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Title: Widescreen doesn't compensate for lost content
Review: Dune, uncut, is a classic. This sliced-and-diced widescreen version dropped at least two vital sequences (I haven't had the time to look for more). First, Paul's call-out fight upon his and Jessica's first ecounter with the Fremen, the transfer of responsibility for the children of the slain Fremen and the passage of his water to Paul for safekeeping for the Tribe limns the character of the Fremen and their relationship to tradition and water -- a must for better understanding of actions to follow. Also cut was the process of removing the bile of the infant worm (The Water of Life). It's origin is vital to understanding one facet of the planet's importance to the Bene Gesserit and the relationship between the worms and the mystical culture surrounding them. Again, widescreen is nice but why, oh why, for a few cents' worth of tape, did they cut anything? The original, albeit in TV format, deserves a full row of stars.
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