The many faces of Lady Jessica (Dune)

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More than just a Bene Gesserit concubine
Discover how Lady Jessica defies expectations. We'll explore her roles as:
A Bene Gesserit Sisterhood member, trained in mental and physical control.
A loving partner to Duke Leto Atreides.
A fierce mother to Paul Atreides.
Witness her transformation
See how Lady Jessica grapples with conflicting loyalties and a yearning for freedom. We'll explore how her experiences on Arrakis shape her choices, leading her to:
Embrace her Bene Gesserit training to guide Paul.
Become a religious figure among the Fremen.
Challenge the Bene Gesserit agenda for her son's sake.
A character study that reflects the brilliance of Dune
This video explores how Lady Jessica embodies the intricate world-building of Dune, where characters and their environment constantly influence each other.
Warning: Spoilers for the first Dune book and movie.
00:00 - Intro
02:33 - Chapter 1
05:41 - Chapter 2
07:05 - Chapter 3
08:18 - Chapter 4
13:15 - Conclusion
#Dune #Ladyjessica #Atreides

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@eren__morwen5947 Ай бұрын

Just started the video "the plot of dune may seem simple" Said literally no one never 😂😂😂

@rohan68842 Ай бұрын

The plot of Paul's main storyline/arc *seems* very straight-forward though, "The liberation of a people and their land from being exploited for its resources". She's not saying people who've spent hundreds of hours sinking their teeth into the intricacies of the world *think* it's simple. Let's get some media literacy, pls 😅

@homoerectus6953 Ай бұрын

@@rohan68842 white saviour syndrome which quickly goes tits up and proves Paul was the weak link, he who would not accept the golden path.

@RachaelTheFirboldDruid Ай бұрын

8:07 the mother of the year award line had me laughing! 🤣😂🤣😂

@anitagorse9204 Ай бұрын

She stopped being Pauls - or Alias - mother when she became the Reverend Mother of the Fremen. Ambition, revenge and power took over.

@lpquagmire3621 Ай бұрын

"Iconic" is the only way to describe Francesca Annis' portrayal of Lady Jessica; she looks great in a stillsuit, too!

@tgiacin435 Ай бұрын

She’s who I picture when I read the book. Jessica is always in control of her emotions, even when she’s upset

@JaredWenerdplus 2 ай бұрын

Fantastic video! Just saw the second film and was interested in this Bene Gesserit world

@junaesque 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for your kind words!

@Dularr Ай бұрын

Looking forward to the Max series.

@tgiacin435 Ай бұрын

@@DularrI’m Cautious, I’d hope to see heretics and chapterhouse as tv shows so that we could have adaptations of all the books

@VV-nz4dv 2 ай бұрын

i did not like the changes they made to jessica in part 2 compared to jessica in the books. after drinking the water of life in the movie, she appears to be an almost emotionless one dimentional character only driven to turn paul into the lisan-alghaib. instead in the books we get one big emotional moment with her paul and gurney where jessica accepts chani and tells paul to marry her if that makes him happy even at the risk of throwing away thousands of years of bene gesserit planning. Jessica basically tells paul that he has a choice in his life and not everything is consumed by destiny or outside plotting. That was one of the best moments in the book and showed that Jessica was a multidimentional character that actually could choose too, instead of following a plan or a prophecy.

@junaesque 2 ай бұрын

I agree with you that Jessica lost some of her depth in the film. Generally, the film eschews some elements that actually contribute to the complexity of Dune, such as CHOAM or the Mentats. I can imagine there are film-economic reasons for that. After all, the film is already nearly three hours long even without these elements. So, there are some things that fans of the books might wish for but are omitted. The same could apply to Jessica.

@charmedprince Ай бұрын

Okay as a film only watcher, this detail did not bother me at all with the entire plot. It's soapy . What mattered is that Paul told Chani that he will love her forever. That's a true testament of his love for Chani, uninfluenced by his mother. Jessica's stoic icy 1D character is perfect. I actually watched the Part 2 first the other day and then got home and watched Part 1 on Netflix. I highly recommend that as the way to watch Denis' Dune. 😊 Can't wait for Part 3. I wish they make a lot of Dune movies. It's such a treat for history and scifi-adventure geeks like me.

@xNanoya Ай бұрын

Lady Jessica became one of my favorite characters in the movies although I did not understand everything she did. This video helped me understand her better :)

@skred6792 Ай бұрын

Duke Leto "AhhtrahEeeDus?" 😂

@burger_manufaktur6020 Ай бұрын

yeah, in german it is pronounced differently :)

@cloverazar5315 27 күн бұрын

Lady Jessica never recites the Litany Against Fear after becoming a Reverend Mother… because she has it *literally* tattooed onto her face. That’s what the glyphs mean

@NessawiththeRose Ай бұрын

Some of these comments are wild 🤣 great video thank you for making it!

