As cast member Brad Dourif once said, Lynch had to cut some of the “most gorgeous” sequences from his script because producers refused to give Lynch the money to film them. Lynch spent three years making “Dune,” only for producers and financiers to get in the way of his creative vision. Some longer cuts of the film that feature an extended introduction with still illustrations even replace Lynch’s name in the end credits with that of Alan Smithee, the industry pseudonym used by filmmakers who wish not to be associated with their films. Lynch has been a vocal detractor of his own “Dune” film since its release in 1985, going so far as wanting to remove his name off the final theatrical cut. ‘Last of Us’ Showrunner Craig Mazin Is Now a Credited Writer on ‘Dune: Part Two’ Thanks to a New WGA Policy The film is not the film I would’ve made had I had that final control. Total creative control, I didn’t have it.
“I always say, ‘Dune’ is a huge gigantic sadness in my life,” Lynch said last summer during the opening night of his art exhibition in the United Kingdom, “I did not have final cut on that film. Lynch was coming off the critical and commercial success of “The Elephant Man” at the time, which earned the filmmaker his first Oscar nomination for Best Director, but “Dune” was such a disaster that it nearly ruined him. Lynch became the first director to bring Frank Herbert’s legendary 1965 science-fiction novel to the big screen with his 1984 film adaptation (Alejandro Jodorowsky famously tried and failed to do so in the 1970s). A new interview with David Lynch is earning quite a bit of buzz for the director saying he has “zero interest” in Denis Villeneuve’s upcoming “ Dune,” but anyone familiar with the “Mulholland Drive” and “Twin Peaks” filmmaker shouldn’t be too surprised by the revelation.
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