I think theres actually quite a good 150minute movie in there, but thats because i dont assume youd have to film every little bit. This 3 hour version of david lynchs dune 1984 integrates footage from the original theatrical cut, the extended tv cut, and deleted scenes to make the most complete version of the film as of 2012. A lot of the aspects of being faithful to the source materials have already been answered here. Dune special edition, directors cut universal studios home entertainment. If you can tolerate the jerkiness of the framerate this is a good edit.
However, universal pictures and the films financiers expected a standard, twohour cut of the film. He writes, i have done this as a labor of love to give fans. I love the original dune film hence why im super excited about the new 2020 dune film. Dune is often sighted as the worst movie david lynch ever made. Missing videos and mysterious versions some secondhand but comprehensive info on a curious video noshow. Cut, and deleted scenes to make the most complete version of the film as of 2012. Watch a fanedited 3hour cut of david lynchs dune nerdist. Kwisatz haderach of amateur film editors goes viral with great 3hour fan cut of dune. Dune 3 hour extended edition dvd buy now at mighty. The attitude of the knife david lynchs divisive epic. This labor of fan love resulted in the following threehour version. A film thats been admired, hated and puzzledover in fairly equal amounts, writerdirector david lynchs ambitious 1984 adaptation of frank herberts science fiction novel gets an extensive fanediting treatment in dune the alternative edition redux. The dune scifi channel miniseries was ok, but the sequel children of dune was much better.
David lynch had his dirrectorial credit removed from this version, primarily due to his objection to the specially created prologue which attempts to spell out the convoluted twists and turns of what many describe as. This is my third and final cut of an edit i first released in 2008 and again in 2009. Released december 14th, 1984, dune stars kyle maclachlan, sting, francesca annis, leonardo cimino the pg movie has a runtime of about 2 hr 17 min, and received a score of 40 out of 100 on. As an editing exercise, i condensed the primary storylines of lost season 1 into a 3 hour ish film. I have done this as a labor of love to give fans of this underappreciated gem an alternative version to the two flawed cuts currently available. Thats because the kwisatz haderach of dune fans, michael warren, has put together a threehour edit of the film, compiling parts from the original film, the extended tv cut from which david lynch removed his name, and deleted scenes. Although with the succes of film series like lotr, it may happen. David lynch frank herbert fiction movies science fiction art 1984 movie i movie dune roman sean young this year marks the anniversary of the making and release of david lynchs adaptation of frank herberts seminal science fiction opus, dune. If youre a dune fan, or a fan of 70s and 80s era scifi films, i highly recommend it. The spice must flow even longer in epic 3hour fan edit of dune. The film stars kyle maclachlan in his film debut as young nobleman paul atreides, and includes an ensemble of wellknown american and european actors in supporting roles. So i am really looking forward to the new bbc netficks adaption over christmas but the beeb are saying the violence in the book and original film have been calmed down. As is often said, for fans of the books, too much is left out or changed, and for.
Without his participation or approval, the studio dramatically reedited the film into an extended 3hour version intended for tv syndication with commercials, it ran 4 hours over 2 nights. I was nine years old when this movie was released, and being a huge fan of star wars and star trek, i was immediately drawn in by the promise of scifi adventure. With the exception of one major flashback that was moved into my season 2 cut, the goal was to include enough information for all subsequent seasons to make sense for someone who hadnt seen the show. Watership down is one of my favourite films and books. The first cut of the film was over four hours long, but there was never any intention to release this, and lynch himself shot scenes which consolidated.
More details on our policies, especially our own the source rule are available here. That aside it is a visual treat and the 2d to 3d conversion has been done fairly well,some shots are a little flat but on the whole the film does lend itself to the 3d process. If you do not understand any of these rules send a private message to one of our staff for further details. A superfan has painstakingly cut together his own 3hr cut of david lynchs epic original 1984 dune film. So for those who have watched the 3 hours version of the film, is it better and should i try watching it. When talking about what we can expect from this 3hour cut of the film, flanagan explained. In some ways the story of dune resembled star wars or really the reverse is true since the book was published 12 years before star wars was released a young hero with budding supernatural powers, a desert planet, laser guns, weird.
