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Dune

“It begins.”

7.8
2021
2h 35m
Science FictionAdventure

Overview

Paul Atreides, a brilliant and gifted young man born into a great destiny beyond his understanding, must travel to the most dangerous planet in the universe to ensure the future of his family and his people. As malevolent forces explode into conflict over the planet's exclusive supply of the most precious resource in existence-a commodity capable of unlocking humanity's greatest potential-only those who can conquer their fear will survive.

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The Architecture of Destiny

For decades, Frank Herbert’s *Dune* held the dubious honor of being science fiction’s "unfilmable" peak—a literary Everest scattered with the frozen corpses of ambitious directors. Where Jodorowsky dreamed of a hallucinogenic spiritual awakening and Lynch delivered a baroque, fever-dream grotesque, Denis Villeneuve has arrived in 2021 with something else entirely: a monolith of concrete and silence. This interpretation is not merely an adventure film; it is a brutalist cathedral erected in honor of fatalism.

Villeneuve’s visual language here is suffocatingly vast. He eschews the shiny, laser-focused aesthetics of contemporary space opera for a tactile, dusty realism. The immense ships of House Atreides hang in the sky not like vehicles, but like floating city-states, their designs echoing the heavy, oppressive architecture of Soviet bunkers. This is a future that feels ancient. Greig Fraser’s cinematography thrives in the dimly lit interiors and the blinding, bleached-out exposure of the Arrakis desert. The film demands that you feel the heat, the dryness, and the sheer weight of the machinery. It is a sensory assault, aided by Hans Zimmer’s score, which bypasses traditional orchestral swelling for a soundscape of throat singing and metallic scraping—a sonic texture that feels excavated from the earth rather than composed.

At the center of this monolithic opera is the "Gom Jabbar" scene, a masterclass in tension that serves as the film’s spiritual thesis. When Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet) places his hand into the nerve-induction box, the film shrinks from galactic politics to a singular, agonizing point of focus. Villeneuve resists the urge to show us the burning flesh; instead, he lingers on Chalamet’s trembling face and the terrifying, veiled stillness of Charlotte Rampling’s Reverend Mother. It is a moment that defines the film’s approach to action: the true battleground is not the open desert, but the internal geography of the mind.

Chalamet, with his angular features and brooding fragility, is perfectly cast as the reluctance of prophecy personified. He looks like a boy who could be broken by a stiff wind, yet carries a frightening intensity in his gaze. However, the emotional anchor of the film is arguably Rebecca Ferguson as Lady Jessica. Far from a passive observer, she is a warrior-mother torn between her Bene Gesserit conditioning and her primal love for her son. Her frantic, whispered recitation of the "Litany Against Fear" outside the testing room provides the film’s most human heartbeat amidst the cold, hard sci-fi concepts.

If the film falters, it is only under the crushing density of its own exposition. As "Part One" of a larger tapestry, it occasionally feels like a magnificent prologue in search of a climax. The narrative arc is cut just as the blade begins to fall, leaving the audience suspended in the void. Yet, this structural truncation feels less like a failure of storytelling and more like a deliberate pacing choice. Villeneuve is not interested in the dopamine rush of quick resolution; he is interested in the slow, terrifying accumulation of destiny.

*Dune* (2021) acts as a corrective to the disposable nature of modern blockbusters. It treats its audience with intelligence, asking them to sit in the stillness and observe the shifting sands. It is a film that understands that to appreciate the scale of the universe, one must first feel small within it.

Clips (16)

Duncan Steals Ornithopter - Movie Clip

Paul Atreides Becomes One Of The Fremen

Hunter Seeker

New World

Learn What I Do

My First Time

Crysknife

Paul Atreides Has a Vision

Join Me in Death

Paul Atreides Tries To Outrun The Sandworm

Paul Tries to Protect Lady Jessica

No Choice

The Emperor Has Spoken

Spice

Silence

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Featurettes (23)

Joe Walker | 94th Oscars Best Film Editing | Behind the Oscars Speech

Filmbooks: The Spice Melange

Filmbooks: The Fremen

Filmbooks: The Bene Gesserit

Filmbooks: House Harkonnen

Filmbooks: House Atreides

Adapting 'Dune' for the Big Screen | Academy x FilmAid: Visiting Artists Series

'Dune' Wins Best Production Design | 94th Oscars

'Dune' Wins Best Film Editing | 94th Oscars

Hans Zimmer Wins Best Original Score for 'Dune' | 94th Oscars

'Dune' Wins Best Visual Effects | 94th Oscars

'Dune' Wins Best Cinematography | 94th Oscars

'Dune' Wins Best Sound | 94th Oscars

Zendaya’s Dune Scenes Compilation

Dune's SFX team get emotional as they thank their families and collaborators | EE BAFTAs 2022

Dune Wins Production Design | EE BAFTA Film Awards 2022

Dune Wins Sound | EE BAFTA Film Awards 2022

Dune ASMR with Sharon Duncan-Brewster

BFI Q&A - Denis Villeneuve on Dune

Sharon Duncan-Brewster Plays You vs. Your Character

Denis Villeneuve and Hans Zimmer on Dune

A Message for Canada from the Stars of DUNE

Desert Visions Featurette

Behind the Scenes (11)

Beware the Baron - Behind the Scenes

Building the Ancient Future - Behind the Scenes

Jason Momoa: Guardian of House Atreides

Otherworldly Wears

Designing the Sandworm

The Sounds of Dune - Behind The Scenes with Denis Villeneuve

The Training Room

The Royal Houses

Inside Dune: Working with the Cast

Inside Dune: Working with one of my idols

Dune Awaits: Becoming Duncan Idaho

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