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Ronster
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Dune - radical fan edit ideas
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14-Oct-2019, 3:44 PM

Some extra David Lynch’s Version of Dune Information…

The film Book Sequence as shown in the film Is I think an amalgamation of the “Secret Report Within the Guild” Animation or alternatively the planets were to be displayed on the Map shots rather than Text and Planets animation It may have been an alternate animation as the filmbook sequence feels like a bad edit overall. Should be Guild Navigator voice or not “Paul Atreides” basically. Need to remove the Text also no need for spelling out the planets with text but the Supers upon reaching a planet are Fine although we do not have one for Arrakis and the Atreides ships in the Sky… I think The secret Report in the film is the “Dumb version” Probably and they decided to double up the secret report original shots in a Film Book bad edit.

Anyway the Film Book sequence at the start with Paul on Caladan is meant to feature this Dialogue.

Book Voice

“19 Light Years Beyond Epislon Alangue is Arrakis”

“Each Day the Palms Along the outer walls of the palace at Arakeen consume enough water to sustain the lives of 100 men. The palms were placed by the Harkonnens to flaunt their water wealth in front of the city fremen”

Pauls Voice “Baron Harkonennen The enemy whose family held Arrakis as a qausi-fiefdom for eighty years under the Mercantile Choam company contract to mine the spice Melange”

The Part about the Palms is interesting as their were meant to be seen Palm trees burning once the the Arakeen Palace is invaded later in the film and is symbolic to the cut teraforming plot.

Book Voice “Know a Mentat by his red stained lips” We would cut to the shot of Thuffer Huwat intro from TV cut they are already in the room or should be…

The next thing I think I have figured out is the Shot of Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam in the TV version sitting in the chair, I think might be meant to be accompanied by the Narration on which Jessica (Paul’s Mother) Talks about she may lose her son tonight in the rain. It makes no sense hearing this narration at this point until Paul is summoned for the test. There is also the Shot from the Trailer of the Empty Chair a rip optical and the Witch in the flames before “The Pain!!!”

Leto Preparing the Message for the Baron and, Jessica and Leto Making Love should be put together chronologically.

When Yueh find the message inside a Harkonnen Corpse the Shot of him Making an surgical incision to remove the Message has been cut due to graphic imagery from TV cut.

The Bulls Head seen when meeting Duncun Idaho Was to feature a brief inner voice from Paul “The Bull that killed my Grandfather…”

When Paul was to Enter the Palace at the end of the film a short shot of the desecrated Bulls Head with an atreides flag stuffed in it’s mouth was to be shown.

When the Atreides Leave Caladan a soldier Crying and the Flag flying are missing shots. as is the Glass house behind the Landing field.

The Poster for the Film with the 2 moons may have been the very first Image after “A David Lynch Film” There is a change of starfield it looks awkward… and disolve into the shot of Pricess Irulians Eyes before The Opening Narration. Although the moons should not be so Cyan. But going off the Comic it is or was the First image at one time. Actually the Comic has the Sand Dunes Flipped Horizontally but the Moons are correct… Could be that Shot of the Moons from the Trailer? It is also Possible that The Areides Land on Arrakis at Night only in the Morning do the Duke Paul and Jessica finally Arrive with the Super “Arrakis - Source of the Spice” on the Ships Fying on this Shot.

This seems to suggest it was eakmarked for an Arrival shot…

I think what seems to be going on is that Princess Irulian Intro needs to come Later after something… Are we missing a Shot Of the Highliner Disapearing from around Planet IX? Then Irulian Intro eyes dissolve in through shot of water Ripples or Wormhole Tunnel (as we go from Sound of Spaceship to Intro Back to Sound of Spaceship and then The secret Report) “The Secret Report” with the map shots from the filmbook. Remove “Send a 3rd stage guild Navigator to Kaitain blah blah blah” On “The Spice must Flow” >>> Highliner Appears above Kaitain? Water Droplets… Ripples. This would be far more magical to see a Space trip right at the start book ending the Narration.

Brad Dourif stated “I know David would have Liked to have done Some of the folding Space shots” I think he may be referring to the unfinished opening scenes as the trip to Arrakis looks pretty complete minus Gas being pumped in through the hole to the chamber but Caladan looks like IX strangely when the Navigator Spits it into the Universe so perhaps it was half complete.