If Dune’s Costumes Weren’t Right, Nothing Else Was Going To Work

The story of adapting Frank Herbert’s sci-fi epic “Dune” is as tragic and winding as the exposition of the novel itself.

But decades after David Lynch’s campy ’80s version seemed to solidify the tale as unadaptable, Denis Villeneuve did just that with his 2021 film.One of the many laurels heaped atop his “Dune” is its stunning visual aesthetics which, like the director’s previous sci-fi installments “Blade Runner 2049” and “Arrival,” emphasized a need for making the futuristic feel lived-in and ancient.

But that vision would not have been realized without the many people at Villeneuve’s side throughout the colossal effort of making…The post If Dune’s Costumes Weren’t Right, Nothing Else Was Going To Work appeared first on /Film.

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