@Mnemos8 Ай бұрын

Deep exploration of the topic. Thank you for the video👏🏼

@raymondsierra209 Ай бұрын

Please do more ! Love this

@sarahthesarah2850 Ай бұрын

Wonderful, please keep making excellent videos.

@coffeepot3123 Ай бұрын

Watched it on the last day in the cinema, so goddam good.

@user-eh8y6xg99p0 Ай бұрын

very interesting video, and your voice and accent are so pleasant

@weeaboobaguette3943 2 күн бұрын

Religious figures having the Word tattooed on their face always goes so hard. Kinda lame it doesn't happen in real life.

@fredkrissman6527 Ай бұрын

As with any film adaptation, some major liberties are taken by Denis in Dune1&2... The Jessica of the films is only partly written in the book, and Chani's movie arc is much less a reflection of Herbert's character. Therefore, the interactions of the 2 are seriously diff from page to celluloid, but are glossed over in this otherwise very interesting vid analysis!

@simonseverino Ай бұрын

Wow!

@dbsthumper 2 ай бұрын

Dune Part Two(B+)l have never read any of the books but via the original 1984 film adaptation(which l did see,l find it pretty weird)and current films,l’m intrigued by this Universe,esp the Benne Gesserit,Mentats and Guild… l was fascinated by the individual personality changes in both Lady Jessica and Paul once ingesting The Water of Life,it was though they were being driven by forces beyond their control 🤔

@junaesque 2 ай бұрын

I am a bit disappointed that we didn’t get to see the importance of Mentats and the Guild in the films but it’s also understandable as it could get too complicated for viewers who don’t have any knowledge about Dune. The water of life really gave the impression that they were controlled by the memories of their ancestors. In the books it is more described as an awakening of their own mind and even though they see all the other memories, it is their own choice to act. The water of life just gave them access to all the knowledge and mental capabilities

@lauriethompson740 Ай бұрын

@@junaesque ' it is their own choice to act' - that is reminiscent of the Jungian idea of individuation. and the 'the memories of their ancestors' of the Jungian idea of the 'collective unconscious'. The process of individuation is on the one hand the psychotherapist guiding and training, like the sisterhood, but in the final analysis you must take control and become fully who you are as an individual, balancing the forces within you by gaining control over the unconscious, not to suppress it, but to transform it to best effect, a kind of 'psychic alchemy'. From what I can gather, Frank Herbert was heavily influenced by Jung and certain Jungians

@NinoelChannel Ай бұрын

For the algorithm :D!

@GustavoSilva-ny8jc 2 ай бұрын

0:40 Jon Snow time

@marniekilbourne608 Ай бұрын

Anything Dune is awful and boring no matter how much I try to like it.

@user-ec3rm9wr1n Ай бұрын

Family portrait 😂😁😂..

@IDreamofChocolateDreams Ай бұрын

There's no way in a thousand suns she should have been lady Jessica. Lady Jessica is supposed to be pretty.

@RandomVidsforthought Ай бұрын

Merely an opinion

@annesofiestisen239 Ай бұрын

What an odd way to write: I find a very limited and particular set of features physically attractive.

@IDreamofChocolateDreams Ай бұрын

@@annesofiestisen239 exactly 💯 unattractive and lacking phenetic elegance.

@AmputationJourney Ай бұрын

The selection of the actress for Lady Jessica is the part that really just pissed me off the most in this Dune. She's so horribly ;NOT what anyone would call a Duke quality mistress/wife/concubine. She was weak, vapid and then had seconds of strength. She really just never pulled off the power that the LADY Jessica should have embodied. One one of all the Lady Jessica's ever lived up to this roll imho.

@tmlawson751 23 күн бұрын

Thanks for the bad hot take

@KARO69GRP Ай бұрын

The Bene Gesserit to me, is first and foremost a Priesthood and I think the lesson in Dune, shows us why Women should never occupy positions of high power, and indeed, we have many examples of that today in the real world. From Arden of New Zealand to Ursula of the EU, to Nuland of the USA, and Madelline Albright who told the Rwanadans to go to hell in so much words when they came begging the US for help, even telling them, the US doesn't have friends, only interests.

@lasagnalad5874 Ай бұрын

Rubbish opinion. There are also plenty of men who screw up the planet. People as individuals can be virtuous or not, it is not really a matter of the gender. Seems you got a sexist cherry picked argument, come back with something more constructive. Or don’t comment at all :P

@KateeAngel Ай бұрын

Lmao what does their sh*t have to do with them being women? Bene Gesserit are messed up for different reasons. Modern political elite is messed up due to highly unequal and corrupt structure of modern politics. But I guess misogynists will always blame women, no matter what 😂