1. In his New Republic review of Dune, @DavidKlion noted film had difficult task of needing to please both "general audiences looking for an epic sci-fi blockbuster, and fans of the classic 1965 Frank Herbert novel"; achievement of movie is it does that.
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3. What the movie does that's smart is take the long bits of exposition (really info-dumps) in the novel & puts them as unexplained background, foregrounding actions of characters. Exposition is turned into visual narrative to an impressive degree.
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4. There are Dune Virgins & Dune Chads. To figure out why the movie worked so well, I sat down with the ultimate Dune Chad
@DavidKlion who illuminates how an immense backstory became a compelling 2 1/2 hours of film.https://jeetheer.substack.com/p/podcast-the-dune-abides?r=bh54&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&utm_source= …Show this thread
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