A good high school buddy of mine was a cameraman on Dune. According to the shooting script I saw it was slated (and shot) as a 3 hour movie. But the studio insisted it be cut down to just over 90 minutes. From what I remember of the script, the 3 hour version would have been far superior to the released version.
larry On 1/17/06, Jim Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > I'm not sure about this one (never read the book) but dammit - there are > some really engrossing books that just make awful movies (and vice-versa for > what it's worth). Even if they're done well they still suck. ;^) > > Not every great story is great in every medium. > > "Dune" is a good example. I really liked the movie for some strange > reason... but I know it wasn't "good". (I really DIDN'T like the sci-fi > channel mini-series.) The book is so cerebral and internal - it just > doesn't translate very well to the screen (I think). > > Jim Davis > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:192852 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
