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Talk like sand and nothing to eat: pretentious, bloated, painted, tedious and disappointing "dune"

Despite the huge investment, the great talent behind it and the great expectations, "Dune" fails to reward those who pass its 155 minutes.

Maybe the sequel will be better - if one is produced at all

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• Timothy Shalama

• Josh Brolin

• Zendaya

Avner Shavit

Saturday, October 23, 2021, 00:00

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Trailer for the movie "Dune" (Tulip Media)

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Frank Herbert published "Dune" in the mid-1960s, and since then the book has become a cult bestseller, synonymous with a cinematic curse. Alejandro Khodorovsky, the wizard of cinematic hallucinations, tried to make it a particularly ambitious film in the 1970s, but the attempt failed and was immortalized in retrospect in the docu-film, considered one of the most beautiful documents on cinematic failures.

David Lynch was next in line and managed to complete the production, but disliked the version that came to the screens, and the result is considered his worst work and an invisible film. At the turn of the last century, the novel also spawned a television mini-series, but its low profile and limited budget made it rather neglected and forgotten.

The years passed, more directors drowned in the quicksand, and only now, at last, did anyone manage to meet the challenge - Dennis Willenb, who became one of the most prominent and respected filmmakers in the world of contemporary commercial cinema thanks to "Prisoners", "Sicario" and "The Encounter". .

Although the distribution of Vilnav's "Dune" was delayed because of the Corona, in early September it made its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival, receiving almost floor-to-wall compliments.

After that, it was distributed in certain parts of the world, and this weekend it also went up in Israel and the United States.

In America, it rolled simultaneously to both screens and the HBO Max streaming service.

This is to the chagrin of the director, who repeatedly declares that he has created an epic vision here that demands the dimensions of the big screen.

Willenb, it must be said to his credit, is not an opportunist, but one of those many who grew up on the knees of the book.

He always dreamed of the opportunity to bring it to the canvas, and when the success of his previous films opened the door to that, he stormed it with both hands.

Unlike previous adaptations, its version is also considered close to the original.

At least so far, the Dune Army of Truth has barely made a sound of outcry.

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It finally happened.

From "Dune" (Photo: Tulip Media)

Wilenb's adaptation, it is important to note, refers only to the first part of the epic - a sequel will follow, unless the box office performance is too disappointing.

"Dune" has a dual mission: to illustrate, after all these years, that Herbert's text can serve as the basis for a worthy film;

And prove, after a few waves of Corona, that the film industry is still capable of standing on its own two feet.

"Dune" is a challenge in every way, and the sheet is too short to sum up its twisted plot.

We will do this in the shortest possible way: the story takes place in the distant future, although it seems relevant to us, and follows existential and existential struggles for control between different dynasties.

Inside the gallery of figures, one aristocrat stands out: a prince played by Timothy Shalama, who becomes not only a regent, but also a Messiah who has the power to change the fate of the entire universe.

The imaginative plot also includes a fraternity of women with supernatural powers, giant worms and a natural resource that everyone wants to get their hands on, and unlike practicing science fiction films its value is not only material, but mostly spiritual and mystical. In "Dune" there are philosophical and theological reflections, and one can find in it a complement to the climate crisis and the war on terror and what not. It also has countless characters, and is played by almost every actor or actress who is currently hot - only Adam Driver, for some reason, is missing. In his place is Oscar Isaac, who recently also starred in "Pictures from a Marriage," Josh Brolin, Jason Momoa, Dave Batista and also Zendaya. The marketing campaign often flaunts it, probably to attract boys and girls of its age as well, but in fact it is only on the screen for a few minutes, in a way that befits the plot volume that its character has in the relevant part of the book.

"Dune" in its literary version influenced "Star Wars" at the time, and this interesting dialogue continues in the new cinematic adaptation, which in turn is influenced by George Lucas' series of hits.

Correspondence can also be found in it with "Lawrence the Arab" and in contrast with "Game of Thrones", but above all, Vilnav's fingerprint is evident.

Despite the time and scene of the film, and although it is based on a classic book, it often reminds in atmosphere and style of "Sicario", which took place in a completely different environment - the war against drug cartels in Mexico.

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Presents in the marketing campaign more than a movie.

Zendaya with Timothy Shalama in "Dune" (Photo: Tulip Media)

Willenb is a director who combines the personal, the artistic and the commercial. Few like him have survived the last decade, one of the most challenging in Hollywood history. I hope he survives the next decade and continues to direct films, and I wish he had a lot of heirs - but in the meantime, what lies ahead is "Dune", and after all the expectations and investment, and despite all the talent involved in the film, the result is disappointing for me. For no less than two and a half hours.

I am neither a fan of the book nor a great expert on the worlds of science fiction. Some purists will say that only those who belong to one and preferably two of these groups can dare to express an opinion on the film. But a production that cost so much money, and has to earn at least several times over, also appeals to people from the locality - so apparently they too have the right to express an opinion, and here it is.

Where to begin?

The desire to divide the project into two parts forces Vilnav to skimp on the jug of oil and keep artillery in the warehouse.

As a result, the film progresses at a slow and tedious pace, looking more like a trailer than the real thing.

The dialogues are mostly conducted in whispers, and between one whisper and another, there is almost no drop of emotion.

This epic is so shiny and so hollow that it sometimes looks like a shampoo commercial.

Vilnav demanded that I watch the film on the big screen, and I did - but I did not feel that I was maximizing some kind of audio-visual experience.

Not the directing and photography work, not the music of Hans Zimmer - nothing particularly impressive.

All there is is sand and more sand, but there is nothing to eat.

If we want to see sand, we'll go to the sea.

You do not need HBO Max for this.

Quicksand.

From "Dune" (Photo: Tulip Media)

Yes, there are beautiful, mesmerizing and memorable moments in the film, but most of the time it is opaque and obscure.

As in many works today, it has a smug pretense as well as exclusive elitism.

His visual arrogance and incoherent plot seem to come and tell us - did you not enjoy?

It's because you do not have a large enough screen, or because you did not understand the book properly, or both.

True, apart from a brave and superbly written review in Indie Weir, most international reviews so far have spilled over into a dune.

Perhaps with a pure heart, perhaps also with a desperate attempt to create an event here, of the kind that cinema and film culture so desperately need at the moment.

All the sick evils of Hollywood nowadays.

From "Dune" (Photo: Tulip Media)

In the spirit of the times, the film touches on a variety of topical issues, but does not really delve into them, and also presents a casting of gender and ethnic diversity.

In the end, however, the focus remains most of the time on one character and one actor - Timothy Shalama, who is the most whitish kid imaginable, so as usual in Hollywood, political correctness turns out to be a hypocritical gimmick.

Hypocritical, condescending, puffy and nothing more than a sequel preparation - say whatever you say about "Dune", but the result is certainly amazing to embody within it all the sandy evils of Hollywood today.

Although the film is based on a book from the 1960s, it is not suitable for 2021.

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