Well the eyes wide shut story has reared it’s head again about wether ut us true to Stableys vision… There is talk about a 3rd person Narration amongst some missing bit’s which for some reason are always quoted as 20 minutes with zero evidence of this was the intention but Eyes wide shut was released and we got to see a good approximation of what Stanley would have wanted although it may not have been as nuanced had Stanley been directly involved himself.
I think Dune should get the same treatment but you must understand if you are going to either add or take or change things in an extended edit it would be revisionistic certainly gladly revisionistic so we don’t have repeated shots thrown in over and over again certainly gladly revisionistic that we don’t have two pieces of music playing simultaneously. Gladly Revisionistic to restore the music cues and paint in the Blue eyes.
We know that Lynch wanted a 3 hour Dune theatrical but also later wanted to do a 4 hour Dune extended or there abouts but was offered no compensation to prepare it. What is important also is how the structure of the film might change a bit too.
Harping on about revisionism is ironic because the Dune that we were delivered was not what Lynch wanted exactly and was revisionism. Then when they went to do a longer version it was a very ham fisted attempt to restore that original vision. Certainly scenes that required special effects had zero budget and scenes that required audio work were left out too like Alias voice as evidenced by the recent clip by Max Evry and ALias nose bleed deleted scene. The limitations were numerous. If you were to restore Dune to the Blueprint of the scenes that were shot it would be Revisionistic but as I stated and as Ron Miller stated there is stuff missing wether you like it or not that is a fact and those voids or missing parts would need to be filled to make the film work.
You know when we go to the Harkonnen world and you see the Oil Burner Baby face statue thing. You know that the Background is totally missing? THat the Background is not composited in all versions. SHould it remain a uncomposited background or should the world appear behind the statue? Are you in the world or atr you not in the world?
My estimate is Dune completed would come in at around 3 hours and 20 minutes tops I don’t personally see 4 hours of material but there are parts that remain unseen and how they would play out remains unknown. I think Lunch knew he had over 3 hours but by how much he could not remember, Essentiakky first the extended cut should be done properly. Then the exyta material should be handled accordingly.
There must be a missing shot also where Leto Looks in on Jessica when he says “I should have married you” as in the new film this is how it plays out and I think also in the comic book 3 parter recently released by Brian Herbert.