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Title: Weirder than Frank Herbert, less weird than later Lynch
Review: I first saw Dune when I was eleven years old, and it totally weirded me out (I'd read the excellent Frank Herbert novel plus four of its sequels, but I hadn't seen anything else by David Lynch). Unsurprisingly (given the length of the original book) the story is truncated here, with the result that the Fremen lose some of their mysticism and we don't get a impression of the great leader Muad'Dib becomes. But all the essential elements are here: the spice Melange, the worms, the glowing blue eyes and the Harkonnen-Atreides feud. I want to get this on DVD so I can put it into context with the rest of Lynch's work, though these days it's hard for me to visualise Kyle Maclachlan playing anyone other than Twin Peaks' Special Agent Dale Cooper!
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