Dune [4K Ultra-HD] [Blu-ray] [2021] [Region Free]

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There was probably no way a novel as gargantuan as Dune could have been condensed effectively into a roughly two hour and thirty various characters' inner thoughts, as if to give us some filmic intimation of an omniscient narrator's overview in a novel. It unfortunately does not And so it's little wonder that adapting the novel to film caused a whole string of producers and directors well over a decade of fits before it finally

Destination Dune, a 1983 featurette originally produced to promote the film at conventions and publicity events This leads me to another impressive aspect of this presentation. Admittedly I haven’t seen the film in maybe a couple of decades (and I haven’t seen the Extended Version, which isn’t available on this edition) but from my vague recollection I swear the optical effects look better here. To be clear, I don’t think they’ve been digitally touched up or altered, but I feel, at the very least, the contrast has been adjusted. I swear the optical effects really stood out in this film thanks to the varying contrast of the layers, but that’s actually not much of an issue here, the seams only slightly showing. I could be wrong, and please ignore if you know better, but I really felt the optical shots looked better.

In the music score there are elements of Blade Runner (Vangelis), Blade Runner 2049 (Theo Green) the original Dune (Brian Eno), and of course traces of other Hans Zimmer filmscore compositions (of which there are many). However, it’s no surprise the most obvious comparison can be made to Blade Runner 2049 of which Green and Zimmer worked on. composer Hans Zimmer, supervising sound editors Mark Mangini and Theo Green, re-recording mixer Ron Batlett, and actors Timothée Chalamet, Though I can’t speak as to the galleries on Universal’s previous releases (they could sometimes be large themselves) all of this material is, again, mostly recycled from Universal’s previous releases. do Evil Emperors do anything else?). He hatches an elaborate plot to give control of Arrakis, the only source of spice in the galaxy, to the Atreides, delivering a dense, refined, and more immediately impressive image that will play exceptionally well on larger displays.

Dune comes to UK 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray courtesy of Warner but we have to wait further into January for that, and in the meantime Warner's Italian 4K release was available to import for Christmas, and is presumably identical to it. This Ultra HD Blu-ray delivers an absolutely stunning native 4K presentation with Dolby Vision. Filmbooks (HD, 10 Mins.) - Five separate segments that reveal clips from the films, storyboards, and narrated information on the subjects at hand that range from the different houses and people in the movie. Beyond Imagination: Merchandising Dune, a brand new featurette exploring the merchandise created to promote the film, featuring toy collector/producer Brian Sillman (The Toys That Made Us) Following a notorious aborted attempt by Alejandro Jodorowsky in the 1970s, Frank Herbert’s bestselling sci-fi epic Dune finally made it to the big screen as the third film by emerging surrealist wunderkind David Lynch, featuring an all-star cast that includes several of Lynch’s regular collaborators. physical powers that she gave him as a member of the Bene Gesserit; her superiors include Gaius Helen Mohiam (Charlotte Rampling), whoheightened abilities and is a key component in space travel. They are set to replace House Harkonnen and its leader, Baron Vladim (Stellan surround channels and various groups of people clearly and perfectly directional as they move about the scene. All of the wonderful foley effects fill the traditions, Dune was a large, lumbering book that, at least in my experience, tended to divide even its most ardent supporters. Some

A brand new featurette exploring the merchandise created to promote the film, featuring toy collector producer Brian Sillman ( The Toys That Made Us) intended, and it is full of some very appealing performances, from then new star Kyle McLachlan to a whole host of stellar supporting players, a Jedi like revolt against the powers that be. Unfortunately, that very oversimplification ironically works against the film, leaving large swaths of itbut secretly sets up a showdown with the Atreides' arch-enemies, the Harkonnens. That, in a nutshell, is what Dune is all about, but that's However, the difficulties with this film are apparent. Kyle MacLachlan is weak as the lead. The film feels as if it is trying to explain too much and rush through things at the same time. The voice over narration that must have must have been added to try and make things easier for the audience just makes it seem stranger. The first bonus feature “Inside the Royal houses” talks mainly about the different characters and who they are in the film and includes short interview clips with cast members. The second extra “The Spice Milange” reads like a PowerPoint presentation about spice: its properties, harvesting, and value In the galaxy. The next bonus feature “The Sardauker Battle” is about Duncan (played by Jason Momoa) who brings his extensive stunt and fighting experience to the set of Dune . Then, by jumping down from those three thumbnails there are a bunch of other featurettes. It’s a bit confusing how these are organized but nevertheless all the extra content adds up to over an hour. longtime fans of Herbert's creation, though it at least had the luxury of time to develop plot and characters. If Dune is sometimes messy,

warring tribes; it's told largely from the perspective of teenage Paul (Timothée Chalamet), heir to the House Atreides and son of Lady Jessica The original 35mm camera negative was scanned in 4K resolution at Technicolor, Hollywood, USA. The film was graded at Uberproductions, Stuttgart Beyond Imagination - Merchandising Dune (HD; 22:37) is a wonderfully entertaining piece highlighting Brian Stillman's Filmbooks (5 parts, 10:26 total) - This series of short featurettes provide brief overviews (tutorials, really) of the fourfascination with the fact that some marketing mavens thought that Dune was the perfect opportunity to make tie in toys and other items Dune is quite a spectacle, and Warner Bros.' stunning 2160p transfer does a bang-up job of bringing its challenging visuals to the small