#lady lynch

[geekynerfherder]

'Dune (1984)' by Renato Casaro.

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It looks like with the movies taking off, everyone is on the Dune train now!! Which is very exciting, I’m glad a bunch of new people are discovering this media and reading the books, but can I recommend you the David Lynch, Dune (1984) movie.

First of all, if you are invested in the lore of the books and the deeper messaging of the story, you’re going to need to turn that part of your brain Off. If you love kick ass shit and are willing to be slightly tipsy while you watch and have a great goddamn afternoon, this is the flick for you.

Now first fun fact I’m going to share with you. David Lynch (twin peaks, eraserhead director, celebrated surrealist) turned down the opportunity to direct Return of the Jedi for this film. A film that was devastatingly slow to make, changed hands multiple times, had a pricy VFX budget of $40 million and then made barely $31 million, David Lynch turned down Star Wars to work on it. And he did this when he had never read the novel, and did not even like or engage with sci fi media. THAT’S how you know we’re really in for something.

Now this film has some big names in it! We’ve got a young Kyle MacLachlan who is rocking some Devastating outfits:

We’ve got Sir Patrick Stewert as our Gurney and Sting, lead singer of the police, playing the 15 year old Feyd Rautha! If you wanted to see a grown man, sprayed orange, basically naked playing a free wheeling maniac you are in for a treat! And another fun fact, David Lynch also did not know who these actors were, he made a mistake and thought Patrick Stewert was someone else and when Sting said he was in the police he assumed he was in an organization of lawmen.

Now these characters are familiar to you, but let me get into the unfamiliar. Lynch made some directorial executive decisions throughout this film, for I suppose the ease of the viewer? I mean an adaptation is supposed to adapt so he went let me change some stuff up👏👏👏.

Those who paid attention to Jessica’s backstory may know about the Weirding Way. This is a martial arts style created by the Bene Gesserit, and practiced by Paul. It is more than just a fighting style but also an important philosophical concept, like Aikido or how Kung Fu has foundations in Buddhism.

You may also be familiar with the quote “My name is a killing word.” This inner monologue of Paul’s refers to how his title Muad’dub will be used to spur a holy war. A simple name is what people will die and bleed for, it will be what they scream as they cut down enemies.

Dark! Intense! That’s Dune, anyways in the novel it’s easy to take your time exploring these concepts. Introducing the audience to the religious ramifications of a simple name and fighting practice and how these things can have rippling repercussions upon a society like the Freman.

Now David Lynch didn’t have time for that! He had the belief (that may be right🤷‍♂️!) That watching a bunch of people kick each other on top of a sand dune would be Lame😭😭

So he made the choice for his film that “My name is a killing word” was to be taken Absolutely Literally and invented a device where if the freman said the name Muad-dib, shit would explode.

If they said Paul’s name, they could Explode Stuff. Let it sink in how rad that is. Hell yeah man, hell yeah. Imagine me interpreting religious text that way, imagine if I made a bible movie and the moral I took from a parable is that when Jesus asked for food and everyone donated fish, I concluded that Jesus was a mutant who had fish powers and could immediately conjure fish with magic and gave him fish death rays that shot out of his hands.

So that’s what you can expect from this interpretation, the weirding way now means everyone has Lasers its rad as hell.

Some other incredible choices made! This is a spoiler, but in the novels and the new films you can see the Freman collecting every scrap of water they can. Dr Liet-Kynes, the planetologist, reveals to us it’s because they have a long, multiple generation spanding plan to fix the planet. By introducing this water back they hope to reset the ecosystem over centuries of work. The reason they have been unable to do this is because a green planet would obviously not have worms and sand who produce spice, the most coveted drug in the empire, so imperial and harkonnen forces have been stopping this from ever happening. They want to be free from oppression so that they can start to work on slowly fixing their world, a project that plays out in Paul’s adult life and has its own dramas and complexities.

In Dune 1984??? The moment, the Moment Paul lays out his cousin and throws the final punch, it begins to rain in Arrakis. As if they were all under a magical curse and were just waiting for a teenager to come fight another teenager and then the water will come back. It’s so good, it’s so funny.

Also Pugs! House Atreides official Pugs! Paul has pugs in his lap!!

