Denis Villeneuves coming Sci-Fi blockbuster Dune is based on an epic book series, which builds its own universe around foreign planets, political intrigues and magical substances. If you do not know the books, our short, spoiler-free introduction is just right for you.
Denis Villeneuves coming epic Dune filmed a universe, which was a long time as unmistakable: David Lynch had already dared to the desert planet in 1984, with moderate success. Then silence, apart from a TV riding device with James Mcavoy and Alice Krige, who conveyed even more successful on moving pictures due to its length Dune. In blockbuster format, however? Nobody has dared to talk to that until now - to Villeneuves Dune, the on 16 . September should appear in the cinemas worldwide.
What makes Dune so unmistakable? The cyclic book series describes a completely own universe whose characters carry imaginative clothing to foreign locations; Huge sandworms occur, Villeneuves Dunentic battles, dream sequences, glowing eyes, and on top of them: a story that roots politically and philosophically complex topics discusses between a whole group of main characters. Also, there is this feeling that the Dune in a recovery, this mystical, which can be captured alone in a blockbuster. In short, the right technique needs the right actor and half a genius to press a complex book into a movie. But director Denis Villeneuve, who has already made fantastic work with Blade Runner 2049, could do it this year. Together with main actor Timothée Chalamet, without which the new filming of Dune might not exist.
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What you know about Dune (no spoilers!)
The Dune saga plays about 20,000 years in our future; So far away, that the memory of the earth is faded. For millennia, people have developed and a number of planets in the all populated. The journey with lighting speed through the universe is the key to the continued existence of the human empire, but 10,000 years before the start of the Dune saga, humanity has eliminated thinking machines and artificial intelligence; During the Butlerian Jihad .
A new way through the all had to be found - a way that has become possible by the mysterious substance Spice Melange (short: spice) *. Extremely high levels of spice enable artificially developed people to mutate creatures that can safely navigate spaceships through all. But other people also consume spice; It extends life, changing the mind and gives its consumers supernatural skills such as increased sensory perception and future visions. However, SPICE also makes addictive and a withdrawal kills people. Users of Spice you can generally recognize that your * eyes light blue light up .
Spice is only available on a single planet in the whole universe: Arrakis , or Dune, the desert planet. However, the degradation of this important substance is not without, because not only is the desert of Arraki's life-threatening, it is roamed by Villeneuves Dunentic sandworms , which can devour whole cities.
The main character Paul Atreides, played by Timothée Chalamet
Paul Atreides is the 15-year-old son of the noble house Atreides, and as it were the product of a breeding program, which ran over generations. Control over this program have the bene gift , an exclusive, mystical circle of mighty women who want to direct the fate of humanity through their influences, intrigues and forces. They also consume spice.
At the beginning of Dune, the noble family ateides is forced due to an intrigue to Arrakis; The family has enemies in very high ranks. Paul Atreides takes a key role here, because something mystical awakens in him, something that will change his life forever. This means a catastrophe for the breeding program mentioned above, because Paul's mother (a member of Bene Gesserit) has the mission to give Duke Leto Atreides no son to give birth. However, she falls in love with him, disregards the order and gives Paul's life. This circumstance alone, which sells highest complexity, is only a fraction of the multifaceted myth, which is at least established in the Dune series.
Why is Dune such an important science fiction classic? After everything described here, one thing is certain: You should read the Dune series to immerse yourself in the complex universe. Dune is one of the most important science fiction books ever, it has inspired epics like Star Wars or Blade Runner to name a few. Without Dune, the world of Sci-Fi would look different today - and Dune is not just an entertaining epic. About the sophisticated saga, important questions of life are made and answered, so or so: Dune to read you can only be the advantage.
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