It’s safe to say that director Denis Villeneuve’s Dune films are spectacular, both as works of cinema and in how they adapt author Frank Herbert’s best-selling sci-fi novels in a way that anyone can enjoy watching, whether they are longtime or newfound fans. However, fellow director Quentin Tarantino expressed a lack of interest in the films, to which Villeneuve coolly replied, “I don’t care.” Before we dive into this story, it should be stated that neither party’s comments mean they harbor hard feelings for the other, regardless of how badly film Twitter wants them to throw disses at each other like Kendrick Lamar and Drake.
The discourse started last week after Tarantino’s appearance on episode of The Bret Easton Ellis Podcast . In the interview, Tarantino revealed he’d watched David Lynch’s 1984 Dune film , starring Kyle MacLachlan, a handful of times—and doesn’t see the point in revisiting its story through Villeneuve’s lens. “I don’t need to see that story again,” Tarantino said.
“I don’t need to see spice worms. I don’t need to see a movie that says the word ‘spice’ so dramatically.” While there’s some sense of irony in Tarantino’s adoration for Lynch’s film, considering Lynch wants nothing to do with it , Tarantino further elaborated his point by contextualizing it as part of his general fatigue with remakes in Hollywood, using FX’s Shōgun as another example.
“I saw Shogun in the ’80s. I watched all 13 hours. I�.
