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9 tweets 13 reads Mar 19, 2024
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DUNE (Lynch, 1984) x
WIZARD OF OZ (Fleming et al., 1939)
Everyone knows David Lynch loves OZ, but I haven't seen anyone note just how much that film's imagery of Dorothy's dream-traveling influenced the depiction of Paul's "traveling without moving" in DUNE... 🧡
Of course, to some extent the links between OZ & Lynch's DUNE are obvious. In addition to its OZ-like "sleeper must awaken" thread, there's the fact that Lynch chose Toto to compose its score... And notably, like OZ, DUNE features both witches & little people:
Of course, to some extent the links between OZ & Lynch's DUNE are obvious. In addition to its O...
Several smaller points of similarity can be drawn out as well:
For example, Paul's forceful command of "Silence!" that overwhelms a Bene Gesserit echoes a similar moment in OZ where the Wizard's forceful command of "Silence!" overwhelms Dorothy...
Some aspects of Lynch's depiction of the Harkonnens have links to OZ.
Much of their lair is a shade of green that evokes the Emerald City; one scene, where the Baron's face is cosmetically picked over by attendants, recalls an OZ scene where Dorothy is likewise fussed over:
Some aspects of Lynch's depiction of the Harkonnens have links to OZ. Much of their lair is a shade...
Like the Wicked Witch, the Baron is often seen flying. A moment of him maniacally laughing while flying around in circles roughly mirrors a similar moment in OZ:
The culmination of the action in Lynch's DUNE is a stormβ€”just like the inciting incident in OZ that propels that story forward...
The culmination of the action in Lynch's DUNE is a stormβ€”just like the inciting incident in OZ that...
Lynch's depiction of the Guild Navigators' travel-by-space-folding in DUNE calls to mind OZ'z iconic "yellow brick road" imagery...
Lynch's depiction of the Guild Navigators' travel-by-space-folding in DUNE calls to mind OZ'z iconic...
Lynch cast a young Alicia Witt to play Alia, a girl with the powers of an adult Bene Gesserit witch; her penultimate scene evokes a moment of OZ's Wicked Witch.
Curiously, the next time he cast her, for S2 of TWIN PEAKS, she again evoked an OZ witchβ€”this time, OZ's Good Witch...
Finally, even some of Lynch's scrapped ideas for DUNE seem to have a basis in OZ. E.g., per the QT, Lynch's team almost blinded someone experimenting with dyeing the Fremen’s eyes blue. Where could Lynch have gotten the idea of dyeing eyes blue? Hmm...
Finally, even some of Lynch's scrapped ideas for DUNE seem to have a basis in OZ. E.g., per the QT,...

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