Just watched the purist edit of Dune posted recently… There is not much to say about it… It is good in some respects, and it handled a few things well however it is one of those edits that put’s up still images to explain some of the missing scenes which is fine, trouble with that in this edit is that it has missed loads and loads of the missing material practically 3/4 of what I have cited from the script is not present.

It only mentions in this regard in terms of stills

The Bulls Head
Paul is to look after Harah and the 2 children after Jamis is killed
A scene where Harah accepts Paul does not love her like Chani
Fremen training weirding way
Birth of Alia
Rabaan in the Bath tub
Torture of Nefud

It misses out

Extended Dialogue Pauls training
Baron Harkonnen Opening speech
Jessica is thought to be the traitor by Thuffer
The Fremen water sellers outside the palace Dr yueh explaining about them
Duke Leto telling Paul about the plot to make him suspect Jessica as the traitor
Sandworm Filmbook sequence
Death of Liet in the desert (Pre spice mass)
Jessica’s vision of Paul Dead in the Palace
Gurney attacks Jessica thinking she was the traitor who brought down house Atreides
Alia stuggling to be accepted in the sietch
Choam and Guild reports
Feyed kills Sandarkar Captain
Thuffer does his best to make the Baron nervous on Geidi prime
The Wind trap and plants Stilgar shows to Paul in the Sietch
Lights in the cliffs and the Ornithopters taking off to get the Harkonnen Spies
and a lot of individual small shots

I think the point is if you are going to do this type of edit Include all of the material that has been cited in the script as it was based on the concept of Fritz Lang Metropolis re-construction. What scenes would make the final edit is up for contention but surely missing big important sub plots is not really good. Back to the drawing board I feel on this one…

The edit might be based on 7th Draft but the film was already shooting as of the 5th Draft.