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From: inc@fluke.UUCP (Gary Benson)
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Subject: Re: Frank Herbert
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Date: Mon, 9-Sep-85 12:54:26 EDT
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> While we're on the subject, I lost all respect for Frank Herbert after he
> told us that the movie they made of _Dune_ was faithful to the book.
> 
> 					Tommy Phillips

Well, Tommy, perhaps the movie version wasn't faithful to the book you read,
but to lose respect for a man who says a movie was failthful to the book he
wrote seems pretty outlandish. Maybe you weren't reading what he wrote?

I reread Dune just before seeing the movie, and I was impressed overall by
what a nice job was done. It must be extremely difficult to translate a
novel to the screen, and perhaps this is even more true when the novel has
the kinds of subtleties that Dune had. My only complaint about the movie is
that is seems to have been shot too dark. I agree with the author: the movie
is probably as good a screen translation as can be done.

It strikes me that to disagree with the person who *wrote* the thing is like
saying, "Well, obviously the author isn't aware of the nuances that occur in
his novel". I ask you, who is a better judge than the author? You?




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