David Lynch’s lost and unfinished draft of DUNE 2 has been found

As we all wait to experience Denis Villeneuve’S Duna: second partwhich will be released in cinemas this year, David Lynch’s plans for his Dune Continuation, Messiah of the dunes, have come to light. The lost unfinished draft of the film’s screenplay has been rediscovered and sheds light on Lynch’s unique vision for the film. Dune universe.

Last year, Max Evry, the author of A Masterpiece in Disarray: David Lynch’s Dune: An Oral History, made a crazy discovery. He came across an unfinished draft of Lynch Messiah of the dunes in the archives of California State University, Fullerton. As you might imagine, the discovery has sparked excitement among Dune fans and cinephiles alike, as it offers a fascinating look at what could have been.

One of the most interesting aspects of Lynch’s screenplay is how it diverges from Frank Herbert’s original sequel novel. Lynch’s screenplay opens with a new series of scenes, which begin in the aftermath of the Harkonnen attack on Arrakeen, where Duncan Idaho, played by Riccardo Giordano, meets his death. This departure from the source material immediately sets the stage for a unique cinematic experience.

In Lynch’s vision, the enigmatic doctor from the first film, played by Leonardo Cimino, is revealed to be none other than Scytale, a Bene Tleilax “facedancer”. Scytale takes the lifeless body of Duncan Idaho in the chaos of the Harkonnen assault, leading to a surreal, Lynchian exploration of Scytale’s resurrection of Idaho as the clone “Ghola” Hayt. This journey takes us to the heart of the Bene Tleilax homeworld, a place full of eccentricity and surrealism. The opening of the film is described as follows:

“Scytale’s friends laugh and roll marbles wildly under their hands as they watch Scytale sing through eighteen mouths in eighteen heads bound together by flesh that is like a flaccid tube. Heads sing all over the pink room. A man opens his mouth and a swarm of tiny beings come out singing, accompanying Scytale. Another man releases a floating dog that explodes in mid-air, making everyone small and getting lost among the fibers of the beautiful carpet. Although small, they all continue to laugh, a laugh that is now extremely high-pitched. Scytale (now with only one head) crawls up a wall laughing hysterically.’“

This vivid description encapsulates the quintessence of the Lynchian experience. Lynch’s screenplay also sets the stage for the complex political machinations surrounding Paul, now known as Maud’Dib, and his rule on Arrakis. However, the draft leaves us hanging just as Lynch would have delved into Paul’s rise to power.

Interestingly, Lynch declined to comment. As you know, he sees her work from his Dune film as a failure and prefers not to dwell on it. Nonetheless, the discovery of the script offers fans a unique opportunity to appreciate Lynch’s creative genius in a new light.

You can read all the interesting details about this script over at Wired.