The 1965 Frank Herbert novel Dune had a long and difficult journey to the big screen. Various people—including Arthur P. Jacobs, Alejandro Jodorowsky, and Ridley Scott—tried to bring their vision to the screen before David Lynch’s Dune was released in 1984. The movie, about a distant desert planet where a precious spice is mined, bombed at the box office, and Lynch even removed his name from various subsequent cuts of the film. Despite this, the movie, which stars Kyle MacLachlan as Paul Atreides, Sting as Feyd-Rautha, and a bunch of giant sand worms, has developed a cult following. If you’re anticipating Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Two this fall, you may want to check out Lynch’s sometimes surreal take on the material, flawed though it may be.
