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CinemaLinks: The Making of David Lynch’s “Dune”

Mike Tyrkus

In the wake of the success of Denis Villeneuve’s sublime first installment of his adaptation of Dune, some might find it interesting to revisit the initial attempt at bringing Frank Herbert’s “unfilmable” novel to the screen. That is precisely what the folks over at /Film thought.

So, Max Evry set about exploring the topic by interviewing Daniel Griffith, the director of a relatively new documentary on the making of David Lynch’s version of Dune. The documentary, entitled The Sleeper Must Awaken: Making Dune, is now available on the Arrow streaming service. If you are a fan of the 1984 film, Villeneuve’s film, or of the book itself, you should take a look at Mr. Evry’s excellent interview with Mr. Griffith titled “The Sleeper Must Awaken Director Daniel Griffith On Arrow’s Dune ’84 Documentary” over at /Film. Just follow the link above or click on the button below.

DUNE at /Film

Mike Tyrkus

Editor in Chief at CinemaNerdz.com
An independent filmmaker, co-writer and director of over a dozen short films, the Editor in Chief of CinemaNerdz.com has spent much of the last three decades as a writer and editor specializing in biographical and critical reference sources in literature and the cinema, beginning in February 1991 reviewing films for his college newspaper. He was a member of the Detroit Film Critics Society, as well as the group's webmaster and one-time President for over a decade until the group ceased to exist. His contributions to film criticism can be found in Magill's Cinema Annual, VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever (of which he was the editor for nearly a decade until it too ceased to exist), the International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, and the St. James Film Directors Encyclopedia (on which he collaborated with editor Andrew Sarris). He has also appeared on the television program Critic LEE Speaking alongside Lee Thomas of FOX2 and Adam Graham, of The Detroit News. He currently lives in the Detroit area with his wife and their dogs.

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