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The first step of a heros journey sometimes begins with a push.
At the start of Frank Herberts science fiction epic Dune, the young royal Paul Atreides prepares to leave the comfortable life he knows for a desolate, dangerous mining planet known as Arrakis, where his wealthy family will oversee extraction of a spice vital to the galaxy.
If he only knew the chaos and death that awaited him, he might be even more sorry to leave.
This is the first look at Timothée Chalamet as Paul Atreides on his native planet of Caladan from this Decembers film version of the novel, directed by Arrival and Blade Runner 2049 filmmaker Denis Villeneuve. The 1965 book was so seismic in its influence that its echoes still turn up in sci-fi and fantasy storytelling half a century later. Still, it has stubbornly defied appropriate adaptation itself.
Tomorrow, Vanity Fair will provide an even more expansive exploration of Villeneuves quest to bring Dune to the screen, but today we begin with the central hero: Paul Atreides, a child of privilege raised by a powerful family, but not one strong enough to protect him from the dangers that await.
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leftieNanner
(15,124 posts)And one of the few that I have read more than once.
The first film version was a complete travesty! This casting of Chalamet as Paul Atreides look like a good choice. I can't wait to see what they do with the worms!!
Thanks for posting this.
exboyfil
(17,863 posts)It very well could be the Game of Thrones of galactic science fiction. I see no problem with reading Dune multiple times. I have read it three times myself (as a teenager, when I was in my early 20s for a Science Fiction as Literature class (picked up a lot I missed the first time), and when I was in my 40s (picked up an even better understanding of the motivations and a better appreciation of the ecology). I will probably read it again in my 60s.
There is s rich canvas draw from - even the potboiler prequels which might translate better to screen anyway.
Doing Dune in two parts is very smart. I still don't think five hours will cover all the material in that novel, but we will see.
exboyfil
(17,863 posts)Life is going to change in a hurry.
Raster
(20,998 posts)One of my all-time favorite books... Read it *at least* 10 times. I cannot wait.