The first satellite images of Earth had just been published. The US public was experiencing the Civil Rights upheaval, its short-lived infatuation with Islam and meditation, and the same year as the book came out, LSD had spilled out of some top-secret government labs into the streets and youth culture of San Francisco. Herbert's novel was the product of strange and powerful times. Not being familiar with the book, you're left with a disjointed tapestry of weird costumes and special effects, some of them impressive, but if you are, and don't have to burden yourself with following the constantly clumsy explanation of the multifaceted Dune universe, you can enjoy this as illustration of a few core ideas. It helps to know the book and forget it as you watch this. In fact, it is the most expensive 'tripping' ever produced in film - though far from the most satisfying. David del Real what you will about incoherence, this is more sensuous than any Star Wars. The 'GUILD' sends a third stage navigator to KAITAIN to ask details from the Emperor and to demand him the killing of young Paul Atreides, son of the Duke Leto Atreides of CALADAN. A secret report of the space 'GUILD' talks about some circumstances and plans that could jeopardize the production of 'SPICE' with four planets involved: ARRAKIS, CALADAN, GIEDI PRIME and KAITAIN, a world at least visually very alike to Earth and house of the Emperor of the known Universe. This 'desert planet'of Arrakis is also known as DUNE.

This spice 'MELANGE' is said to only be produced in the desert planet of Arrakis, where the FREMEN people have the prophecy of a man who will lead them to true freedom.

In the distant year of 10191, all the planets of the known Universe are under the control of Padishah Emperor Shaddam IV and the most important commodity in the Universe is a substance called the spice 'MELANGE' which is said to have the power of extending life, expanding the consciousness and even to 'fold space' being able to travel to any distance without physically moving.

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