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Recently watched the Alternate Redux. Way too much fluff added to the first half of the movie that just murders the pacing (also unnecessary re-use of music cues when there should be silence).

The 2nd half is on point though. I may make a definitive edit using some of the Redux as a blueprint whenever the 4K disc comes out (which I believe is later this year / in time for Villeneuve’s version).

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As you fans probably know by now, DUNE is about to be reissued on 4K and Blu Ray in two deluxe editions, one by Arrow, the other by Koch.

Depending on what frame of mind you come from, Arrow has opted not to include the Allen Smithee extended cut. But the one SE to look out for is the Koch edition, to be released only in Germany. That edition will include not one, but two extended editions.

I have been in touch with “DuneInfo”, one of the guys involved with the Koch set. The Koch version will include the Smithee cut for the first time in an HD format, plus another version whose details can’t be revealed at this time.

What has also not been revealed is whether or not the Koch set will be region free.

But here is what I can tell you…there is a new fan edit of DUNE that has just been completed. I have seen this edit, and compared to the other fan edits we’ve seen (Third Stage Edition, Spicediver, Michael Warren’s “complete saga”), this one is probably the first to bring together all known available legitimate footage David Lynch shot for the film (between all the video releases, the theatrical and Smithee cuts, and the outtakes) into one 185-minute edit. While this maintains the structure of the Spicediver “Redux” edit, all footage is there. I say this because all the other fan edits I have seen (some that claim to be complete) have material missing. This new edit is probably closer to the “final cut” David Lynch wanted but never had a chance to complete.

If you are interested in this new “anonymous Redux 2022” edit or if you have any questions, PM me.

“Hear you nothing that I say?”
-Yoda

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hiphats said:

But here is what I can tell you…there is a new fan edit of DUNE that has just been completed. I have seen this edit, and compared to the other fan edits we’ve seen (Third Stage Edition, Spicediver, Michael Warren’s “complete saga”), this one is probably the first to bring together all known available legitimate footage David Lynch shot for the film (between all the video releases, the theatrical and Smithee cuts, and the outtakes) into one 185-minute edit. While this maintains the structure of the Spicediver “Redux” edit, all footage is there.

combination of the theatrical,tv version and all deletet scenes in only 185min??
that seems me to short…

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benduwan said:

hiphats said:

But here is what I can tell you…there is a new fan edit of DUNE that has just been completed. I have seen this edit, and compared to the other fan edits we’ve seen (Third Stage Edition, Spicediver, Michael Warren’s “complete saga”), this one is probably the first to bring together all known available legitimate footage David Lynch shot for the film (between all the video releases, the theatrical and Smithee cuts, and the outtakes) into one 185-minute edit. While this maintains the structure of the Spicediver “Redux” edit, all footage is there.

combination of the theatrical,tv version and all deletet scenes in only 185min??
that seems me to short…

You have to remember that although the TV version was touted as having “50 min. of never before seen footage”, it actually had only 35, not counting the repeated credits, cutback scenes from part I, the created-for-TV 7 min. prologue, and 5 min. of “cheated footage”. You also have to count the 17 min. of outtakes not in any cut of the film that only appeared on certain DVD and Blu Ray releases. All of the legitimately shot footage is in this new fan cut. None of the controversial changes and edits of the Smithee cut are in this edit. However, some of the male narration of that Smithee cut remains in the new edit only for continuity purposes. The SpiceDiver cut had some new sequences that incorporate most of the TV prologue cut into the plot proper…those scenes have been retained in the new edit as well.

“Hear you nothing that I say?”
-Yoda

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can i do a look at this?link?
thanks