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  • čas přidán 14. 04. 2024
  • #dune #denisvilleneuve #davidlynch
    With the release Denis Villeneuve's Dune: Part Two, the franchise has become more popular than ever. But did you know there was a previous Dune movie? And did you know it was directed by David Lynch. Today, we're going compare Villeneuve's Dune and David Lynch's Dune, looking at the differences in aesthetic, pacing, tone and visuals.
    Thanks to my friend Jess for helping with Dune lore.
    References:
    • Why Dune's VFX Feels S...
    • Dune vs. Dune (vs. Dune)
  • Krátké a kreslené filmy

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  • @ArcherGreen
    @ArcherGreen  Před měsícem +1481

    What other directors could make an interesting Dune adaptation?

    • @dreat1527
      @dreat1527 Před měsícem +148

      picture this - Greta Gerwig's Dune

    • @luker2693
      @luker2693 Před měsícem +156

      Peter Jackson (in his prime)

    • @ammomusic5319
      @ammomusic5319 Před měsícem +68

      david fincher, darren arronofsky, the wachowkis, guillermo del toro, alex garland. Or give david lynch or jodorowsky another chance. Also in the anime field i could see Satoshi Kon or hideaki anno. If we did get another dune adaptation I think it should be something unique, either animation or a significantly more psychedelic live action project. After messiah we could maybe get a chance of seeing another directors vision, whether as more movies or maybe a series.

    • @sam4secretary
      @sam4secretary Před měsícem +17

      Dune is a story set in the politics of the elite-- could definitely see a Gurney Halleck Broadway show exploring the limits of being a poet soldier (with the balliset!)

    • @BartholomewChinen
      @BartholomewChinen Před měsícem +1

      @@dreat1527Fuck No

  • @timy9197
    @timy9197 Před měsícem +4686

    This feels more like “when studios get in the way” than it is a comparison between two different directors styles

    • @theviniso
      @theviniso Před měsícem +298

      Time also plays a part here. Lynch's version came out over 30 years earlier and he didn't have the technology Denis has.

    • @ivoryowl
      @ivoryowl Před měsícem +112

      @@theviniso
      1984 was 40 years ago, not 30.

    • @theviniso
      @theviniso Před měsícem +124

      @@ivoryowl I did say over 30.

    • @Archedgar
      @Archedgar Před měsícem +33

      @@ivoryowl You got pwn'd.

    • @robwebnoid5763
      @robwebnoid5763 Před měsícem +43

      For the Lynch version, it wasn't the studio's fault, it was more like the producer/distributor, who controlled the budget & logistics. The production house (Universal) was the one who cut the movie down to its final decided 2.25 hours, rather than staying with the 3-4 hours it was planned for. Actually Dune 1984 was initially planned to be 2 or 3 separate movies during the preplanning stages in the late 1970's after Jodorowsky's project/version got canned. Villeneuve's 2021 version REDEEMS the movie splitting idea that the 1984 version did not get to have due to production meddling, because again, the production house controlled a lot of things. As someone said earlier, progressing movie technology played a big role. In 1984, mature realistic 3D CGI wasn't a thing yet, so they had to use a lot of human resource to create stage backdrops. This includes carpenters, masons, electricians, ironworks, stuff like that, not to mention the supplies (lumber, steel etc) required. Plus the aforementioned time put in to build all that. Had they used CGI, the production budget could have been relatively smaller & thus budget would have been less of a concern for the producer. That is why modern movies use CGI more than traditional construction, to overcome expense in both time & supply. This includes scale modeling, like using digital spaceships in CAD instead of plastic models. There was also a slight delay because Ridley Scott had to bow out as initial director, so that is why they brought in Lynch as a next/secondary choice. Gurney's main actor also had to be fired (alcoholism), so they brought in Patrick Stewart as a last-minute replacement, thanks to Lynch who spotted Patrick at a theater play he was doing, iirc. You could say that David helped jump-start Patrick's career even moreso in Hollywood, since we now know Patrick as Picard & Professor X... and of course also the 1st live-action Gurney. It was a serendipitous fluke or destiny for Stewart, perhaps.
      04/21/24

  • @BillGunslinger
    @BillGunslinger Před měsícem +12764

    Man, I really don't like seeing Lynch talk about his Dune. It is still hurting him, an unhealed scar, you can feel the sadness on his voice. It must be very painful when you try so hard to bring your vision to the world but then everything goes wrong.

    • @pendragon0905
      @pendragon0905 Před měsícem +1125

      Every artist's worst nightmare.

    • @Tommy1977777
      @Tommy1977777 Před měsícem +536

      Lynch was betrayed.

    • @Lyonessi
      @Lyonessi Před měsícem +36

      ​@@Tommy1977777
      Care to explain?

    • @Tommy1977777
      @Tommy1977777 Před měsícem +1338

      @Lyonessi lynch explains it better but basically he was signed on with one set of promises but as production continued the tools he was promised were slowly taken away (funding/script cuts,crunch time reductions, etc).

    • @rezaallahyarzadeh967
      @rezaallahyarzadeh967 Před měsícem +399

      honestly I liked the lynch dune a lot, as it was nostalgic for me, but after hearing him so mad about it. I feel strange.

  • @FrozenRoxas
    @FrozenRoxas Před měsícem +1859

    Mad respect for Lynch for being so open and honest about it, and transparent about why things turned out the way they did

    • @robotube7361
      @robotube7361 Před 27 dny +34

      Lynch is a guy who admits his wrongdoings and lives with them. Other directors either sell out or just pretend their mistakes are intentional or not theirs and never blame themselves. Lynch did blame the studio and others but most importantly blamed himself for selling out.

    • @rinkydinkfretboard8737
      @rinkydinkfretboard8737 Před 24 dny +6

      I love his movie. There wouldn’t be another sci fi this much fun and over the top until the 5th element. He invented space kitsch, no mean feat. He may have been trying to make a serious movie, but he made something better. Rather than a carbon copy of the book on the screen. Madness always said they were just trying to make serious songs. Instead they created something inimitable. Is that a bad thing really? Well done to Lynch for his honesty. Can’t help but respect that integrity. Bit not everything you can create can be perfect. Especially given circumstances outside your control. He’s also too hard on himself. Partly to head off critics I suspect. His prerogative, but he’s equally entitled to be proud of what he achieved with it. How many people did he persuade to read the books as a direct result of his movie I wonder?

    • @dalegaliniak607
      @dalegaliniak607 Před 18 dny +4

      ​@@rinkydinkfretboard8737 I get the impression that what the critics didn't like about the movie was actually a fair bit of the stuff Lynch had control over. The movie DOES feel very Lynch, though I would say that there is a bit of a tonal clash. The movie is very surreal, and includes a number of bizarre body-horror type elements, and very detailed intricate sets, but Lynch typically makes that work by making the whole work feel weird and dreamlike. My guess is that part of the problem is that the studio also wanted a typical sci-fi blockbuster, so it forced those elements in too, which just made the Lynch parts seem very kitschy.
      However, I do like it a lot, for all the reasons you said. It's over the top and silly, and very fun to watch.

    • @javkiller
      @javkiller Před 11 dny

      There's so much good artistry in his version though! The set designs, the wardrobe, the model filming, the matte paintings! And that soundtrack, my god. Like, I really dug Zimmer's soundtrack for the new one, but I would be lying if I said it stuck with me in the first movie. But I still to this day, the TOTO soundtracks is just.... instant chills, man. It's something else.
      If villeneuve's version is a picture perfect example of restraint, then Lynch's is what happens when you go balls to the wall passion, fuck everything else. I only wish we could've gotten the Jodorowsky one.

    • @cyborgchicken3502
      @cyborgchicken3502 Před 10 dny +2

      ​@@rinkydinkfretboard8737 I watched both the Lynch version and the Denis version, while I do think the Denis is better in terms of cinematic experience, storytelling and film making, I will admit that I also enjoyed Lynch's version, and I honestly feel that is okay... It's okay to like both and I don't know why there always has to be a contest between the 2 versions.....when I first watched Lynch's version, the practical effects blew me away because they were so impressive for their time... The newer film uses a combination of both CGI and practical effects or rather uses CGI to enhance the practical effects.... The first half of the Lynch was awesome, it's the second half where things started to feel a bit off because it was rushed and their interpretation of the Weirding Way was really odd....but over all it was still a pretty solid 80s Sci fi movie

  • @casedistorted
    @casedistorted Před měsícem +1661

    In Dune 2 the worm riding scene shook the entire theater, it was a once in a lifetime experience I will remember. It was like riding a sandworm in the theaters, I loved it.

    • @mattwood1977
      @mattwood1977 Před měsícem +63

      That was an incredible scene. I don't remember the last time (if there ever was one) a film made me feel the way that scene did.
      It reminded me a lot of trying to catch a big wave while surfing (im not a very good surfer). Seeing this unstoppable mountain of water rushing towards you and a part of you wanting to slip into panic while another part knows that if you hesitate you'll just get crushed by the wave. So you paddle with all your might and when you feel the wave take you and you know you're riding it, that feeling of dread turns into pure joy and relief.
      Such an awesome movie

    • @slyisdaname
      @slyisdaname Před měsícem +9

      man is dune 2 still in cinemas? that sounds great!

