It’s about dunes
Not pictured: dunes. Photo: Warner Bros. Don't have HBOMax yet? Sign up here The marketing for Dune promises that Denis Villeneuve’s upcoming sci-fi epic is for the fans, not the critics — though our critic did indeed like it. That is to say, the people who happen to have read Frank Herbert’s dense, multigrain-loaf-size sci-fi novel about a desert planet may get the details.
Sorry, this is a sci-fi universe and their names are Paul and Jessica? Wait till you meet Duncan Idaho. But if Arrakis is full of spice, that sounds like a great deal for the Atreides? Well, yes, if they can run the planet well. But there are two key problems. First, the planet was previously owned by House Harkonnen, and if you weren’t tipped off by the ominous name and the fact that their leader, Baron Vladimir, is played by Stellan Skarsgård, yes, they are quite evil.
What are the witches up to? Aside from planning out a lot of veil-forward looks for Charlotte Rampling, the current reverend mother, the Bene Gesserit are involved in a long-term selective-breeding program. They have spent centuries planning out marriages between different houses with the end goal of creating a Kwisatz Haderach, a male heir who would act as a sort of chosen one and have extra-super special powers, including the ability to see into the future.
Is there someone else who could be the chosen one? To quote Star Wars, something heavily influenced by Dune, there is another: Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen also happens to be the product of Bene Gesserit breeding. But! He’s evil. In David Lynch’s film of Dune, Sting played Feyd-Rautha while rocking this look. Since this Dune is an adaptation of only part one of the novel, Feyd-Rautha hasn’t shown up yet, but I think Lucas Hedges should play him if there’s a sequel. Really play up the Lady Bird rivalry.
Really seems as if there’s a lot of appropriation of Middle Eastern and North African culture going on. Yup! It’s a little weird that the leader of the Fremen, who have a culture based in large part on Bedouin tribes, is played by … Javier Bardem.
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