People are writing to eulogize the great film director David Lynch. He is being remembered for the surreal TV mini-series Twin Peaks and a number of films.
Most remembrances I’ve seen do not mention Lynch’s 1984 version of Frank Herbert’s Dune. I suppose the authors prefer the more recent adaptation by Villeneuve, two episodes of which are already released.
I have seen both versions as well as the TV miniseries. I prefer the mini-series to the Villeneuve effort. The Lynch 1984 film which I own on DVD and watch at least once a year is my favorite of the three.
The Lynch film opens with a soliloquy by Princess Irulan (Virginia Madsen), of which the first line is this.
A beginning is a very delicate time.
Delicate indeed. Let’s hold that thought on Monday as a new President is inaugurated.