    • @arijeanz
      @arijeanz Před měsícem +9

      ​@@slyisdanameyesss, i just watched it last night!! theater was about half full, i think most people were going in for a rewatch and so the vibe was really chill. lots of laughs during the funny bits and cheers during the serious and exciting bits

    • @DeWyzeOne149
      @DeWyzeOne149 Před měsícem +4

      we saw it regular already but going again this weekend to see it in imax, i can not wait! this omment makes me even more antsy to see it

    • @jg6972
      @jg6972 Před měsícem +8

      Yea, it's was the most amazing experience I have ever had in cinema. I'm so happy having seen both parts on an IMAX screen. I realised after, that the mix of so many talented people, technology, source material of this quality and enough money to pull it off won't happen again in many years.

  • @johnmichinock752
    @johnmichinock752 Před měsícem +11979

    It's not a remake! It's the newest adaptation of the best selling sci-fi book of all time.

    • @Dookieman1975
      @Dookieman1975 Před měsícem +213

      U just described a remake

    • @morgumal
      @morgumal Před měsícem +1653

      ​​@@Dookieman1975
      No, remake would imply that the new movie is based on the old movie, which is not true. They are just based on the same source material. It would be like saying Peter Jackson's LOTR is a remake of the animated movie from the 70s.

    • @radiokilled4790
      @radiokilled4790 Před měsícem +514

      ​@@Dookieman1975there's a difference between a movie that gets a remake and a book that receives a second film adaptation because the first didn't do it justice. Please for the love of god learn some words for the sanity of everyone on the Internet.

    • @dagyn1887
      @dagyn1887 Před měsícem +5

      And you’d put that in the title or Remake ? Lmao

    • @rhs_0938
      @rhs_0938 Před měsícem +16

      ​@@morgumalagain, u just described a remake

  • @TreyJ_mx
    @TreyJ_mx Před měsícem +7867

    I think what sets Timothee’s portrayal above Kyle’s is AFTER he takes the Water of Life. He becomes an entirely different person, while in ‘84 he doesn’t seem to change.

    • @AveChristusRex789
      @AveChristusRex789 Před měsícem +715

      Very true. Paul goes from being a boy to a man with Timothee’s portrayal

    • @gottesurteil3201
      @gottesurteil3201 Před měsícem +176

      ​@@AveChristusRex789disagree. Nothing he can do will make him seem like a man.

    • @user-re6xt2xf3k
      @user-re6xt2xf3k Před měsícem +1241

      ​@@AveChristusRex789 It's not boy to man, but human to inhuman

    • @cthulawha
      @cthulawha Před měsícem +160

      in the book the change is subtle also, he becomes more of what he is not a different person

    • @Battle_One
      @Battle_One Před měsícem +37

      They way changes after taking the water of life really changes the context of the story.

  • @kingdancekiller
    @kingdancekiller Před měsícem +724

    Man, I really wish I could see David Lynch’s fully realized version. The man is a genius and gives the best interviews of any director.

    • @CameronM1138
      @CameronM1138 Před měsícem +31

      Watch the Spicediver fan edit, it's a least a lot closer to that than the official version is.

    • @MorseAttack
      @MorseAttack Před 24 dny

      spicedriver dune is free on youtube ;)

    • @damondoran3945
      @damondoran3945 Před 23 dny +1

      Well it turned out to be a classic so it did ok lol

    • @ChristopherKennethOakley
      @ChristopherKennethOakley Před 17 dny

      ​@@CameronM1138 Excellent version which explains a lot watch it first as a primer for Denis Villeneuve's version.

    • @Dtitilator
      @Dtitilator Před 8 dny +2

      Politicians give the best interviews when they cover their shortcomings with grandiose ideals people/fans want to hear.

  • @JuzefaWingedCat
    @JuzefaWingedCat Před 29 dny +102

    I think that the new dune could not have existed without the old one. It's like it was studied and improved upon, and therefore both movies feel really cool to me and I respect both directors, actors and all the people who stood behind the making of them.

    • @johnran6015
      @johnran6015 Před 21 dnem +11

      There's a boatload of little easter egg nods to Lynch's Dune throughout both of the new movies, pretty fun to look for.

  • @SubkhanSarif
    @SubkhanSarif Před měsícem +4914

    Old Paul: “PAIN…”
    New Paul: 😬😫😖😠😡 (🎵aaahaa🎵)

    • @pointblank2890
      @pointblank2890 Před měsícem +341

      Okay now please summarize other iconic scenes using emojiis. Thank you.

    • @heavenly_haori1725
      @heavenly_haori1725 Před měsícem +94

      Funny since Timothee screamed in pain originally, the footage is in the first dune 2021 trailer but it was cut it.

    • @SubkhanSarif
      @SubkhanSarif Před měsícem +333

      @@heavenly_haori1725 scream in pain vs scream the word PAIN to show the pain is two different thing

    • @Not_a_Lizard_
      @Not_a_Lizard_ Před měsícem +86

      @@SubkhanSarif You can't have your characters state how they feel! That makes me feel angry!
      (Edit: This is a Futurama reference, you clowns. I'm not defending the pain scream.)

    • @johnsaker1
      @johnsaker1 Před měsícem +146

      ​@@Not_a_Lizard_if you character needs to shout "pain" to convoy pain then it's a bad directing

  • @aerynstormcrow
    @aerynstormcrow Před měsícem +6379

    If we are comparing Dune to Star Wars. Paul is Anakin, not Luke.

    • @silasschwehn
      @silasschwehn Před měsícem +185

      Yes, sadly

    • @Kingedwardiii2003
      @Kingedwardiii2003 Před měsícem +531

      @@silasschwehnsadly? I’m tired of good guy vs bad guy movies I like the grim reality of dune and warhammer. The “good” characters are characters that would be seen in movies like Star Wars while the evil characters are undoubtedly evil

    • @Rauruatreides
      @Rauruatreides Před měsícem +340

      Only difference is that his kid is more like if Luke said, "In order to fix my father's mistakes, I gotta become an even worse monster."

    • @Mostexcellant69Dude
      @Mostexcellant69Dude Před měsícem +93

      @@Kingedwardiii2003 ambiguous morality from Jesus' space Hitler

    • @ryanmcamis7419
      @ryanmcamis7419 Před měsícem +1

      Incorrect. Paul was afraid not just of the Jihad, but of starting down the Golden Path.
      The galactic cleansing of the Jihad was only step one. Step two was to endure a radical mutation into a human-sandworm hybrid and subjugate humanity for 3500 years as a tyrant (the God Emperor). He would rule until finally orchestrating his own death to break humans of their addiction to spice and have them scatter throughout the universe. No longer content to ever be controlled by one substance or one man.
      Paul's son, Leto II was strong enough.
      Paul is ultimately killed by his own sister, Alia of the knife who succumbed to possession from The memories of Baron Harkonnen. She became an abomination. That's why the Bene Gesserit fear the preborn: those who unlock their ancestral memories in the womb.
      Generations of memories viying to seize control of you. Alia redeems herself by slitting her own throat.
      Jessica has to bury both her children, then watch her grandchildren implement the Golden Path.
      Leto II and Ghanima succeed where Paul, Chani, Leto, and Jessica fail.

  • @Joshua-xr9ux
    @Joshua-xr9ux Před měsícem +210

    "get out of myyy miiinnnndddd" got me lol

  • @xandermantheman6212
    @xandermantheman6212 Před měsícem +215

    The reason there’s a lot of internal dialogue in the first iteration is because that’s how the book is literally written. You’ll be reading two character talking to each other and then suddenly you’re just reading what they’re thinking for multiple pages with them explaining everything in detail to give exposition. The world and story of Dune is cool but reading it wasn’t enjoyable (for me at least)
    Edit: I want to make it clear I don’t agree with Lynch’s direction. Just wanted to give context for his decisions

    • @Neil-qg9cw
      @Neil-qg9cw Před měsícem +52

      Yes, but the point is that works in a book, but not in a 'show, don't tell' format like film. It can work with restraint but in 1984 it's a crutch to dump exposition due to time constraints.

    • @xandermantheman6212
      @xandermantheman6212 Před měsícem +6

      ⁠@@Neil-qg9cw Agreed. Just wanted to explain the reason why Lynch’s movie is told that way

    • @projectcapsule
      @projectcapsule Před 28 dny +6

      that's a dumb reason. the point of it being a movie is it being told in an entirely different medium

    • @nandezification
      @nandezification Před 27 dny +9

      I don’t think the person who made this video actually read the book, he just made the video probably to help promote the movie. This is why he shits on the old movie so much.

    • @koalabrownie
      @koalabrownie Před 26 dny +2

      Yes it's not the only book to do that. I recently read Honor Harrington and the novel will drop 3 pages of internal backstory in the middle of a conversation. Absolutely terrible way to convey story.
      When it comes to novels, it's often better when the internal voice is hidden from the reader so that they can always wonder about a character's true feelings or intentions.

  • @Nanhabby123
    @Nanhabby123 Před měsícem +2990

    I liked how you included those interviews with lynch. It seems like it really bothered him how they handled his movie. Great video

    • @DrAhzek
      @DrAhzek Před měsícem +157

      Anyone would be bothered with how someone other than you butchers your work. I doubt Lynch’s movie would be a timeless classic but it wouldnt be a bad movie if they gave him a chance. I mean, it is somewhat iconic (thanks to its surreal depictions) despite being in a hell of a state.

