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 of And so, being at least a putative Randian in those days, my introduction to the labyrinthine Much of a social life, as you might have guessed). Liberal truth, though I even upped the ante by marrying my Rand volume with The Viking Portable Nietzsche. In my case at least, that couldn't be further from the ultra. Herbert might be expected to grow up to join groups like Move On and watch MSNBC. Republicans, indoctrinating themselves in a Greenspanian universe of self interest and, frankly, a good dose of narcissism, while the followers of One might assume that all the Rand readers were Young In my day, there were two camps of book carriers: the rational, Apollonian types who invariably foistedĪyn Rand's Atlas Shrugged toward any unsuspecting soul who ventured their way, and the more emotionally constructed, perhapsĭionysian, types, who tended to hoist Frank Herbert's Dune from class to class. Carrying around a several pound tome, especially if it's a dog-eared paperback, lends a certain brainyĪmbience to even the geekiest student. High school intellectuals like thick books. Technical assessments and descriptions of supplements related to this release are This review therefore repeats some of the same general content from my original Dune Blu-ray review. Previous release on Blu-ray from Universal Studios, and I reviewed it over a decade ago (!). Review is going live, and it will of course almost automatically be compared to David Lynch's prior film version. Note: A new version of Dune is just starting to be premiered as this Reviewed by Jeffrey Kauffman, September 6, 2021
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