So many crazy ideas lead to unique wonders as opposed to shoddy craftsmanship. Same goes for the weaponry and knife work on display, everything is other-worldly, which is obviously what you want to shoot for when making a film of this nature. Creative usage of early CG can be found in the form of blocky looking body armor that still looks awesome today because, while it feels alien and foreign, it is perfect for Dune’s settings. The design of Dune is pretty damn impeccable for a 1984 production. All of this within the first hour! This combination of training and tragedy, of course, lays the foundation for a remarkable revenge story that will have you rooting for Atreides throughout. He goes through intense physical combat training, psychological trials designed to test his mental resolve. He gets rocked by a major death in the family, and his house overturned by a act of a traitor. In order to earn such a status, poor old Paul Atreides is run through the ringer in this film. Tucked within an unflinching hallucinatory journey is the solid arc of Paul Atreides, played by Lynch regular Kyle MacLachlan, and his epic quest to get revenge and become a godlike being along the way. Does it work as a motion picture? I say, 'Hell yes!' No sci-fi film, before or after, moves or feels quite like Dune. Mainly due to the fact that the film, despite the turbulent production, makes sense. Deliberately, I will focus primarily on the film (the theatrical cut) and not too much on what was left out of the book.
Now, it is well known that Lynch had a horrible time making Dune and refuses to talk about it, but I am here to say I still think there is a special gem of a film in there.
Lynch, one of the true visual artist in the medium, turned in some of the craziest dailies known to man, and it was impossible to erase his stamp from it. The David Lynch-disowned monster, adapted from Frank Herbert's novel, still remains weird and brilliant because you simply can't extract the Lynch from it, and the studio tried.
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