    • @kevinc8955
      @kevinc8955 Před měsícem +47

      Yeah, but the weirdo over the top scenes in the movie are pure Lynch. There’s pacing problems for sure, but the bigger problems is the campiness.

    • @Trazynn
      @Trazynn Před měsícem +20

      Lynch blaming it all on the editing is weak. He was being callous, he thought he didn't need screenwriters and attempted to use the book as the screenplay.

    • @DrAhzek
      @DrAhzek Před měsícem +22

      @@kevinc8955 As I said - it wouldnt be a timeless classic but it could be a decent movie.
      Problem with surreal ideas (be it in movies, games, books, art) is that they need to be implemented in full to be "watchable" and offer any value. Otherwise, it is just a quirky attempt of doing gods-know what.

    • @acksawblack
      @acksawblack Před měsícem +48

      @@Trazynn portraying it as him blaming it all on editing is reductive and doesn’t recognise him as an artist. It’s much more that others doing the editing takes his voice away. If he edited the film and it was terrible it would still be upsetting but as an artist he could still recognise it as his vision.
      It’s like creating a presentation then at the end your boss says a random coworker gets to cut random sections while you are to be judged as the sole creator. Your own work might have been just as bad but it was still your work and your mistakes.

  • @PhattyBolger
    @PhattyBolger Před měsícem +1946

    I don't think the guild navigators actually fold spacetime themselves, they just use the spice to foresee a path so the ships can do it without crashing.

    • @jonstfrancis
      @jonstfrancis Před měsícem +179

      I agree, if I remember right it's the mentat ability to foresee myriad paths and conclusions, so the spice enables them to choose safer routes

    • @Mostexcellant69Dude
      @Mostexcellant69Dude Před měsícem +91

      @@jonstfrancis yeah you're absolutely correct, they don't actually fold space themselves. I just looked up what does fold space, The heighliners use the "Holtzman" effect to instantly travel. it's said to be similar technology to the shields they use, so maybe they somehow invert their shields? it's never explained in great detail

    • @jonstfrancis
      @jonstfrancis Před měsícem +6

      @@Mostexcellant69Dude that's really interesting, I guess somehow that enables the highliners to smooth their way? So there is absolutely no resistance? Or does it do more than that to speed their way?

    • @Doliios
      @Doliios Před měsícem +56

      They see future and find the way they won't die, just like muaddib see his way to the jihad, and then golden way.

    • @TheErockaustin
      @TheErockaustin Před měsícem +54

      Yes, the holtzman generators are what folds space. The navigators used their prescience to guide the folding. Before the navigators, a high percentage of ships were lost whenever they folded space.

  • @rkwiseman
    @rkwiseman Před měsícem +75

    You can honor the source material and still have two completely different films. Bravo on the analysis.

  • @Pinkstarclan
    @Pinkstarclan Před 25 dny +38

    thank you for showing lynch's interviews instead of just blaming him for all the movie's faults. too many people are quick to blame a single person in the process (a director, an actor) for everything they hate in a bad production, when it's rarely their fault.

    • @Leonidas04052
      @Leonidas04052 Před 5 dny +1

      it's almost like reality is always more complex than what our primitive ape brains can comprehend.
      sad that so many people still don't get this.

    • @cainabel6356
      @cainabel6356 Před 4 dny +1

      I actually like Lynch's version better.
      There are parts I liked in the new version as well. I just do not like the new Chani version. I think it destroys the book's character.

    • @Pinkstarclan
      @Pinkstarclan Před 3 dny +1

      @@cainabel6356 tbh I have no horse in this race bc idk dune, but like looking at Lynch's version better, it's more visually interesting

  • @heckinmemes6430
    @heckinmemes6430 Před měsícem +3205

    "I have smoked your Bong'Jabbar, now you will smoke from mine."

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      @fernhausluv44 Před měsícem +70

      ~ ~ # # [F] OUTTA HERE OLD-HEAAADDD!!!!1!!!!! # # ~ ~

    • @tamnam5722
      @tamnam5722 Před měsícem +127

      Two great Gangs: The Atreedes, and the Harkrackheads

    • @robertcampbell3019
      @robertcampbell3019 Před měsícem +84

      Keefshats Hasherack

    • @trollcan
      @trollcan Před měsícem +60

      "I see grass within your pants."

    • @froddobaggins
      @froddobaggins Před měsícem +67

      ​@@tamnam5722 The Muad'Doob.

  • @_Feyd-Rautha
    @_Feyd-Rautha Před měsícem +1639

    You can really feel the pain in Lynches voice. Shame we never got to see his vision

    • @MCCrleone354
      @MCCrleone354 Před měsícem +81

      We might. VERY recently, Lynch said he’s open to seeing the footage he shot to see if it’s salvageable.

    • @chadicuschaximus1071
      @chadicuschaximus1071 Před měsícem +27

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    • @Dumitaz
      @Dumitaz Před měsícem

      @@chadicuschaximus1071 the fuck

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      @cheezdoodle96 Před měsícem +9

      ​@@MCCrleone354 That's the best news I've ever heard! Fingers crossed something will come of it! 🤞

    • @_Feyd-Rautha
      @_Feyd-Rautha Před měsícem +10

      @@chadicuschaximus1071 you know my darlings get hungry when we go on long trips. We've been going on a lot of long trips lately.

  • @benjaminodonnell258
    @benjaminodonnell258 Před měsícem +29

    The way Chalomet's expression turns in the Gom Jabar scene is spine chilling. He doesn't just endure the pain (longer than any former subject RM Gohim has tested), he embraces it and uses it as fuel for a hatred that will come back to haunt her later...

    • @two_face
      @two_face Před 12 hodinami +1

      Beautiful media literacy, those who declare 1980 Dune to be superior don't possess such ability

  • @SirsasthNigam.
    @SirsasthNigam. Před měsícem +39

    Villenueve stated, “I was very excited when I learned that the book would be brought to the screen. I remember watching the movie and being very mesmerized and impressed by how David Lynch approached it. I was destabilized by some of his choices. Yeah, David Lynch has a very strong identity as a filmmaker, of course, and it bled into the - it’s a fantastic interpretation of the book. But there were some choices that were made that was very far away from my sensibility. I remember watching the movie thinking to myself, ‘Someday, someone else will do it again in the future. It will happen.’ Because I didn’t feel that he captured some of the essence of, specifically, the Fremen culture - I felt that there was some things that were missing. That’s the nature of adaptation, you know?”

  • @heeroheero8844
    @heeroheero8844 Před měsícem +1962

    The sound of the The Voice on CZcams doesn't do it justice. In the Theater that scene (and also when it is used in Dune 2) sounds more sinister, chilling, and reverberates right into your bones. Masterclass sound editing and design.

    • @LuisSierra42
      @LuisSierra42 Před měsícem +99

      Real, when he said that, everyone in my theater literally screamed, as if it were an action scene

    • @coin777
      @coin777 Před měsícem +26

      its not youtube its you speakers

    • @LazzyVamples
      @LazzyVamples Před měsícem +103

      @@coin777 It's both. CZcams has audio compression that ruins some of the design. The compression is a lot better than it used to be, but it's still always going to be inferior to the source.

    • @progmrz5512
      @progmrz5512 Před měsícem +17

      @@coin777
      You’d be surprised how much CZcams screws your own audio. It’s the reason why editing became a chore nowadays, not only you have to script and edit a video, you have to take in audio so CZcams doesn’t accidentally screw your audio.

    • @coin777
      @coin777 Před měsícem

      @@progmrz5512 no it does not. It's sounds good

  • @DrAhzek
    @DrAhzek Před měsícem +1621

    The greatest crime of cinematography is how they treated Lynch's vision. It could be a good movie but it wasn't allowed to be by the tops, forcing a lot of bizarre decisions to be made.
    The one thing that I liked about it were the costumes and the imperial court baroque style. It really felt grand and alien in a lot of ways.

    • @BillGunslinger
      @BillGunslinger Před měsícem +40

      Sadly there are a lot of stories of studios destroying good movies back in the day. For me the greatest crime is Once Upon A Time In America from Sergio Leone. Scorsese helped restore some of it, but 2 hours of the movie are missing.

    • @o-wolf
      @o-wolf Před měsícem +37

      Lynch stans are the biggest COPE merchants ever 😂
      He made a STINKER, the execs mightve made that stinker a little worse but it was still a stinker

    • @maxgonzalez214
      @maxgonzalez214 Před měsícem +3

      true. sadly it does not off set the horrible acting.

    • @geraltofrivia4107
      @geraltofrivia4107 Před měsícem +6

      But in the end, Dennis came with the new adaptation and it felt more grand and alien than Lynch's version ever was.

    • @anthonymartensen3164
      @anthonymartensen3164 Před měsícem +20

      ​@@o-wolfno need to go after Lynch stans as if it's a bad thing. This is considered his only real misfire in a filmography of films that all feel more authentic.

  • @dimitrinotfound
    @dimitrinotfound Před měsícem +18

    Not to forget about my man Hans Zimmer. Genius behind the soundtracks

  • @fidecade
    @fidecade Před 23 dny +7

    villanueve looks so chill and nice, like a good dad or old friend

  • @Raemnant
    @Raemnant Před měsícem +1074

    I cant help but still really like Lynch's Dune, even if he himself hates it. It has so many iconic, meme-able and quotable moments

    • @blad...
      @blad... Před měsícem +51

      I like it more. Timothee ruins new Dune for me. I feel like it's easily his worst role/acting. I think he does a fantastic job in all other roles I've seen him in but idk man he just doesn't fit here.

