Dune and psychedelic desert messiahs

[David Morris]

Good to hear it’s not a dog.  Early reviews said it was either sublime or
an overwrought-yet empty mess.  Sounds like it relies on tripping?  THAT
could be a mess (usually is in film).

 Thanks
DM

On Sat, Oct 23, 2021 at 3:44 PM Bruno <bruno.laze at gmail.com> wrote:

> Saw it yesterday as well. A shout-out to Villeneuve's fidelity to early
> sci-fi aesthetics.  Reminds me of John Harris and pre-90s book covers.
> Villeneuve shows much skill in making authorial, fringe ergotic sci-fi.
> What not to love when a genre goes artistic?
>
> Space travel: spice. A hallucinogen. To travel light is to get rid of brain
> patterns.
>
> Le sam. 23 oct. 2021 à 12:50, Joseph Tracy <brook7 at sover.net> a écrit :
>
> > Went to see Dune last night, mostly Williams College kids attending,
> > needed some escapist nonsense. It was well done I thought, good acting,
> > good music and sound effects if slightly over the top with the big drums.
> > Visually severe, engaging, ominous in story-appropriateriate ways. I
> > wondered if the whole heroic desert freedom fighters with Islamic style
> > might shake up the imagination of young watchers shaped by anti-Muslim
> > cultural atmosphere. Stayed quite close to the book, more condensed. Not
> > sure visionary psychedelic messiahs leading desert rebels against the
> > exploitation of a cruel empire has serious relevance, but it could be a
> lot
> > worse. It is only half the first book.
> >   I thought Herbert made a big mistake killing off the ecologist when I
> re
> > read the book most of a year ago. I still think so, too central as a
> > redeeming theme.
> >
> > I have an increasingly hard time with big Iron machines traveling light
> > years through space while people fight with swords.  We are so fucking
> far
> > from real space travel.
> >
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