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Dune: Part Two has become the highest-grossing movie of the year through the first half of 2024, and is exclusively available to stream on Max. The film has grossed roughly $711 million worldwide, which far surpassed the $407 million gross of Dune (2021). The 1984 adaptation of Dune directed by Lynch was made for $45 million but only brought in about $30 million at the worldwide box office. Even though the original Dune failed to turn a profit at the box office, Villenueve’s Dune: Part Two still appears to acknowledge the film in one major way.
Baron Harkonnen’s Dune 2 Death References David Lynch & Kyle MacLachlan’s Blue Velvet Movie
The baron’s ear full of ants emulates the severed ear in Blue Velvet
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The severed ear crawling with ants at the beginning of Blue Velvet kicks off the entire story, while the death of Baron Harkonnen in Dune: Part Two demonstrates a groundbreaking and revolutionary shift of power.
In Blue Velvet (1986), MacLachlan’s character finds a severed ear crawling with ants, which is emulated in Dune: Part Two. Soon after Paul kills the Baron, who is shockingly revealed to be his grandfather, the camera zooms in on Baron Harkonnen’s dead body to show his ear crawling with ants. This is a clear homage to a very similar iconic scene at the beginning of David Lynch’s classic psychological thriller Blue Velvet, in which MacLachlan starred as Jeffrey Beaumont.
The severed ear crawling with ants at the beginning of Blue Velvet kicks off the entire story, while the death of Baron Harkonnen in Dune: Part Two demonstrates a groundbreaking and revolutionary shift of power. Both symbolize a massive change for the protagonists, as Timothée Chalamet’s Paul Atreides ascends to the rank of Emperor of his own volition following the Baron’s death. MacLaughlin was the original onscreen Paul in Lynch’s 1984 adaptation, which received much more negative criticism than Denis Villeneuve’s modern Dune films.
Dune 2’s David Lynch Nod Is A Great Way To Pay Tribute To The Original 1984 Dune Movie
Villeneuve was inspired by Lynch’s film to make a more complete adaption
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While the 1984 Dune movie isn’t remembered too fondly, Villeneuve still finds ways to honor Lynch and MacLachlan with his new adaptations. Villeneuve spoke on Lynch’s adaptation with NPR: “David Lynch has a very strong identity as a filmmaker, of course, and it bled into the — it’s a fantastic interpretation of the book. But there were some choices that were made that was very far away from my sensibility. Because I didn’t feel that he captured some of the essence of, specifically, the Fremen culture — I felt that there was some things that were missing.” While it’s evident that Villenueve’s Dune adaptations are bonafide successes, the original film provided a landscape for what worked well and what could be left behind.
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