    • @ShakaCthulu
      @ShakaCthulu Před měsícem +28

      Lynch only hates it because he was removed from the editing process & then screwed with by MCA/Universal. He was excited to use the assembly footage to make a director’s cut but they wouldn’t wait for him to finish Wild At Heart.

    • @maxamalicious
      @maxamalicious Před měsícem +9

      @@blad...The character he is portraying is meant to evolve as the saga goes on, he is not really complete as a character yet

    • @Neil-qg9cw
      @Neil-qg9cw Před měsícem +94

      ​@blad... Idk what you guys are talking about. He absolutely killed the role of Paul. This coming from someone who thinks Timothy is in far too many films atm, but this one was earned.

    • @blad...
      @blad... Před měsícem +24

      @@Neil-qg9cw If he killed the role of Paul then Paul is a poor character. Timothee just gives this aura of bland. Like a mindless ape always gaping at nothing for a large portion. He's just not enjoyable to watch in this film.

  • @artcamp7
    @artcamp7 Před měsícem +770

    the sets of the 1980's dune are pretty magnificent though. and they had max von Sydow

    • @davidpinnington213
      @davidpinnington213 Před měsícem +31

      I watched DV’s 1and2 back to back last week and my wife loved them so I dusted of DL’s version the day after which to my 60 year old memory of the 80’s and the book bother of which I’d not seen/read for 20 years I found although the pre cgi looks a bit creaky and the sets now read more watching Dune in a theatre I still find Lynch’s version despite the hamstringing superior. The latest is certainly more spectacle but the lack of thought narration and maybe because I’ve spent a good few years in the Arab states working remote a lot of what I saw in DV’s vision was just a little too easy

    • @danfors1333
      @danfors1333 Před měsícem +46

      Only reason everyone hated 1984 version was that the story was impossible to understand in such short runtime. There is an alternate cut that is one hour longer and much better.

    • @rest9661
      @rest9661 Před měsícem +39

      Lynch’s is the better version all around.

    • @adrianmizen5070
      @adrianmizen5070 Před měsícem +30

      @@rest9661 I agree.. and if you told me 5 years ago that a 5+ hour version of Dune would manage to cover less of the story than the 2 hour version, I would have laughed, but here we are.

    • @JonathanVachon777
      @JonathanVachon777 Před měsícem +8

      yah, there is a few scene that is better in the 80s version. like the worm riding or when Paul becomes the leader. you feel more the millions of people standing in the huge corridor and ready for the war in the 80s one

  • @adarcus4053
    @adarcus4053 Před měsícem +17

    I think the most important point is that Denis Villeneuve was inspired by both his love for the source material and the 84 movie. He even talks about how he was so excited to see it. Even if some of the stylistic choices didn't align with how he felt the film should be made He talked about how inspiring it was to see.

  • @Law_001
    @Law_001 Před měsícem +5

    man you can just hear/see the pain from lynch... so sad was just wrong place wrong time. he said he hasn't seen the new dunes and wont it brings too much pain and bad memories.. i hope he does at some point and finds some comfort as well as genuine enjoyment to let go of the past. they were done beautifully

  • @VirgiltheChicken
    @VirgiltheChicken Před měsícem +741

    Poor David Lynch. I remember people just tearing his Dune apart when there is a lot to like about it, even if overall it is too compressed to be good. Still worth a watch for the art direction alone IMO.

    • @ggroombr
      @ggroombr Před měsícem +21

      There is nothing good about Lynch’s version. The entire premise of the story in the book is thrown out the window in the first scene with the Navigator demanding of the emperor to kill Paul… I’m mean c’mon.

    • @FoxdevilswildUnic
      @FoxdevilswildUnic Před měsícem +48

      @@ggroombr You're talking story tho. OP talked about art direction. Two very different things.

    • @lunaticyoshi1
      @lunaticyoshi1 Před měsícem +31

      Although I like the new Dune, I still prefer David Lynch's style and vision. I would have loved to see what Lynch could have done with the franchise, had it not been for the heavy handed studio interference.

    • @TF2CrunchyFrog
      @TF2CrunchyFrog Před měsícem +8

      Back in the 1980s, pre-Lord of the Rings, movies were rarely greenlit to be 3+ hours long, unless it was some epic sword and sandals or Bible movie like _Cleopatra_ or _Ben Hur". The Director's Cut of the 1984 version is over 4 hours long, that was considered mind-blowing back then.

    • @providencebreaker1558
      @providencebreaker1558 Před měsícem +6

      @@ggroombr There's nothing in the that scene that contradicts the book in anyway. It does nothing but improve the story. Having read it again, the book feels inadequate without it.

  • @rafaeltavares6928
    @rafaeltavares6928 Před měsícem +111

    Dude had to tell the story with no time for details.
    He did great

  • @MeenToss
    @MeenToss Před 14 dny +3

    The Guild Navigators don't actually warp space. Their job is to find the best route by looking into the future in order to avoid collisions or other disasters.

    • @sagadabeans
      @sagadabeans Před 14 hodinami

      Correct. The Holtzman engines do the actual warping.

  • @dainacar
    @dainacar Před měsícem +7

    Thanks for not just bagging on the old Dune. I watched it recently, and it really wasn't as bad as I had remembered. So many comparisons between the two versions boil down to "Old Dune Bad." I appreciate the thoughtful scene-to-scene breakdowns, and the interviews with the two directors. Nice work.

  • @seeingeyegod
    @seeingeyegod Před měsícem +572

    When I die I want to open my eyes to a space scene with a giant floating 1984 Virginia Madsen head giving me universe exposition.

    • @azmodanpc
      @azmodanpc Před měsícem +33

      Lynch sure as hell knows how to cast gorgeous actresses. Denis, eh, not so much. I mean, I really liked Ana de Armas for Joi and his version of Irulan is spot on but I prefer Virginia any day.

    • @VictorIV0310
      @VictorIV0310 Před měsícem +1

      @@azmodanpcBalam Industries sponsored field trip.

    • @bunnyofdoom4501
      @bunnyofdoom4501 Před měsícem +13

      She was so 🔥 as irulan. The new chich looks like a pug

    • @kentocogburn4553
      @kentocogburn4553 Před měsícem +4

      @@azmodanpc Ever seen Zendaya?

    • @trollcan
      @trollcan Před měsícem +26

      @@azmodanpc Pugh looks like the girl next door rather than a product of 90 generations of genetic engineering like Virginia Madsen.

  • @Crowbars2
    @Crowbars2 Před měsícem +232

    13:41 - "This is how Lynch shows his pain"
    **cut to Paul literally screaming "THE PAIN!"**

    • @someguy4405
      @someguy4405 Před měsícem +16

      Most subtly edited video essay

    • @elcar659
      @elcar659 Před 20 dny +3

      it feels like when shakespeare characters die and say “i have been slain” or smt

    • @darthadipose1920
      @darthadipose1920 Před 19 dny

      @@elcar659 He has killed me, Mother. Run away, I beg you!

  • @HarrisBoe
    @HarrisBoe Před 25 dny

    I really love the editing at the beginning of this video. The sort of chaotic back-and-forth jumping between the two adaptations.

  • @JasonBrose-gv6po
    @JasonBrose-gv6po Před 16 dny +3

    I feel like while modern dune was a great movie and definitely better, the original one that I watched first by David Lynch had some ideas that I was sad didn't make it in the modern one. The guild was more or less cut out of the new ones, and one of the coolest characters was left out - Count Hasimir Fenring, whose ability to evade prescience is a huge plot point and source of foreshadowing. While I get these were removed so that people could understand what was going on without reading the entire series three times over and overall made for a better movie, I still did miss them.
    Fun fact: the movie's depiction of guild navigators was so awesome that the author incorporated it into his idea of how guild navigators had "stages" of their life cycle. They became more and more inhuman but more and more powerful, just like the movies showed.

  • @Ghost_Of_SAS
    @Ghost_Of_SAS Před měsícem +37

    The shield effects in 1984 Dune are phenomenal moviemaking: they had to hand draw the effect frame by frame and I'm still not sure how they did the various reflections. Even if you don't like the final result, it's one of the most impressive effects in pre-CG cinema.

    • @jsdub0928
      @jsdub0928 Před 26 dny

      I think a lot of early sci-fi got panned bc it looks off and not bc the story, directing, or acting was the problem. Just trying things that the industry at the time could not support from a technical standpoint

    • @M_CFV
      @M_CFV Před 18 dny +2

      how it was made is impressive, the final result even back then wasnt impressive lol

  • @LegendoftheGalacticHero
    @LegendoftheGalacticHero Před měsícem +492

    I can't disagree, but the old one has given us some iconic moments, plus a 6 year old stabbing a man, Patrick Steward being Patrick Steward and Sting being wild.

    • @jingyulee96
      @jingyulee96 Před měsícem +40

      Patrick Stewart as Gurney does sound very appealing, even if Josh Brolin nailed it too

    • @Rastor0
      @Rastor0 Před měsícem +18

      And a Royal Pug

    • @Zoroasterisk
      @Zoroasterisk Před měsícem +8

      And cat milking!

