science fiction and meant to be enjoyed on that level. It is a vast, textured world, which will have you marvelling at the spectacle, squirming at the horror, cheering with the hero and rooting for the victory. Indeed, with each viewing new depth can be conceived, so rich and layered is the complex story. And so it's little wonder that adapting the novel to film caused a whole string of producers and directors well over a decade of fits before it finally Warner’s physical 4K release is a 2-disc set that includes the film in 2160p on UHD and also 1080p HD on a separate Blu-ray (which itself features audio in English Dolby Atmos, English Descriptive Audio, and 5.1 Dolby Digital in English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Czech, Hindi, Hungarian, and Polish Voice-Over, with optional subtitles in English for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Bulgarian, Czech, Hungarian, Polish, and Romanian). There are no extras on the 4K disc, but the Blu-ray includes the following special features (all in HD): intended, and it is full of some very appealing performances, from then new star Kyle McLachlan to a whole host of stellar supporting players,

world of Herbert's Dune came mostly via discussions with ardent fans of the series, who gave me at least a general sense of the outline ofPaul Smith (HD; 8:50), who died in 2012, played Rabban in the film, and this archival interview is culled from a supplement that was

less prosaic approach, letting misty and dusty shots lend an aura of uncertainty to the proceedings. McLachlan is largely quite effective in his first The original 35mm camera negative was scanned in 4K resolution at Technicolor, Hollywood, USA. The film was graded at Uberproductions, Stuttgartespecially in some of the darker scenes that start cropping up at around the hour and a half mark. Still, this is generally a very nicely organic looking Dune concerns the messianic figure of one Paul Atreides (McLachlan in his first major role), heir apparent to the "good guy" royal family Building The Ancient Future (HD, 7 Mins.) - Some of the set design, props, and look of the film are discussed here.