David Lynch Would Like To Produce a Director’s Cut of DUNE

David Lynch’s 1984 adaptation of Dune is one crazy-ass film and while it’s not the best adaptation of Frank Herbert’s story, it’s a lot of fun to watch! Lynch really did the best he could under the circumstances he was working under. Regardless, it’s well k own that Lynch has never been happy with the film and it’s a film he’s wanted to disown. 

In a recent interview with the AV Club, Lynch shares his distaste for the film but says that he would actually want to go back in and produce a director’s cut of the film. He does t think that will ever happen, though. 

In the interview, Lynch was asked about reworking his Inland Empire, but he just jumped right into his thoughts on Dune, saying:

Dune—people have said, "Don't you want to go back and fiddle with Dune?" And I was so depressed and sickened by it, you know? I want to say, I loved everybody that I worked with; they were so fantastic. I loved all the actors; I loved the crew; I loved working in Mexico; I loved everything except that I didn't have final cut. And I even loved Dino [De Laurentiis], who wouldn't give me what I wanted [laughs]. And Raffaella, the producer, who was his daughter—I loved her. But the thing was a horrible sadness and failure to me, and if I could go back in I've thought, well, maybe I would on that one go back in.

I hate that he feels such horrible sadness for the movie because it’s a classic and there are a lot of people who love the movie! I would love for him to have the opportunity to rework the movie and show us his true vision. I totally understand that he would be upset about not having final cut, but it’s good to see that there is also a lot that he loves for the production of the film. 

Maybe one day he’ll embrace the movie that he made and find a newfound respect for his Dune ended up being. There’s no reason to be depressed and sickened by it.