    • @Phoenix8492
      @Phoenix8492 Před měsícem +9

      @@jingyulee96 Patrick Stewart is King Midas; everything he touches turns to gold.
      Find his performances as Macbeth and as Claudius from Hamlet (starring David Tenant as the titular character), I speak the truth.

    • @dependent-ability8631
      @dependent-ability8631 Před měsícem +1

      @@Phoenix8492 i don't think you want Patrick Stewart to be king Midas...

  • @kingace6186
    @kingace6186 Před měsícem +7

    Thank you for this. This taught me a lot about David Lynch. It also taught me a lot about how passion projects materialize (through the Villeneuve side of this parallel). You can tell both loved Frank Herbert's Dune, but only one was able to faithfully adapted.

    • @MrSeedi76
      @MrSeedi76 Před 22 dny

      None of them has faithfully adapted it.

    • @two_face
      @two_face Před 13 hodinami

      obviously not on its utter entirely, you're being dramatic ​@@MrSeedi76

  • @ecthelion1735
    @ecthelion1735 Před 29 dny +7

    I love 1984 Dune. The casting, acting, costume and set design... all perfect.

    • @jsdub0928
      @jsdub0928 Před 26 dny

      It was hard to get sci-fi right at the time 84 Dune came out. Big ideas and ‘small’ budget don’t go well together. A lot of times scifi came off as looking ridiculous bc of tech limitations (a funny aside is having ftl communication in og Star Trek but having to print it out onto paper) and there are way fewer examples of good sci-fi movies or adaptations than almost any other genre imo. (Logan’s Run is a good example of an exception to that rule)

  • @trev9168
    @trev9168 Před měsícem +245

    The pain in that man’s face when he tells the fremen to “lead them to paradise “

  • @arthurwong9017
    @arthurwong9017 Před měsícem +106

    I loved lynchs dune. Watched it as a kid and all the campiness flew over my head. I was just mesmerized by the costumes, the amazing amazing sets. In my mind arrakis and geddi prime seemed so real while watching. My imagination filled in the rest.

    • @SR-ob3wn
      @SR-ob3wn Před 29 dny +5

      I hated the new one. The Lynch film is superior in every way. Most notably is he actually uses color effectively. The new one is color corrected to make everything muted and blue tinged like every other crap modern film.

    • @blank7764
      @blank7764 Před 28 dny +7

      ​@@SR-ob3wnTry harder

    • @SR-ob3wn
      @SR-ob3wn Před 28 dny +1

      @@blank7764 no.

    • @boobster6211
      @boobster6211 Před 28 dny

      @@SR-ob3wn cope

    • @SR-ob3wn
      @SR-ob3wn Před 28 dny +1

      @@boobster6211 With what?

  • @kolos2006
    @kolos2006 Před 15 dny +7

    Strange...why no one talks about the Dune mini series adaptation released in the late 90's?

    • @cainabel6356
      @cainabel6356 Před 4 dny

      I guess people did not like it much or it was very much forgotten. I remember Scifi had it before the name change. I thought it was good for a tv low budget series.

  • @badgerstail
    @badgerstail Před 25 dny +2

    What a great edited and detailled video. Thanks!

  • @JREHangzhou
    @JREHangzhou Před měsícem +201

    The beginning of Lynch's Dune was to mirror the books. The voice overs in Lynch's were meant to mirror the books focus on inner thoughts as well. They don't work as well, but that's why those were emphasized.

    • @aoki6332
      @aoki6332 Před měsícem +23

      that the thing with making an adaptation of a book into live action, you must know what work in literature and can be carry over and what cannot, its a important part as a book made words be words into a movie will be awful and vise versa

    • @udirt
      @udirt Před měsícem +8

      They work much better, it's unrealistic someone growing into such power in such a powerful background would bubble out trivialities or blurb about his moods. That just wouldn't happen, and instead, he would think. And what they expressed *sounded* like their thoughts.
      Maybe it worked better in a time when reading skills hadnt degraded as much. I hope that that ain't true.

    • @HamguyBacon
      @HamguyBacon Před měsícem +6

      @@udirt that's because over 50% of people don't have inner monologue, they are NPC's that go bout their day.
      some people can't comprehend that you can actually talk in your head.

    • @anyawatchesmovies
      @anyawatchesmovies Před měsícem +4

      You can actually emphasize the inner world of characters without literal voiceovers. In fact, Lynch is very good at that. I have a theory that voiceovers were added during post production because the studio was worried that people wouldn't understand what is going on.

    • @HamguyBacon
      @HamguyBacon Před měsícem +4

      @@anyawatchesmovies the voice over is done because that is what is written in the books, there is a lot of inner monologue.

  • @Calypso694
    @Calypso694 Před měsícem +197

    The impact of The Voice definitely has a major diminished return on home watching. Same for the thumpers. They def need to boost those in Post for dvd releases of part 2

    • @shanesahilreddyudumula
      @shanesahilreddyudumula Před měsícem +15

      Nah it was amazing. You need to have a good sound system to experience that. Just watched today on my atmos home theatre

    • @Calypso694
      @Calypso694 Před měsícem +21

      @@shanesahilreddyudumula yeah how much did that cost?

    • @shanesahilreddyudumula
      @shanesahilreddyudumula Před měsícem +3

      @@Calypso694 around 5-6k

    • @coin777
      @coin777 Před měsícem +11

      buy better speakers

    • @PoPeMunky
      @PoPeMunky Před měsícem +5

      Its called a subwoofer 👍

  • @polaroized
    @polaroized Před měsícem +1

    great video, you were unbiased when discussing them, acknowledged both directors vision (and how Lynch was disappointed with his own). overall fantastic analysis. wish you dived more into Chani and even Irulan but that's okay

  • @mandalorluekrem96
    @mandalorluekrem96 Před 26 dny +5

    This is a ONE FINE VIDEO! Thank you for your effort.

  • @rhymenepnep2262
    @rhymenepnep2262 Před měsícem +301

    The worst part is it seems like lynch was actually a fan of the book too

    • @Zoroasterisk
      @Zoroasterisk Před měsícem +17

      I seriously doubt that. The weirding modules are a goddamn travesty

    • @tmage23
      @tmage23 Před měsícem +36

      He had never read the book before he was offered the job.

    • @kyozyz
      @kyozyz Před měsícem +6

      nah, somethings he did there really wasnt things of books fan

    • @Neil-qg9cw
      @Neil-qg9cw Před měsícem +2

      The book he never read before accepting the role?

    • @bajscast
      @bajscast Před měsícem +11

      @@Neil-qg9cw He was offered before he'd read the book, but didn't accept until he read it. The script was very accurate. Frank Herbert loved the movie

  • @ShadowWolf-mw1ko
    @ShadowWolf-mw1ko Před měsícem +187

    there is some genuinely good cinematography in old dune for its time, but as shown in the video it is ultimately plagued with exposition that just drags the pacing its unfortunate but it also shows that a more subtle approach like with what Denis has done can make you question and and figure it out on your own. Its that drip feed that enthralls you into this unknown universe.

    • @acidic_magpie
      @acidic_magpie Před měsícem +19

      Having like 3x the runtime to work with also helps to be fair

    • @johnernest5843
      @johnernest5843 Před měsícem +5

      I kind of want someone to edit bits of the Lynch film to just be shots and music--with the dialogue and exposition muted or removed
      I want to be able to breathe in the world and take in the fantastic sets and matte paintings. But the movie just forces so much exposition down your gullet, that even as a fan of the book, I kept getting lost with the plot at times

    • @K.C-2049
      @K.C-2049 Před měsícem +9

      Denis is simply amazing at unobtrusive exposition and visual storytelling. that moment in Arrival where you start putting together the twist is truly something (my favourite movie so maybe I'm biased lol), and enhanced because you're working it out for yourself, not being told in the text what's going on.

    • @udirt
      @udirt Před měsícem +3

      Exposition that drags the pacing? What about how they sit with deep and grave expression[tm] in front of the pompous grandious[tm] desert landscape for 5 fucking minutes while acting no more than two little lambs.

    • @johnernest5843
      @johnernest5843 Před měsícem +4

      @@udirt Choosing that over the exposition that makes me sleep any day of the week, brother
      If I wanted an info dump, I'll go re-read the Annex pages of the Dune novel

  • @mrslasher1064
    @mrslasher1064 Před 4 dny +2

    The Gomjabbar scene and the duel between Paul and Feyd-Rautha are done better in the David Lynch movie in my opinion,because with the Gomjabbar we actually get Paul's inner dialogue with the "I must not fear,fear is the mindkiller,fear is the little death that brings utter obliteration" and the part before his duel with Feyd where he shouts at reverend mother "SILENCE!!!" it feels more powerful in the Lynch film,the one detail they added in the 2024 adaptation that i think is pretty cool is when Paul says "may thy knife chip and shatter" which is actual fremen saying from the books which is basically their way of saying "i'm bouta run your shit" but other than that the duel was done better in the Lynch film,that's just how i see it though...

  • @mikeskora7760
    @mikeskora7760 Před měsícem

    I liked that you kept the evaluation from the computer. It's nice to see what it thinks of your moves.

  • @loyalsausages
    @loyalsausages Před měsícem +42

    Personally I though the 84 version was a truly epic film. Still is one of my favorites. I still get chills with the music score. And for those who know where to look, the Spice Diver Fan Edit (including almost an hour of Lynch's missing scenes) truly is a treat to watch and captures so much of what the film should have been!

