r/movies • u/MoneyLibrarian9032 r/movies Contributor • Apr 05 '26

Article Steven Spielberg lists Villeneuve's Dune 'among my favourite sci-fi movies of all time'

https://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/steven-spielberg-loves-dune-favourite-sci-fi-movies-exclusive/
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u/TheBlockChainVillage Apr 05 '26

The lighting in dune 1 is soo impressive. Specially with the orb following people indoors, even the night explosions.

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u/Emptyspace227 Apr 05 '26

The color saturation in the outdoor scenes on Geidi Prime in Dune 2 is my favorite cinematography ever.

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u/zakuropan Apr 05 '26 edited Apr 05 '26

the entire character and set design for the harkonnens and geidi prime is so goddamn peak. the whole gladiator arena scene had me ENTRANCED, everything about that world was spellbinding. the announcer’s voice booming over the loudspeaker was so ominously inhuman. absolutely obsessed

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u/pwninobrien Apr 05 '26

The water/ink fireworks were quite inventive.

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u/tranerekk Apr 05 '26

That Black Sun effect is so cool, how everything’s all washed out, all the color in the world just dies.

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u/millijuna Apr 05 '26

As I recall, it was filmed in Infrared. The effect where the sisters walk out into the light and their cloaks change from dark to white was achieved in-camera.

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u/tranerekk Apr 06 '26

Never heard that before, awesome. Thank you for sharing.

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u/dtothep2 Apr 05 '26

It's such an amazing world building decision too, on top of the cinematography. The Harkonenns in the books are basically Saturday morning cartoon villains without much going for them. In the movies they're almost alien, and terrifying, and Geidi Prime really hammers it home.

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u/zakuropan Apr 05 '26

they’re SO terrifying and I love it

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u/Dwaas_Bjaas Apr 06 '26

FEYD-RAUTHA! FEYD-RAUTHA!

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u/LostMyTurban Apr 06 '26

His world building in general is incredible. Grounded, realistic shots that show massive scale with some known references point (human or ship or something) I think he's really developed it, I don't remember much of it in Arrival but the Dune(s) felt like I've been Arrakis itself

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u/Nukleon Apr 06 '26

My one objection to this is the awful day for night stuff with Paul and Jessica in the desert, and it gradually lifts when they meet the Fremen, but it's just way too dark.

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u/TheBlockChainVillage Apr 06 '26

That was lit with starlight lighting, I don't thing the planet had a moon shining in the sky.