life into the characters and personal interactions. Villeneuve, for the visual spectacle of the raw story.