    • @goblinqueen4991
      @goblinqueen4991 Před měsícem +1

      Agreed! I stumbled across the Spice Diver edit a few days ago. I intended to just watch a few minutes of it to see if I wanted to save it to watch later, but got so engrossed that I ended up watching the whole thing then and there. It's really good.

  • @F-Generator
    @F-Generator Před měsícem +42

    I saw Dune "David Lynch" in a outdoor theater in Varkiza, Greece, august 1985. I´m still in love with it, even if Mr. Lynch isn´t.

  • @metalltitan
    @metalltitan Před měsícem +1

    Villeneuve did an amazing job bringing the world of Dune to life in a way that both reflects the unknown of the far future but also is relatable to our current level of civilization.

  • @danandkiko
    @danandkiko Před měsícem

    Really love the side by side comparison. I grew up on the '84 Dune, liked it, but always wanted this one to be made.

  • @jojoton4eva
    @jojoton4eva Před měsícem +77

    Imo, other than some beautiful sets and costumes, the only thing the 1984 adaptation does better is Alia, the child actor was great, giving dept to the character and portraying an adult in a child's body. And she really does seem like an otherwordly creature and gives you the creeps.

    • @elizabethhuber434
      @elizabethhuber434 Před měsícem +8

      Also Virginia Madsen is gorgeous and otherworldly as Irulan.

    • @metasystem8625
      @metasystem8625 Před měsícem +9

      I don't know. Based solely on the clips shown here, Alia seems far more creepy than in the book. In the book, yes, she's creepy, but she's full of mature understanding, helpfulness and insight. She's not made out to be as creepy.

    • @adrianmizen5070
      @adrianmizen5070 Před měsícem +31

      The new Dune actually covers less of the story than the 1984 Dune, despite being nearly three times as long. No Spacing Guild, very little of the Emperor, no Alia, no space folding, no weirding way, not as much of the Harkonnens. The final battle is somehow just as rushed as it was in the 1984 version that people have been complaining about for 40 years. It's actually an amazing accomplishment that Villeneuve was able to waste so much screen time on Paul dipping his hands in water and bickering with Chani, along with boring Fremen politics.

    • @TiMonsor
      @TiMonsor Před měsícem +8

      does better is a strange wording, considering theres whole 5 seconds of Alia in Deni's version. Decision to push her out was a strange one. She was kinda crucial. But maybe the way she appears in the end and kills the Baron can look like a deus ex machina of sorts, robbing Paul of a deserved victory over him.

    • @Rauruatreides
      @Rauruatreides Před měsícem +1

      ​@@metasystem8625she is creepy in the book, though it's much more subtle.

  • @carylittleford8980
    @carylittleford8980 Před měsícem +201

    The 1984 Dune was a product of its time. I always liked it, esp being a non-Dune reader. It was a delight to see a serious SciFi movie that had depth and world building, a very rare thing at the time. You can tell it was a somewhat tortured production but that adds to it's depth in many ways. New Dune is astounding.

    • @robertnguyen2025
      @robertnguyen2025 Před měsícem +8

      Yes new is yet it needed more storytelling for Paul. New movies focuses too much on action based and didn't give enough time and substance to the Spice..to the Emperor..and to the Shailu the Worms

    • @Trazynn
      @Trazynn Před měsícem +9

      Dune came out six years after Alien and Star Wars. It already felt dated around that time with poor visual effects.

    • @BarnaliD
      @BarnaliD Před měsícem

      @@Trazynn I'm pretty sure Alien came after Dune.

    • @maximeteppe7627
      @maximeteppe7627 Před měsícem +5

      @@BarnaliD it really didn't. Star wars came out in 77, alien in 79, blade runner in 82, then Dune in 84.

    • @danielhadida3915
      @danielhadida3915 Před měsícem +4

      Actually, no. The visual production is on the level of The Forbidden Planet, a movie form 1956. The whole aesthetic is steampunk, which is not futuristic and reminds of Jules Verne's stuff, like Journey to the Center of the earth. Compare the machinery in Dune 1984 and the one in Star Wars, for instance. Also, putting the visuals aside, WHO THE FUCK MAKES OVERDUBS OF PEOPLE'S THOUGHT IN A MOVIE?! Nobody does that "at the time", because that's just not how cinema works! We have tons of movie where people's thought are conveyed through body language and facial expressions. Dune 1984 failed hard on that point, and the time has nothing to do with it.

  • @TooFlyNico
    @TooFlyNico Před měsícem +1

    Yeah the pain scene in the new dune was executed absolutely amazingly! Was such a powerful moment for Paul’s character

  • @titus2120
    @titus2120 Před měsícem +1

    Great analysis. I first read the book while in the Army in Viet Nam. I’d been a Heinlein reds before that. Dune was different and rich. Very rich with character, history, economics and technology. The new movie reflected more of that richness and the characterizations were a step in the right direction. Having watched parts 1 and 2 I am impressed and captivated. I will be looking at the new films a few more times to see more of hat was missed and what came new to the telling. I was impressed. Quite impressed.

  • @no_wegian
    @no_wegian Před měsícem +52

    I don't care, I still enjoy Lynch's version. I watched it in the theatres when I was 7 and I loved it and terrified by it. I can still watch it today and enjoy.

    • @cainabel6356
      @cainabel6356 Před 4 dny

      I prefer Lynch's version of the new one.

    • @two_face
      @two_face Před 12 hodinami

      Honestly nostalgia bias, I like you

  • @jacobburris9637
    @jacobburris9637 Před měsícem +97

    Soundtrack by Toto, designs by HR Giger, David Lynch weirdness, better set design and details, internal voices closer to the books, WAY BETTER Dr. Yueh story (first half of book one is HIS story), Sean Young, Virginia Madsen, etc... there's still lots to love about Lynch's version.

    • @MichaelSmith-sd9kz
      @MichaelSmith-sd9kz Před měsícem +15

      I love the sandworms in Lynch's, and think the digital shields look great. The only problem with Lynch's is the compressed storytelling. It just needed to be longer.

    • @ThomB1031
      @ThomB1031 Před měsícem +11

      I like Lynch's version better... as well as the ScyFy series

    • @user-uy5mf8mw6x
      @user-uy5mf8mw6x Před měsícem +2

      Giger didn’t do designs for the Lynch version, just for some unmade versions.

    • @jacobburris9637
      @jacobburris9637 Před měsícem +1

      @@user-uy5mf8mw6x Giger sent Lynch his designs, Lynch didn't want to use his work, and yet, his influence is still felt in the sandworms, spice harvester, stillsuits, etc.

    • @theviniso
      @theviniso Před měsícem +6

      The set designs are way too different to be compared, I wouldn't call them better or worse. They're beautifully intricate and decorated, which is the opposite approach Denis took with his minimalist and grounded sets.

  • @roshango125ab
    @roshango125ab Před měsícem +1

    I really feel for David Lynch. He recently said he refuses to watch the new movies, not because he has anything against them, but because it still hurts him that he never got to make the movie he wanted to make and the new movies will only remind him of what could've been

  • @Riddicks26
    @Riddicks26 Před měsícem +2

    Fantastic work with the comparison. Truly.

  • @nikknackmickattack320
    @nikknackmickattack320 Před měsícem +99

    So.....
    You can find the spicediver edit of the 1980s dune on YT and it's nearly 3hrs long, the fight with Jamis happens, and you see the Atreides castle standing on a cliff next to the ocean.
    There's also a sci Fi channel mini series of Dune.

    • @TiMonsor
      @TiMonsor Před měsícem +28

      «sci Fi channel mini series of Dune»
      i dont like that ppl ignore it as if it doesnt exist. It conveys the book much better than Linch's version. And it continues to the Children of Dune. I watched it twice, still good.

    • @Zoroasterisk
      @Zoroasterisk Před měsícem +7

      @@TiMonsor I've watched it literally dozens of times. I was like 12 when it came out, and I'd coincidentally read Dune as assigned reading in school. A lot of it went over my head, like Paul being the bad guy, but I loved both the book and miniseries. I preferred the miniseries to Lynch's version, as it stuck closer to the book, despite the noticeably lower production value

    • @providencebreaker1558
      @providencebreaker1558 Před měsícem +1

      @@TiMonsor It's a soulless TV production. Being faithful doesn't mean much when there's no actual entertainment value.

    • @vangelisgru7271
      @vangelisgru7271 Před měsícem +1

      ​@Zoroasterisk i just watched it. Now i will rewatch it

    • @NovusIgnis
      @NovusIgnis Před měsícem +2

      @@Zoroasterisk Paul isn't the bad guy though. Clearly it's still going over your head.

  • @patinho5589
    @patinho5589 Před měsícem +117

    In Lynch’s version the say the consonants at the end of words. It seemed a deliberate shared pact by the actors!

    • @theviniso
      @theviniso Před měsícem +6

      It's very theatrical for sure.

    • @patataboy
      @patataboy Před měsícem +3

      @@theviniso So being able to clearly articulate has become an art now ... what a decadente world we are living in

    • @theviniso
      @theviniso Před měsícem +3

      @@patataboy Eh, it also sounded a bit weird when Patrick Stewart did it in Star Trek The Next Generation, and that was like 40 years ago. It's just not how people actually talk.

