While I really enjoyed both sets of movies (SciFi version, and the
> original
> movie with extended info), the books are so much better imho
One should never go to a movie based on a book and expect it to be in any
way true to the book's story. Different medium. Then one is less often
disappointed. I loved the Dune books. I also loved the David Lynch "Dune"
movie.
If any of you are fans of particular film directors, as I am of David Lynch,
you go to that movie to see what that director has done with the story, not
to see a reenactment scene-by-scene of the book. At least, that is my
opinion. If you're looking for the same story as the book, you are bound to
be
disappointed most of the time. Where was Tom Bombadil, after all, in Lord of
the Rings?
That said, the process of designing costumes for a science fiction film or
fantasy is that the world you are creating never really existed. So you get
to create the world, along with the rest of the design team. So much fun! And
the choices in "Dune" the movie (the 80's one with Sting) are very
interesting. I particularly liked the moisture-trapping suits. The name for
them
escapes me. And, of course, the Court. And the creepy Baron. (shudder) and
how
all of these choices related to the characters.
Cheryl Odom
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