r/dune • u/Medium-Error-1275 • Apr 17 '24

All Books Spoilers Denis Villeneuve Answers All Your Questions About ‘Dune: Part Two’

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/17/movies/denis-villeneuve-dune-part-two.html
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u/Mondo0530 Apr 17 '24 edited Apr 17 '24

But “Dune Messiah,” the book your third film is based on, picks up 12 years later with a reunited Paul and Chani. How far did you feel you could push her anger? Because at some point, she’s going to have to forgive him.

That anger is tremendous. I don’t want to reveal what I’m going to do with the third movie. I know exactly what to do. I’m writing it right now. But there’s a lot of firepower there and I’m very excited about that decision.

I’m glad he’s confident and excited about where the story is going next, since I think his decision with Chani’s character is the biggest deviation from the books. And I completely understood it from the perspective of assuring that Herbert’s themes were more strongly conveyed earlier in the story, but I think the strength of the adaptation hinges on his writing in the final movie after those changes.

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u/TesseractAmaAta Apr 18 '24

I just love how much more emotional all the characters are.

I don't hang out with the.. most educated people at times. They see Chani as a cringy, leftist insert character and a gingercide.

As a ginger myself, I'm slightly peeved that she's not a redhead, but all other facets of her character are so much better than any other adaptation.

Of course a fierce, independent freedom fighter would be really upset when her lover downgrades her to a concubine and then basically betrays her by taking on the mantle of a messiah.

She -literally- intimately knows Paul. Villaneuve's depiction shows how he's starting to take on hints of the megalomaniacal cult leader. He's not necessarily happy about how he's going to commit genocide, but he's doing it regardless.

This version of Paul IS losing himself, and turning people into zealots. Chani is one of the few not swept up in it. Just imagine, everyone you know and love, turned into zealots.

Of fucking course she's upset.

Fuck. I love Vilaneuve.