    • @joaoaurelio1534
      @joaoaurelio1534 Před měsícem +2

      Its good practice tò have Sharp t's and d's, plus precise "s" sounds. The declamation in. Lynch's version Is so much more clear and the voice Is crispier. Even when whispering its all clear where now actors talk instead or reciting and have no projection, only tensed muscles and fake emotion.

    • @rizahawkeyepierce1380
      @rizahawkeyepierce1380 Před měsícem +2

      @@patataboy That's how language works. It shifts over time to make things easier to say.
      If you clearly pronounce each letter in the words as they're written, you sound like you're not a native speaker.

  • @inshrektorgadget1546
    @inshrektorgadget1546 Před 20 dny +1

    Villenueve won me over when Paul and his mother ran up the hill to see the city burning. The twice pan over the hill for each character both delivered the initial view for each character, it also served as a double take for we the audience to be shook about the destruction the Harkonnens are capable of. Amazing film.

  • @ItsAlexComan
    @ItsAlexComan Před měsícem +2

    this was a really, really good video essay

  • @christophersanders3252
    @christophersanders3252 Před měsícem +155

    80s version is cheesy and belongs to it’s time, but it has a lot of heart. Still a great watch.

    • @dependent-ability8631
      @dependent-ability8631 Před měsícem +1

      yeah i am glad it exists even if it wasn't as good as it could of been

    • @Bob-po2dp
      @Bob-po2dp Před měsícem +2

      I wonder how people will look back at this dune, and by extension the movies released during this time period. Will they see them as cheesy and dated, or will the special effects and writing still hold up enough to be relevant in 100 or so years.
      I’m more inclined to believe the latter because we still revere some old movies and stories, but there’s always the possibility everything ages super terribly lol.
      I’ll bet some things, like the marvel movies, will be seen as products of their time, while the more serious stuff will still be well liked.

    • @paulvontarsus729
      @paulvontarsus729 Před měsícem +17

      I prefer the old Dune. The new Dune is colourless, feels too modern in a bad way, the main character feels kinda stale. And I like that it's a single film, not dragged out like what they did to The Hobbit. Old fantasy/sci fi movies had some amazing sets and scenery, very intricate and creative. I don't like the ultra minimalistic modern look new Dune has.

    • @christophersanders3252
      @christophersanders3252 Před měsícem +8

      @@paulvontarsus729 Exactly! Modern movies are so sterile. No heart.

    • @Cobalt985
      @Cobalt985 Před měsícem +10

      @@Bob-po2dp The new Dune already reeks of modern film tropes. The acting style, dark and gritty atmosphere, cold color grading, and everyone fucking mumbling is exactly representative of your average blockbuster these days.

  • @martiuscastle
    @martiuscastle Před měsícem +159

    We can't judge a movie from fourty years ago with today's eyes. 1984 dune is actually a good movie. Lynch's worst is better than the best of some of today's directors.

    • @lachlanlander6002
      @lachlanlander6002 Před měsícem +12

      Oh Imma judge it...

    • @whenallelsfails21
      @whenallelsfails21 Před měsícem +15

      dont worry, they judged it pretty harshly back then too. I still love lynch but my man could not catch a break with studio interference. I just got done with twin peak season 2 and ive never felt more bad for a director.

    • @Not_a_Lizard_
      @Not_a_Lizard_ Před měsícem +8

      It was judged in 1984 and deemed to be shit. This video literally shows critics of the time saying they hated it.

    • @martiuscastle
      @martiuscastle Před 29 dny +2

      @@Not_a_Lizard_ True. I was reffering to the overall opinion on the video, so maybe people could take a diferente stance. I admit it's weird, a OST made by Toto, a narrator saying "I forgot", The cloaca face... But It has its merits too, awesome cast, good acting, and that noir (ish) style of Lynch's. I Just feel It deserves better.

    • @sidradeave
      @sidradeave Před 27 dny +5

      Yes, yes we can.
      We have a lot of movies to compare to, including the ones directed by Lynch. Hells, even he hated the movie.

  • @TheDudeBroMen
    @TheDudeBroMen Před 5 dny

    Only thing to add is that the guild navigators don't fold space time, they have precognition and know how to guide the ship through the stars so they don't ram into a star or end up way off course light years away from their destination

  • @Dustz92
    @Dustz92 Před 20 dny +9

    Dennis: "We built the box as described in the book".
    The book: "green box"

  • @Gu1tarZer0
    @Gu1tarZer0 Před měsícem +56

    I still like the old one for what it is, but yeah- the new ones are like a religious experience. They are incredible..

    • @GH-fb9dh
      @GH-fb9dh Před měsícem +9

      Yes, it’s so theatrical and camp and I appreciate it for it, but the new movies are so immersive you forget yourself watching it

  • @tianm740
    @tianm740 Před měsícem +37

    This is a great comparison video. I especially like how you included the interview with Lynch, he deserved so much better.

  • @mitchi_4796
    @mitchi_4796 Před měsícem

    U shown us what it means to understand a movie. Well done! :)

  • @MsSunnyDenise
    @MsSunnyDenise Před měsícem

    Thank you for this. I had been wondering what the differences were. I was reluctant to see Villaneuve’s adaptation. Now, I may just invest the time.

  • @nobodynemoq
    @nobodynemoq Před měsícem +116

    I love how you did this comparison. Especially the last one, where Villeneuve managed to show Paul overcoming the pain in such a masterful way. Without a word everyone, even completely unfamiliar with the original story, knows immediately that this "ENOUGH" is not Reverend Mother's mercy, but she notices that she is no longer in control. Just like bully, who is losing a fight and shouts in the last possible moment "OK, I'm letting you go".
    Of course Lynch did not have much time, but so many things didn't work properly in his Dune: it is both fast-paced and a bit too slow at the same time, with so much off-screen narrative, there are lots of details, but simply not where they would be very welcome (just like the box and Gom Jabbar scene).
    I feel really sorry for David Lynch, who definitely was not in full control. Diune did such trauma to him, that he even refuses to watch the new one 😥

    • @lockaltube
      @lockaltube Před měsícem +3

      Except that in book it was: "The burning! The burning! He thought he could feel skin curling black on that agonized hand, the flesh crisping and dropping away until only charred bones remained. It stopped! As though a switch had been turned off, the pain stopped. Paul felt his right arm trembling, felt sweat bathing his body. "Enough," the old woman muttered. "Pain," she sniffed. "A human can override any nerve in the body.""
      While in film it looked like Harry Potter vs Voldemort battle (or something from Star Wars, force vs force), in the book only Paul was in agony, it was a one-way game and Reverend Mother knew exactly what to expect during this test. Kwisatz Haderach was a result of 10 000 years of careful breeding, not some shocking event.

    • @lockaltube
      @lockaltube Před měsícem +2

      Oh, yeah. "ENOUGH!" ... "the old woman muttered" is an alternative version of "Dumbledore asked calmly"

    • @slb797
      @slb797 Před měsícem +4

      In the new movie, we see Paul in pain, but it’s manageable. In the old, we see what is just manageable for Paul is superhuman.

    • @MarkoLomovic
      @MarkoLomovic Před měsícem +1

      What are you talking about Lynch version of gom jabbar is beat for beat and in terms of adaptation it is perfection. Villeneuve version felt empty by comparison.

    • @Neil-qg9cw
      @Neil-qg9cw Před měsícem +3

      ​​@@lockaltubeYes, a book has internal monologue. In the new film it's expertly SHOWN with acting, how a film should be done. What do you people want? Inner monologues don't work in films, as 1984 demonstrates.

  • @eagle_and_the_dragon
    @eagle_and_the_dragon Před 16 dny +1

    There's definitely an aesthetic to Lynch's film that's still appealing.
    Both films do a great job at feeling like a window into a different reality. The real difference has been time and technology.

  • @OneManAndHisToaster
    @OneManAndHisToaster Před 14 dny +1

    If you guys think the Old Dune in scenery, costumes and Dramatism is nuts, You should totally see Dune Mini Series from 2000, now that's a crazy over the top adaptation!

  • @rippilot2113
    @rippilot2113 Před měsícem +10

    I like the attention to detail in the design of the new Dune's Gom Jabbar, but Lynch's Dune had a much more book accurate version. It is literally described at one point as a thimble with a thin needle at the end if I remember correctly.

  • @sabbiss
    @sabbiss Před měsícem +34

    did old Paul really say PAIN when he felt... pain. I CANT LMAO

    • @Okinawatrip
      @Okinawatrip Před 5 dny +1

      czcams.com/video/QrCfivcQe48/video.html
      His final cry "the pain!" makes the Reverend Mother stop. We can see that she went much further in the pain than she was planning to. She was so sure that he would fail that she was about to make him fail. She was getting pleasure ouf of his pain too. The use of the litany against fear straight from the book shows that Paul owes his life to the Bene Gesserit training he received from his mother. The image of the burning hand is a bit over the top, but acts as a powerful mean for us to imagine what he must feel. The aftermath, with Paul taking his hand out, all tense, but unharmed also makes us empathise with him. The overall tension in the scene is miles away higher than Villeneuve's.

    • @cainabel6356
      @cainabel6356 Před 4 dny

      @@Okinawatrip Yeah. it seemed like the 1984 version had better acting compared to the 2023 - 2024. I guess the kids in the new one just don't have the experience.

