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Shortening the Way: Villeneuve’s Dune as Film and as Project
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This chapter puts Denis Villeneuve’s remake of Dune (2021) in conversation with all six of Frank Herbert’s novels, and with Brian Herbert and Kevin Anderson’s two sequels, situating his contribution to the Dune universe as part of a greater project. The author investigates the intersections between tragedy and optimism in Villeneuve’s film and Herbert’s novels, focusing specifically on the scene in which the Reverend Mother of the Bene Gesserit tests Paul Atreides to see if he is indeed the Kwisatz Haderach. Villeneuve’s reimagining of the scene suggests new layers of hope and a new visioning of the ‘shortening of the way.’
Title: Shortening the Way: Villeneuve’s Dune as Film and as Project
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This chapter puts Denis Villeneuve’s remake of Dune (2021) in conversation with all six of Frank Herbert’s novels, and with Brian Herbert and Kevin Anderson’s two sequels, situating his contribution to the Dune universe as part of a greater project.
The author investigates the intersections between tragedy and optimism in Villeneuve’s film and Herbert’s novels, focusing specifically on the scene in which the Reverend Mother of the Bene Gesserit tests Paul Atreides to see if he is indeed the Kwisatz Haderach.
Villeneuve’s reimagining of the scene suggests new layers of hope and a new visioning of the ‘shortening of the way.
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