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From: don@allegra.UUCP (D. Mitchell)
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Subject: Dune should be 4 hours
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Date: Tue, 18-Dec-84 18:18:26 EST
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I would like to know if there is really a 4-hour version of Dune.  Is
that just a rumor?  I have certainly seen stills that were not in the
movie (e.g. Shadout Mapes confronting Jessica with a crysknife).  My
main objection to the movie was that it was edited down to
incoherence.  (Why show Kynes being cast out when you are never told he
is the secret leader of the Fremen?)

If there is a 4 hour version, it is certain to appear in Greenwich
Village and a few other pockets of civilization.  (OK, that should have
gone to net.gloat.  Sorry.)

I guess a lot of people are objecting to Lynch's overall vision of
Dune.  I think that is just conservatism.  Lynch has an amazing
imagination.  So don't miss this movie because someone tells you it is
too weird or because someone thinks there should be comedy relief (what
an appalling suggestion for Dune!).

If you read the interviews with Lynch, you will see that he has a lot
of respect for the story (maybe more than it deserves).  He has thought
about what things would look like after an anti-automation revolution.
And how does the corrupt and Byzantine politics of the time effect the
imagery.  Should we be shocked if Dune looks more like Satyricon than
Starwars?