“We feel this adaptation is more faithful to Frank Herbert than to the original novel,” said Dune: Part 2 Director and co-writer Denis Villeneuve THRFrontrunners panel held at the San Vicente Bungalow.
Dune: Part 2 Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet) grapples with how to avenge his father and family, lead the Fremen against the Harkonnens, and secure the fate of the universe. All the while, he struggled with the notion that he was Lisan Al-Ghaib, or the savior of the people of Arrakis and the Freemen.
“The book has been interpreted in the press, in Herbert’s reviews of the book, and in his subsequent works,” explains Jon Spaihts. dune has been explained over the years. “exist dune messiah, [Herbert] Putting his own groundbreaking work behind the camera as he plans to dune This is a cautionary tale about charismatic leaders, the mixing of religion and politics, and blind faith. But many people have seen a happy ending dune As a recognition of these things, a recognition of the Messiah the Redeemer.
The screenwriters viewed Herbert’s own criticism of Paul Atreides’s behavior in his subsequent novels as allowing them to better demonstrate in the film the corrupting influence of religion on politics and vice versa. To do this, they made some changes to the original novel, including expanding the roles of certain characters in the book, particularly Chani, the Freeman warrior played on screen by Zendaya.
Villeneuve explained: “In the book, Charney is Paul’s shadow, she believes in him and trusts him. In the movie, she has her own political views that are different from Paul’s choices.
The author points out that Paul Atredis was falling into the trap of corrupt power when he finally decided to take over from Lisan al-Ghaband and abandon his relationship with Charni in favor of a politically expedient marriage.
“[Paul] He wants justice, he wants revenge, he wants to free the Fremen people from oppression, he wants to make things right,” Spaihts said. “He claims ownership of every principality of power that is in conflict simultaneously, and he makes himself the fulcrum of power in the universe. He does this because he sees no other way to save what he loves, but in the process, he is become scary.
Villeneuve speculates, “He knew that by exploiting the Fremen and embracing that religious figure, he would be able to achieve what he wanted to do, and that’s the tragedy of the movie.”
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