over 35 years before denis villeneuve successfully brought frank herbert's landmark sci-fi novel to the big screen, david lynch entered the pantheon of notorious box office bombs with his own attempt at adapting the famously "unadaptable" classic. with the 2022 oscars finally upon us and denis villeneuve's "dune" more than certain to take home the most awards of the evening, we wanted to take a trip back to 1984 when producer dino de laurentiis thought that he finally had his very own "star wars" on his hands.
we're lucky to be joined by our in house celebrity pussy-eating connoisseur and denver film society coordinator kelsey holmes to explain all things "dune" as we dive into the so-called "sci-fi 'heaven's gate'." is lynch's only rotten movie really as bad as its reputation suggests? how much of that fault lies with lynch himself? would the world have been a better place if we had gotten to see jodorowsky's adaptation with orson welles as the disgusting baron? does early 80s kyle maclachlan exist at the equator of cummy and cummed? is villeneuve's interpretation as good of an adaptation as we're likely to get? we're answering all of your pressing "dune" related questions right here on america's #1 podcast.
you can find kelsey on twitter & instagram at @botticelli_bod // david lynch's "dune" is streaming now on STARZ
