wdr@faron.UUCP (William D. Ricker) (01/08/85)
In answer to the question of how much usable film was shot, a friend heard
on CNN2 that 5 hours of usable, coherent plot will be recycled in a
year or two into a 4 or 5 hour mini-series for T.V.. This would include
many of the scenes/plot-details we all miss.
Regarding the continuation of Dune Books and cannonic status of the movie,
_Writer's_Digest_ (current issue) has an on-the-set interview with Frank
Herbert. He promises one final volume, to be out in '85 I think, in
which he will rap up the series (or so he expects). (He admits to writing
one of the Leto sequels because the character wouldn't leave him
alone otherwise.) He does endorse not only the screen-play as written
by Lynch but also every scene, claiming to have worked the clap-board on
each scene himself. (He has been a professional photographer and video
cameraman, so he may well have earned his "Technical Consultant"
retainer.)
** This is not in net.movies because
** (A) I don't read net.movies because I don't watch non-SF movies.
** (B) I'm discussing DUNE the multi-media, multi-work SF phenomen, not
** a FILM conversion of a best-selling novel.
** (C) People who insist that to be SF it must be printed by 14thC
** technology have missed something. (Yes, I know there's been
** continuous incremental improvement in lithography etc.)
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William Ricker
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