The deep meaning of Denis Villeneuve’s DUNE

Mystic experience of psychotic break?

I’m often surprised by the number of people who dislike Denis Villeneuve’s DUNE

So as we build up to DUNE 2 I’ve put together a short primer on the deep meaning of Villeneuve’s movie

What makes the movie a masterpiece isn’t just the cinematography…which is sublime…or the Hans Zimmer soundtrack…which might be the greatest composition of the 21st century so far

it’s the adept way Denis asks the question at the heart of Dune

is Paul Atreides a mystic?

or a psychotic?

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