https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/movies/a39749695/david-lynch-dune-directors-cut/
Now there is no project attached to this personally myself yet I have had a little dabble in the past as I have looked at various music cues and possible re-arrangements of scenes amongst gone into depth about what is in the script and is considered still not released and possibly filmed. There are also a great many users and people whom have produced edits and tried various ways to make it either better include discarded material and complete it in a some what better fashion.
What’s interesting Lynch want’s to peek at what was left out of the film and what can be done to reassemble something closer to what he was aiming for… Yet he can not remember much of it but he’s had a change of heart because perhaps he can not remember very well all those years back and exactly a good reason to go back with fresh eyes.
I am pleased he is considering this option.
So although this is not a project here that anyone is doing. I am wondering if we can’t help nudge Lynch in a good direction to perhaps help him find his ultimate directors cut.
I would like the thread to be a resource for The team that work on it should it potentially go ahead which I reckon it will as the invitation has been there a long time for Lynch to do this.
Here’s some resources on Dune-info where you can find the scripts which contain more scenes that have never been released
https://www.duneinfo.com/caladan/cut-scenes
Although it will be Lynch’s Directors Cut what from any cut’s you have seen be it theatrical, extended edition or a fan-edit do you feel worked the best?
When considering the script scenes that are missing things to possibly look forward to mostly in the final act.
1.2nd Stage Navigator?
2.Max Von Sydow death scene Spice Blow
3.Terraforming sub-plot full inclusion
4.Jessicas water of Life sequence Carlo Rambaldi’s puppet Baby Alia opening it’s eyes and saying “Mother” as soon as she is born
5.Patrick Stewart (Gurney) distrusting Paul’s mother as the traitor before learning it was Dr Huey
6.Alia growing up very quick but a misfit in the tribe
7.Sting Killing the Sandakar Captain you can see the bloody remains being hosed away in the film
8.Rabaan in the bath tub prior to the true Guild report not voiced by Kyle Mcglaughlan
9.Nefud Labotomised
These are but a few there are many small things throughout the film that are not quite finished amongst special effects too such as.
1.Extended Dialogue Pauls Training
2.Extended Dialogue Baron get’s Leto’s message and possibly voiced letter to Leto
3.Dr Yueh laser pen to cut open dead Harkonan Soldier
4.Elements missing in certain Composites Dreams in different order
5.Cable Car scene missing shots
6.Signal Lights in the Cliffs and Leto and Thuffer discuss fremen prophecy
7.Jessica cut’s Shadout Mapes
8 Montage with water drops Fremen train, Stilgar show’s paul wind traps with plants.
9. Thuffers Death scene in palace
10. Fremen crowd outside of Arakeen palace
11. A Shot of Sandakar troops in desert at night taken by surprise (Explosion) Paul dodges bullets in the rocks squibs exploding no Laser effects.
This is a good article about the planned 4 hours Directors cut vs the 3 hour Theatrical cut.
https://medium.com/fan-fare/david-lynch-4-hour-dune-1986-9306d41b7f1e
The Extended Broadcast Version was probably close to a Lynch 3 hour cut but Lynch had no hand in asssembling it however he did direct the scenes that were included exclusively in this version and has been a point of great interest for Fan’s of Lynch and Dune Alike.