Dune 1984 alternative edition redux fanedit 178 min youtube. In the interview book lynch on lynch, however, he says the shooting script was 5 pages a script page represents roughly one minute of screen time and that he never delivered a longer cut than the. He put together this massive supercut of david lynchs cultclassic 1984 film adaptation of frank herberts dune comprised of footage from the. Warrens version is comprised of the theatrical cut of the film which even dune novices have seen by now, the extended television cut for. The insanely complete 3hour fan cut hd blakes sanctum. The dvd of the theatrical cut is cool, but wheres the fourhour version that was released in japan but not here. The spice must flow even longer in epic 3hour fan edit of. His planned final cut was nearly three hours long, but the studio and backers wanted a more traditional twohour cut. Warrens version is comprised of the theatrical cut of the film which even dune novices have seen by now, the. On dune, he didnt have the final cut, and he didnt get to complete his process. Massive 3hour fan cut of david lynchs scifi epic dune. Fear may be the mind killer, but now people have no reason to be afraid of not having a truly complete version of david lynchs 1984 film, dune.
The only parts the movie really gets wrong is the political scheming of the bene gesserit was what lead to the entire series of events on dune, that the baron and his nephews hated each other and were far more divided on how to control dune, and that thufir willingly helped the harkonnens because he thought he was betrayed gurney also thought. The major disappointment for me was the sound quality which is poor. David lynchs dune a scifi film by a director without. Dune breaks neatly into three books internally and is labeled as such, having been originally serialized in analog. The extended tv cut makes much more sense but has very poor visual quality and is. A friend of mine saw dune and assumed, based on how incomprehensible he found it, that it must have been done by someone who really loved the book. The second version of this fan edit was discussed and featured recently on nerdist, the av club, digg, sf signal, and many other sites. Its a complete mess and this cut does not improve on lynchs version, except insofar as it provides more which, if youre a fan of the book, can be pretty cool. Following on the first, reducing almost every character to a near twodimensional cutout in order to fit into the time restraint. Warrens version is comprised of the theatrical cut of the film which even dunenovices have seen by now, the. Reader responses follow also, you can link to chris rywalts scan of the original release glossary sheets at front and backside whats the story on dune.
Dune is a 1984 american epic science fiction film written and directed by david lynch and based on the 1965 frank herbert novel of the same name. Buy dune extended three hour edition dvd from amazons movies store. I have done this as a labor of love to give fans of this underappreciated gem an alternative version to the two flawed cuts currently available on the. If this is your first time here please read our faq and rules pages. Dune needs to either be a really long film im talking closing in on or passing 3 hours or it needs to be broken into two installments. Theres a 3hour directors cut of doctor sleep coming and. Lynch does neither and because of that, has to rush through the storylines which prevents the audience from getting attached to the characters. David lynch is the american director of frank herberts dune 1984 movie. That aside it is a visual treat and the 2d to 3d conversion has been done fairly well,some. The complete saga hd remastered is the third and the latest version of michael adam warrens celebrated 3hour fan edit of david lynchs dune 1984.
The spice must flow even longer in epic 3hour fan edit of dune news. Rumors claim that david lynch wanted a 3hour version of dune which producers and universal pictures shortened against his wishes. The extended tv cut makes much more sense but has very poor visual quality and is filled with cheap repetitive cuts of the same ships. A dukes son leads desert warriors against the galactic emperor and his fathers evil nemesis when they assassinate his father and free their desert world from the emperors rule. This version of david lynchs dune 1984 integrates footage from the original theatrical cut, the extended tv cut, and deleted scenes to make the most complete version of the film as of 2012. He put together this massive supercut of david lynchs cultclassic 1984 film adaptation of frank herberts dune comprised of footage from the original theatrical cut, the extended tv cut, and deleted scenes. The spicediver cut is very complete, but also very boring. But the 3 hour fan edit is good only if you obsessively like the book. As we all know the film is a complete mess after being decimated in the cutting room. With kyle maclachlan, virginia madsen, francesca annis, leonardo cimino. This special version of dune is the alan smithee cut a three hour ressembling of the film prepared for airing on television.