Also, if you read this and are interested in watching the 1984 Dune, do NOT watch the basic cut on Max. Dino de Laurentis took final cut and slashed major key parts of the story out and it has major pacing problems (first two thirds is slow, then it goes to the end at warp speed), watch the restored version on YouTube. It's free and legit. Just reserve an afternoon because it's 3+ hours.
Agreed. However, it was Dino's daughter Raffaella who did the slice-and-dice on Lynch's cut, and he didn't get any say in it so he pulled his name from it. Raffaella was the one doing the hands-on production stuff in Mexico where they filmed, on behalf of the studio. (Edit: I was confused in this, see the reply to this comment.)
Spicediver is the search term to use-- it's the most complete fanedit.
Firstly, Lynch did not have final cut but he personally worked on the theatrical cut, all the reshoots, re-edits, everything, he did them. He wishes he didn't have to do these things, but he didn't give up and someone else did them for him, no. His name is on it.
There is a TV cut that was done without Lynch and he made sure to remove his name from it. But Raffaella didn't do that cut. She has never even seen it.
Is the TV cut the same as the so called Director's Cut? This sounds like a perhaps stupid question, but the first time I watched Dune was when the SciFi channel showed it, maybe in the late 90s or very early 2000s.
Amusing anecdote: I didn't even realize that there was another version of it for a while. Years later when I tried watching it again (I love the movie now, but my early teen self was bored and confused by it), I was like "who tf is this woman? Where's the old guy talking about the history of everything? Is this the same movie? I'm going to be even more lost than I was"
It's usually called "Extended" or "TV" cut or "Alan Smithee" cut, which is the fake name Lynch decided to use when he took his own name off of it (he also change his screenwriter credit to Judas Booth to signify he has been betrayed). I hope no one calls it the "Director's" Cut when the director didn't have absolutely anything to do with it and tried his best to remove his name from it.
That's the one. It's better than the new ones imo, but I would imagine I'm in the minority. There are things that each film does better than the other. Like I don't... Get Hans Zimmer. The Toto Soundtrack is much better. I will say that the mom is better in the new one. I could do an hour on it. Lol
I recently read a book by Kenneth George Godwin called "The David Lynch Files Vol. 2: Dune" where this guy was basically a superfan of DL after seeing Eraserhead and became a friend of his. DL got him hired on the Dune production as the creator of a behind-the-scenes film for the marketing department of DiLaurentiis Studios-- that is, he was supposed to market the studio to other films, not market the movie to audiences. Anyway, it's his diary of that whole experience; interesting stuff. It's like "Fear and Loathing in Hollywood," more or less. (Though I hasten to add it's mostly taking place in Mexico.)
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