Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, and this week with special guests Charlene Lydon and Joe Griffin, The 250 is a weekly trip through some of the best (and worst) movies ever made, as voted for by Internet Movie Database Users. New episodes are released Saturdays at 6pm GMT.
So this week, David Lynch’s Dune.
The galaxy is in turmoil. Rumours swirl of a plot against House Atreides. As Duke Leto Atreides takes control of the desert planet of Dune, he tries to track down the traitors in his midst. Meanwhile, his son Paul finds himself on the verge of an awakening that will have a profound impact on the future of mankind.
At time of recording, it was not ranked on the list of the best movies of all time on the Internet Movie Database.
Show Notes:
- Recorded 9th December 2020.
- Note: Due to the COVID-19 situation, this episode was recorded remotely. We suspect, going forward that a lot of our episodes will be until the crisis resolves.
- Note: We had a technical hiccup with this episode. We have sorted it, but on our side, but some other services may take a little while to correct it. We apologise sincerely for this.
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- Hari Kunzru at The Guardian takes a look back the history and development of Frank Herbert’s Dune, July 2015.
- Michael Berry at Salon looks at the environmental and ecological origins of Frank Herbert’s Dune, August 2015.
- Beatles Guy animates David Lynch’s account of meeting George Lucas to discuss directing Return of the Jedi, April 2016.
- Daniel D. Snyder at The Atlantic discusses comparisons between Dune and Star Wars, March 2014.
- Ridley Scott briefly discusses his attempt to adapt Dune, January 2011.
- Nicholas Barber discusses the shadow cast by Alejandro Jodorowsky’s Dune at the BBC, March 2019.
- David Llewellyn at the Wales Art Review places David Lynch’s Dune in the context of producer Dino De Laurentiis, January 2020.
- Dino De Laurentiis talks to The Guardian about his involvement in the Hannibal Lecter franchise, June 1999.
- Ryan Lambie at Den of Geek looks back on the production and development of David Lynch’s Dune, September 2016.
- David Lynch talks to Starlog magazine about directing Dune, October 1984.
- Wired discusses the challenges of adapting Dune from page to screen, September 2020.
- Jonathan K. Dick at The A.V. Club debates David Lynch’s Dune as an adaptation of the source novel, March 2016.
- Matt Armitage at 25 Years Later discusses the battles over the final cut of Dune, September 2018.
- Nicholas Barber at BBC looks back on the production and development of Blue Velvet, September 2016.
- The Gazette reports on David Lynch discussing the trauma of making Dune on the press tour for Blue Velvet, September 1986.
- Roger Ebert reviews Dune for The Chicago Sun Times, January 1984.
- Janet Maslin reviews Dune for The New York Times, December 1984.
- Mark Beaumont at NME argues in defense of David Lynch’s Dune, April 2020.
- Darren Mooney at The Escapist argues that there has never been another film like David Lynch’s Dune, April 2020.
- Aljean Harmetz at The New York Times reports on the troubled production of David Lynch’s Dune, September 1983.
- Kyle MacLachlan talks to The New York Times about being a huge fan of Frank Herbert’s Dune, May 1984.
- Virginia Madsen talks to The Herald Tribune about working with Kyle MacLachlan and David Lynch on Dune, April 2018.
- Brad Dourif talks to The A.V. Club about his career and his roles, including Dune, October 2016.
- Brad Dourif talks to Rue Morgue about his life and career, including Dune, April 2018.
- Asher Elbein at The Atlantic discusses modern fandom’s obsession with “the canon”, April 2016.
- Oliver Lyttelton at IndieWire discusses how fandom’s obsession with fidelity is making adaptation worse, March 2012.
- Kenneth George Godwin at Cagey Films recalls initial plans to structure the publicity campaign for Dune like The Ten Commandments, March 1983.
- Open Culture shares the glossary that was circulated with early screenings of Dune, August 2014.
- Coil House looks back at some of the more interesting marketing ideas for David Lynch’s Dune, March 2011.
- Ed Power at The Telegraph offers a brief overview of Sting’s iconic underwear in Dune, September 2020.
- Brian Thompson talks to ScreenJabber about shooting the nude scene with Arnold Schwarzenegger in The Terminator, October 2012.
- Brian Thompson talks to Sci-Fi Now about working on The Terminator, October 2012.
- Eric Diaz at Nerdist argues that editor Marcia Lucas gave Star Wars its heart, May 2019.
- Marc Bernardin at SyFy on how Marcia Lucas influenced and shaped Star Wars as a film and as a franchise, December 2012.
- Scott Timberg at The Los Angeles Times looks on the timeliness and timelessness of Frank Herbert’s Dune, April 2010.
- Danny Leigh at The Guardian discusses David Lynch’s Eraserhead as a metaphor for the fears of fatherhood, March 2017.
- Eleanor Fye at io9 discusses how Dune helped to popularise the Alan Smithee pseudonym, June 2020.
- Ignatiy Vishnevetsky at The A.V. Club argues that Dune retains David Lynch’s stylistic sensibilities and his interests, September 2016.
- Keith Phipps at The Dissolve discusses the importance of Dune in Lynch’s evolution as a filmmaker, September 1984.
- David Lynch talks to The Big Issue about his affection for The Wizard of Oz, July 2019.
- Graham Edwards discusses the retro special effects of David Lynch’s Dune, June 2012.
- Darren Mooney at The Escapist discusses both Dune and Flash Gordon as science-fiction throwbacks to the biblical epics of the fifties, December 2020.
- Far Out Magazine takes a look back at David Lynch’s photographs of old factories, June 2019.
- David Lynch talks to Roger Ebert at The Chicago Sun Times about his fascination with death and decay, October 1986.
- Darren Mooney at Escapist Magazine argues that Dune is a deconstruction of the classic “chosen one” archetype, April 2020.
- Emmet Asher-Perrin at Tor.com on the debate around whether Dune is a white saviour narrative, March 2019.
- Emmet Asher-Perrin at Tor.com on the challenges of adapting Baron Harkonnen for modern audiences, February 2019.
- Mark Beaumont at NME argues in favour of the miniseries Children of Dune, June 2020.
- Michael Warren discusses his re-edit of Dune, February 2017.
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