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From: cv@linus.UUCP (Chris J. Valas)
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Subject: Re: Frank Herbert
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Date: Wed, 11-Sep-85 16:06:55 EDT
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Posted: Wed Sep 11 16:06:55 1985
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In article <692@tpvax.fluke.UUCP> inc@fluke.UUCP (Gary Benson) writes:
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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
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>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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Possibly he *is* a better judge, or at least a bit more honest about it...
After all, it's Herbert, not Tommy, who is going to clean up big bills if the 
same pack of fools try to film "Dune Messiah" and "Children of Dune."  Of
course he's going to praise it.  Besides which he was a technical
consultant (or something) on the project:  if they boobed it, he's as much
to blame as anyone.  

Let's hope they bury the whole mess.


Chris J. Valas         {decvax,utzoo,philabs,security,allegra,genrad}!linus!cv
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