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Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, and this week with special guests Jenn Gannon and Deirdre Molumby, 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, Denis Villeneuve’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 ranked 127th on the list of the best movies of all time on the Internet Movie Database.

Show Notes:

• Recorded 24th October 2021.
• 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.
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• Denis Villeneuve talks to The New York Time about his experiences growing up with Dune, October 2021.
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• Denis Villeneuve confesses to IndieWire that he is surprised he got to direct Dune after the box office disappointment of Blade Runner 2049, October 2021.
• Pamela McClintock at The Hollywood Reporter reports on how much Blade Runner 2049 lost for its studio, November 2017.
• Sam Adams at Slate looks at the seven different formats in which the audience can watch Dune, October 2021.
• Benny Har-Even at Forbes argues that Dune is a movie that deserves to be seen on as big a screen as possible, October 2021.
• Denis Villeneuve writes at Variety about the decision to release Dune simultaneously in cinemas and on HBO Max, December 2020.
• Ben Stiller writes on Twitter about watching Dune in the kitchen, October 2021.
• Ryan Williams at CR Fashion reports on the never-ending Dune press junket, October 2021.
• Brady Langmann at Esquire reports on Denis Villeneuve answering press questions about Marvel Studios, September 2021.
• Sam Warner at Digital Spy reports on how Denis Villeneuve feels about postcredit scenes, October 2021.
• Kieran Culkin appears on Lorraine to promote Succession, October 2021.
• Entertainment Tonight reports on the red carpet premiere of Succession in London, October 2021.
• Tom Brueggemann at IndieWire reports on the international rollout of Dune, September 2021.
• Darren Mooney at The Escapist discusses whether the pandemic streaming revolution was a failure, August 2021.
• Dade Hayes at Deadline discusses the “retreat” of AT&T from Hollywood, and its divestiture of Warner Brothers, May 2021.
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• Matt Kim at IGN reports on the particulars of Nolan’s deal with Universal over Oppenheimer, September 2021.
• Darren Mooney at The Escapist looks at whether Nolan’s deal with Universal is really that unusual, September 2021.
• Susannah Alexander at Digital Spy reports on the early release of The Suicide Squad in Europe, May 2021.
• Courtney Enlow at SyFy Wire reports on Oscar Isaac’s complaints about the seats in Star Wars, October 2019.
• Darren Mooney at The Escapist discusses the decision to split Dune into two films, July 2021.
• Denis Villeneuve talks to The Independent about splitting Dune into two separate films, April 2020.
• Denis Villeneuve talks to IndieWire about his hopes to adapt Dune Messiah for the screen, August 2021.
• Timothée Chalamet talks to Variety about how making Dune is similar to making a Kid Cudi biopic, October 2021.
• Beth Ewbb at NME reports on Timothée Chalamet mailing Kid Cudi a Dune action figure, June 2021.
• Scott Mendelson at Forbes reports on the box office performance of Dune, October 2021.
• Nancy Tartaglione at Deadline reports on audience reaction to Dune, October 2021.
• Open Culture shares the glossary that was circulated with early screenings of David Lynch’s Dune, August 2014.
• Coil House looks back at some of the more interesting marketing ideas for David Lynch’s Dune, March 2011.
• Libby Torres at Yahoo reports on the inclusion of the battle pug in David Lynch’s Dune, October 2021.
• Timothée Chalamet talks to The Hollywood Reporter about auditioning for Spider-Man: Homecoming, January 2018.
• Tom Brueggemann at IndieWire reports on Dune as a test of Timothée Chalamet’s movie stardom, October 2021.
• Borys Kit at The Hollywood Reporter discusses how Robert Pattinson was cast as the lead in The Batman, June 2019.
• Stephen M. Silverman at People reports on Josh Brolin’s arrest for domestic abuse, December 2004.
• The BBC reports on Timothée Chalamet starring as Willy Wonka in Wonka, October 2021.
• Justin Kroll at Deadline reports on the Wonka prequel starring Timothée Chalamet, May 2021.
• Emmet Asher-Perrin at Tor discusses whether Dune is a white saviour narrative, March 2019.
• Darren Mooney at The Escapist argues that Dune is a deconstruction of “chosen one” narratives, April 2020.
• Nina Strochlic at National Geographic looks back on the life of Sharbat Gula, known as “the Afghan Girl”, December 2017.
• Darren Mooney at The Escapist reflects on Dune as a meditation on what it means to be human, October 2021.
• Jon Lee Anderson at The New Yorker reflects on what the withdrawal from Afghanistan means for the future of American identity, September 2021.
• Zalan Khan at Al Jazeera asks whether the American withdrawal from Afghanistan marks the end of the American Empire, August 2021.
• Andy Greenberg at Wired reports on how Dune prefigured decades of global politics, September 2021.
• Bilal Qureshi at NPR argues that Dune is “Hollywood’s definitive post-9/11 epic”, October 2021.
• Sonny Bunch at The Washington Post discusses Sicario and Prisoners as parables of post-9/11 America, September 2015.
• Stephen McKinley Henderson talks to Vulture about filming Dune, October 2021.
• Anthony Lund at MovieWeb reports on how Jason Momoa came to be cast in Dune, October 2021.
• Dave Bautista talks to The Irish Times about his transition from wrestling to acting, October 2021.
• Darren Mooney at The Escapist discusses the tendency of Marvel Studios films to get lost in protective irony, July 2021.
• Danielle Cohen at The Cut discusses why the sandworms in Dune look the way that they do, October 2021.
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