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July 17, 2011 08:53 pm PDT
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Dune with no dialog
Fascinating movies of questionable quality often draw strength from alternative universes where other versions exist. Among them, David Lynch's Dune is one of the most famous: denied final cut, he distanced himself from the confusing theatrical release and had his name removed from an extended TV cut. All the extant versions fade (at least in our imagination) before his legendary rough cut, reputed to be some 4 hours long. Hopes that it could be rebuilt seem to me to be entirely wrong-headed. The persistent belief is that something can be made better by adding more; but each thing added must contribute to a coherent, satisfying whole. Wouldn't it be easier to simply remove those elements that made the movie so confusing and shapeless? For example: all the words. Click the pic for the first scene of the movie that is not itself spoken exposition with all the dialog removed. (YouTube appears to have a license that allows this experiment, but it can tell what I'm up to and will not permit it to be embedded here) I think it's pretty promising, myself! I think by removing all that pointless talking, we could get the movie to about 45 minutes of pure Lynch, unburdened by the need to make a coherent story out of 650 pages of verbose political maneuvering by people who spend half the book analyzing their superhuman chess-like conversations as they unfold. Instead, loads of robed witches, psychedelic space travel, freaky monsters, and the Toto and Brian Eno soundtrack. Though, actually, I think more Eno than Toto would be for the best....
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