I finally got around to seeing the 1984 film version of “Dune”. I had read the novel as a kid, and had loved it, so I was understandably skittish about seeing a film adaptation that had received such mixed reviews through the years — even if it was directed by David Lynch.<\/p>\n
“Dune” turns out to be a very strange film, but in an interesting way. Lynch doesn’t seem to have set out to direct a movie, so much as a sort of religious ritual. The line readings, editing, camera placement and pacing all feel very stagy, but in a way that suggests it was all meant to be that way. It’s as though we are witnessing a kind of Passion Play — a solemn ritual enactment of the sacred rites of someone else’s religion.<\/p>\n
And if you know “Dune” (the novel, I mean), you’ll agree that this approach, while unorthodox, makes a sort of sense.<\/p>\n
One thing that thrilled me was when Paul of Atreides (Kyle MacLachlin) says “Walk without rhythm, and it won’t attract the worm”.<\/p>\n
As many of you know, that is a line from “Weapon of Choice” by Fatboy Slim. The song, it turns out, is quoting the movie.<\/p>\n
Which is very cool, except I now worry that whenever I think of the mighty sand worms of Arrakis, my mind is going to visualize Christopher Walken flying off a hotel balcony.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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