Director Denis Villeneuve seems to have conjured a film that even fans of the book will love.
Dune was a passion project for the director who has harbored dreams of adapting it to screen for decades. A huge part of his creative vision was to film it on location and to give those desert vistas maximum cinematic impact. The location sequences were shot in Jordan pre-pandemic.
The massive themes of the book have daunted filmmakers. They range from the impact of colonialism to planetary ecosystems. Villeneuve – who studied science at college with an eye to becoming a biologist – was clearly touched by its environmentalism.
Dune is a psychological thriller, an adventure, a war movie, a coming-of-age movie. It’s even a love story.
If you haven’t yet seen it, make a point to.
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