lynch's imagining of arrakis and that whole universe was a glorious thing
the problem is the movie was meant to be 3+ hours and they chopped it down to 2, rammed a voiceover narrative, skipped a bunch of parts, basically, they set up the universe and then... rush to the end.
virginia madsen is quoted somewhere saying that she was going to sign a 3 picture deal to make a "star wars for grownups," but it fizzled out hard. and so... unfortunate.
rewatch the lynch version when you get a chance in a good screen. not for story, but just for the looks (a bit how i feel about eraserhead, ha ha ha). the cast is great too. o well. shit happens. but worth a look, look. you know? an eye thing.
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