He has been true to the book, he has captured the essence, he has created a visual feast. Hollywood and science fiction have never had a good working relationship. Science fiction films, like 'Star Wars,' when you come right down to it, are basically comic books. And central to the chaos is a small desert planet called Dune, the sole source for 'spice,' which gives the eater the power to see into the future. But a good story has to be about people, thus I write about people in the society of the future.
Society evolves just as the individual.
There have been at least two aborted attempts, including one starring Salvador Dali and Orsen Welles that was abandoned after six years. Producer Raffaella De Laurentiis has at last succeeded. This is a film about people in a very esoteric setting.