    • @Okinawatrip
      @Okinawatrip Před 4 dny +1

      @@cainabel6356 Better acting yes. More experience? I'm not sure. Chalamet is 28, three years older than Kyle was. Zandaya is 27, two years older than Sean Young was. Different generation, that's for sure.

    • @cainabel6356
      @cainabel6356 Před 3 dny

      @@Okinawatrip Maybe I should have rewarded it differently. Not everyone had experience, but a lot of older actors did.
      Maybe most of it was due to the era to how things were done versus on how things are done now.

    • @Okinawatrip
      @Okinawatrip Před 3 dny +1

      @@cainabel6356 Agreed. Maybe even the personalities. I have the feeling that in the 80s, actors had more life experience, hardships, and personal stuff that they could use for their performance whereas young celebrities nowadays, for the most part, seem to live a pretty superficial life which doens't give them a lot to draw from in demanding roles.

  • @eduardo_astral
    @eduardo_astral Před měsícem +14

    The world wasn't ready for Lynch's version yet. I've always liked it.

    • @cainabel6356
      @cainabel6356 Před 4 dny

      I prefer the 1984 version over the 2023-2024 version.

    • @two_face
      @two_face Před 12 hodinami

      W denial

  • @Outliers4Life
    @Outliers4Life Před 24 dny +1

    The thing I really like about new Dune is it feels like it was made to appeal to a wider audience rather than just sci-fi people. People saw this movie before me who I would have never thought would have an interest in it. Just based off the strength of the cast probably. It's going to go down in history as one of the best looking movies ever and Im glad it's smashing in theaters. Can't wait for Part 3. Also the soundtrack for these two movies gives me that Akira type feeling.

  • @Drownedinblood
    @Drownedinblood Před měsícem +15

    Tbh it's a lot harder to do things the first time. They also had a tv show to learn from in adapting it long form.

  • @johnredacted5141
    @johnredacted5141 Před měsícem +262

    Old Dune Paul: "I am in pain"
    New Dune Paul: "so anyway im the Lisan al Gaib"

    • @lumpek4149
      @lumpek4149 Před měsícem +46

      Old dune looks soo cringy not because of CGI etc. the conversations themselves are conducted as if there was an idiot sitting in front of the screen who didn't understand anything and we had to explain it to him

    • @alessandrobaggi6129
      @alessandrobaggi6129 Před měsícem +43

      ​@@lumpek4149You never read the books... They're written like Lynch's Dune: each and every character has long strings of thoughts conversating with themselves, just to analyze the situations, possibilities and outcomes plus the obvious exposition for the audience reading...

    • @lumpek4149
      @lumpek4149 Před měsícem +10

      @@alessandrobaggi6129 i didnt said that i read books but in my opinion its just cringy that characters tell you what they feel and how they act. But true i dont know books

    • @Zoroasterisk
      @Zoroasterisk Před měsícem +55

      @@alessandrobaggi6129 Right, but film is a visual medium. If people want a medium that allows them to hear exposition and inner monologues spouted to them, they can get the audiobook. Also, I've read all of Frank's books at least twice, and like 8 of Brian's

    • @Zoroasterisk
      @Zoroasterisk Před měsícem +17

      @@lumpek4149 You're fine. The over-reliance on voiceover is one of the biggest problems of that movie, along with deviating from the source material. The weirding modules, for example, are a stand-in for the weirding way, which was a Bene Gesserit method of fighting that Paul taught to his best soldiers called the Fedayken.
      The underlying cause of both problems was the ridiculous notion that the overall story of Dune could be told in one feature-length movie, which Villeneuve's dune demonstrates quite handily, IMO

  • @yammyamm8480
    @yammyamm8480 Před měsícem +1

    This is better than any trailer. This made me actually want to go to the cinema and appreciate this movie for what it is.

  • @bigboldsoul
    @bigboldsoul Před měsícem +3

    Excellent video! This is content I want to see! This level!

  • @strangerthanfiction4014
    @strangerthanfiction4014 Před měsícem +28

    The spice miner cut makes 84 dune very similar to Lawrence of arabia

  • @Planetdune
    @Planetdune Před měsícem +19

    I love both adaptations.

  • @drstrangelove4925
    @drstrangelove4925 Před měsícem

    I’m beyond happy I was able to watch the first one completely alone in the cinema and they were nice enough to even turn up the volume and got free popcorn with bacon chips and on top of that the second part is my favourite experience in the cinema so far

  • @That_Eriksson
    @That_Eriksson Před měsícem

    I love the way Villeneuve talks about film making makes you realize stuff our tiny non film maker brains missed. Big fan of both Dunes each in their own way....been very happy thus far with new.

  • @B4umkuchen
    @B4umkuchen Před měsícem +61

    The depiction of "The Voice" in Denis Villneueve's Dune is immaculate. You really can FEEL the voice in your guts and the camera motion really emphasizes how such power could really force something against your own will.

  • @piercelabayne4709
    @piercelabayne4709 Před měsícem +85

    I didn't even know why I clicked on this video since I haven't watched either movie. But despite my lack of knowledge, this video perfectly explained everything, made me feel like I was part of the making and the movie, and had me in awe the whole time. This and youe channel definitely deserves more interaction.

    • @sonofacheron
      @sonofacheron Před měsícem +8

      This was a well made piece of propaganda, conditioning you to dismiss the other movie before you’ve seen it. The new Dune is a very good movie for this time but not without its flaws. Conversely, the old Dune is highly flawed but it is a beautiful disaster with amazing music and visual - you would never know that after watching this reviewer’s hatchet job.

    • @milkamoussse
      @milkamoussse Před měsícem +21

      ​@@sonofacheron the review never said the opposite of this, you did

    • @henrikaugustsson4041
      @henrikaugustsson4041 Před měsícem

      Go watch the movies, they’re pretty great.

    • @JoeTAC
      @JoeTAC Před měsícem +3

      This review is biased trash. It's not an objective review. The original Dune, with all its drawbacks was by far the more grounded and realistic version, with subtle acting and a very real cast that gave credibility to each role. A soundtrack that really slaps and a setting that feels so futuristic and alien that it sucks you into it.
      The new one is full of the same inbred actors and cg diarrhea that all movies have. It does not look realistic, it does not feel real, you do not see these characters as real people, you see them as characters in a movie and they can never be anything else.
      Not that I am trying to discredit the new movie. But the old one feels much more Dune to me than the new one.

    • @so_smazzy
      @so_smazzy Před měsícem +7

      @@JoeTAC lol & the video is biased? okay

  • @user-gs2zp7jr8j
    @user-gs2zp7jr8j Před měsícem

    This video was great! Thank you.

  • @Tomcattclawws
    @Tomcattclawws Před měsícem

    I'm pretty sure the 3 guild navigators are shown in Part One, as 3 ornately dressed figures in suits full of the orange spice melange. It happens during the proposal of Arrakis to the Atreides. Awesome video!

  • @DBG750
    @DBG750 Před měsícem +25

    As others have commented: these are two separate adaptations of the same source material, which is very different than a remake, which implies that the Lynch version was an original script.
    Just as the 2017, 2019 It part 1 and 2 are adaptations of the 1986 Stephen King novel; not the 1990 television miniseries.

    • @ZukoHalliwell
      @ZukoHalliwell Před měsícem +1

      Exactly!

    • @cashnelson2306
      @cashnelson2306 Před měsícem +1

      Why are so many people making this comment…? He literally talks about how they’re both adaptations of the book in the video lol

  • @amanofnoreputation2164
    @amanofnoreputation2164 Před měsícem +41

    1984's Dune (what a year for something to come out in) leans more to the witch side of the Bene Gesserit, while Denis takes the priestly nun aspect; the projection of political power through religious ritual.

    • @pointblank2890
      @pointblank2890 Před měsícem +1

      Good observation! I haven't seen that pointed out that way before!

    • @DP-ic2lz
      @DP-ic2lz Před měsícem

      It's a silly film

    • @udirt
      @udirt Před měsícem +4

      ​​​@@pointblank2890that's why Jessica has so much more depth and strength in the old one. The new one takes away her power, defiance, the love and cunning behind her scheming against the masters of schemes, her will to fight and any and all agency. It's a horrible degradation of her as a human respected by one of the most powerful person in the universe, a mother who will kill without a second thought to protect her son and wants to fihht beside him to a mommy onlooker and bystander.

  • @EchelonIV
    @EchelonIV Před měsícem +3

    Wonderful comparison. Two very different movies from very different times and directors. I think Lynch Dune gets too much hate. It hasn't aged well, but when I saw it the first time I was super into it. Now as an adult I see it and I see a lot of technical limitations, but at the same time a lot of super cool tricks that are not used in today's cinema. The new Dune movies are just masterpieces in all aspects; I love Villeneuve's vision and directing. I wonder what David Lynch would have done in this day and age with modern tech, and if he got to make two movies instead of one. I believe he would have gotten his masterpiece as well.

  • @ninjaowl9881
    @ninjaowl9881 Před měsícem +6

    Man, Denis has really done something masterful. This is a film set that will stand the test of time. Congratulations to everyone involved! And thank you from the fans. It's more than we could have ever imagined! Nice job!

    • @liquifex
      @liquifex Před měsícem +1

      And they're going to start working on 3 soon. weeeeeeeeeee