You may have seen this Twitter guy's counter perspective on Dune 2 cited in Dreher's Substack in March. It's followed by Villeneuve’s own video explanation of Herbert's self-revisionism. My wife thinks it's was critics who prompted Herbert to follow the book with Messiah to tell you that, hey, I failed to make the main point that Paul isn't a hero! Or maybe Herbert's muse inspired him to tell a riveting epic which became a cultural event but which, on sober reflection of his critics, he deconstructed his epic. Villeneuve built that in to the second film, setting up Messiah to take Paul through self-doubt. Apparently this will demand many revisions as Messiah hasn't much action, to sell it as a climactic (?) conclusion. Anyway, the Twitterer's point is that the very powerful cinematic storytelling undercuts the director's intentions, another example of a creator's efforts succeeding as he may not have intended: https://twitter.com/imPatrickT/status/1769784237157241095
You may have seen this Twitter guy's counter perspective on Dune 2 cited in Dreher's Substack in March. It's followed by Villeneuve’s own video explanation of Herbert's self-revisionism. My wife thinks it's was critics who prompted Herbert to follow the book with Messiah to tell you that, hey, I failed to make the main point that Paul isn't a hero! Or maybe Herbert's muse inspired him to tell a riveting epic which became a cultural event but which, on sober reflection of his critics, he deconstructed his epic. Villeneuve built that in to the second film, setting up Messiah to take Paul through self-doubt. Apparently this will demand many revisions as Messiah hasn't much action, to sell it as a climactic (?) conclusion. Anyway, the Twitterer's point is that the very powerful cinematic storytelling undercuts the director's intentions, another example of a creator's efforts succeeding as he may not have intended: https://twitter.com/imPatrickT/status/1769784237157241095
If we live in a visual age, visuals truly matter. I am left asking: Who is the hero in the Dune-verse?
This is worthwhile stuff. Thank you for the thoughtful piece.