This is honestly an adaptation choice that I really really like! Paul is the result of centuries of selective breeding, this practice is an artform to the Bene Gesserit and a skill that they monitor closely. It produces bizarre and sometimes terrifying results and is the reason for Paul’s existence.

I think having an animal that was also created through selective breeding, was engineered from a wolf into an animal that can hardly breathe is an incredible metaphor! A smart and identifiable symbol for the audience, I think it’s a slam dunk and the new movies should have done it to.

Anyways can not recommend this film enough.

-The body suits the bad guys wear are made out of real body bags, that actually had been used.

-David Lynch to this day hates it.

-The original cut was four hours.

-The cast and crew were sick the Entire shoot with something they called Montezuma's Revenge, which was probably just food poisoning, side effects from the constant smog because they shot the whole thing on backup generators, illness from the cockroach infestation and terrible morale.

-Frank Herbert saw it multiple times and said he absolutely loved it.

-When they ride the worms, sick rock jams play.

If you love electric guitar, lasers, worms and will forgive me for not including all the trigger warnings cause Yes this film will gross you out, then go watch this movie.

[iespoke]

...How the moth had beaten against the walls for those first few days, until it learned it could not escape. And then, when Niall had died, it had of course fallen asleep, and it didn’t know whether it was in a box or free anyway.

⏤greywaren, m. stiefvater

[angelswouldnthelpyou]

[lanagrants]

Eraserhead (1977) dir. David Lynch Lady in the Radiator Song

[startgaleriabudapest]

LOG LADY ALERT!!! LOG LADY ALERT!!!

Wonderful Mossy reduction linoprints arrived from @varosesvadon to the shop!

HERE! :)

Get real, fresh and unique artworks from an independent commercial-community gallery :)

[stargiirl27]

how I'm gonna meet the loml

[andreycoded]

Troye Sivan in One Of Your Girls Music Video (2023) Britney Spears in Stronger Music Video (2000) Pussycat Dolls in Buttons Music Video (2006) Lady Gaga in Beyonce's Video Phone Music Video (2009) Sinead O'Connor in Nothing Compares 2 U Music Video (1990) SJP in Sex and the City S3EP1 (2000) Cindy Crawford in Revlon Unforgettable Ad (1990) Rihanna on stage in Köln (2011) Britney Spears in I'm Not A Girl, Not Yet A Woman (2001)

[asoftepiloguemylove]

Jennifer Lynch The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer / Lady Bird (2017) dir. Greta Gerwig / James Baldwin Giovanni's Room / @filmnoirsbian / Warsan Shire Teaching My Mother How To Give Birth / Fatimah Asghar How'd Your Parents Die Again? / Christopher Isherwood A Single Man / Lorde Buzzcut Season

[owls-are-not-what-they-seem]

Between Two Worlds by Megan Brain

[bentbackarms]

potentially the best photo ever taken

[earraigh]

watching twin peaks for the first time and...... i get it

[bookishjules]

i've seen you carry family

wild horses - grace power // 2x06 - bridgerton // oil study - liza sivakova // jungwan chae // the mask - matt maeson // queen of air and darkness - cassandra clare // @/mothercain // 2x07 - bridgerton // benny - luke hemmings // the brothers - john clark // a man leaning on a parapet - georges seurat // greywaren - maggie stiefvater // queen of air and darkness - cassandra clare // uncharted territory of grief - tanaya winder // exhale - sabrina carpenter // lady midnight - cassandra clare // @ihopeucomehomesoon //greywaren - maggie stiefvater

[xxdrowninglessonsxx]

“One day the sadness will end. But I don’t think today’s the day.” David Lynch

[marloart]

❝When this kind of fire starts, it is very hard to put out. The tender boughs of innocence burn first, and the wind rises, and then all goodness is in jeopardy.❞

part 7 of ??? in my series of drawings continuing to imagine what a twin peaks anime would look like if made by Satoshi Kon.

I just love this line and the framing of this scene. The log lady's clairvoyance of what is to come and her cryptic warning. The concern she tries to impart. Laura's fear and yet somehow 'knowing'. The bright neon lights of the Bang Bang Bar/ The Roadhouse.

It just felt like the right moment to capture here for this series.

Screencap under the cut

[inthedarktrees]