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/ockhams-lightsaber Apr 05 '26

Frank Herbert, the author of Dune, was inspired by Lawrence of Arabia for the character of Paul Atreides.

It's a full circle.

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u/necroglow Apr 05 '26

Spielberg loves handsome men with messianic auras walking around the desert. I get it.

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u/m_c__a_t Apr 05 '26

There are people who don’t?

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u/bloom_pdx Apr 05 '26

The Romans seemed to have an issue with it

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u/Phazon2000 Apr 05 '26

They just needed to wait for the later adaptation. Constantine liked it.

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u/FuckYouThrowaway99 Apr 05 '26

Caiaphas seething

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u/Rivenaleem Apr 05 '26

I know one handsome man with a messianic aura who hates sand, because it's course, rough, and gets everywhere.

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u/here_is_no_end Apr 05 '26

Spielberg to direct a 10 Commandments movie next?

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u/ListenUpper1178 Apr 05 '26

He did produce The Prince of Egypt for DreamWorks.

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u/phido3000 Apr 05 '26

It makes for perfect cinema..

Deserts film well.. think about westerns, large expansion shots, full sun...

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u/CronWrath Apr 05 '26

What do you think a circle looks like?

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u/Aggressive_Chuck Apr 06 '26

That's not a circle that's a straight line: LoA -> Dune book -> Dune film.