Another detail that hammers home paul’s transformation- his scarf turns to a distinct black after he drinks the water of life- and its genius how subtle it is- you don’t even notice it till you see him scream “adaam reshi a zanta” covered in blackness
Paul didn't have that black cloak until after the Water of Life- I like to think Jessica wrapped him in it as he was in his coma and that it came from her Reverend Mother costume
This is something George Lucas did in the Trilogy and Prequels. Luke starts wearing White and ends up wearing all black. Same with Anakin, who eventually becomes Dark armour Vader. I am willing to get both Denis and George took this from the original DUNE source material.
I seriously cannot fathom how Denis nails every last part of filmmaking. Visual design, colour theory, cinematic storytelling, the whole lot. Dune is one of my favourite franchises ever, the books seriously hit like nothing else, I'm so glad it has a director who can do it justice. And you've summarised it so well. Subscribed
I have to point out that it isn't and can't be, just Denis that is doing all of this. He obviously supervises all of this, but I'd commend him about putting together an amazing team that can consistently make films of this quality.
I would argue he’s thoughtful and skilled at ALL the technical parts, but maybe less so on the story parts. (I have issues with some of the writing choices.)
Also, his metamorphosis in the tent is literally a rebirth, and the red helps heavily imply in utero imagery : the red membrane with fluid pipes looks like amniotic sac and blood vessels around them. And as a bonus, this established visual language probably also serves as a setup for the whole plot about his unborn sister.
@@Flint-Dibble-the-Don I think she meant it in a sense of "stay young at heart" even when you're older. If you're an adult now, remember the little kid version of you and the fun you used to have. Then go have some fun, but as adults we have to do it responsibly. Hope this helped a bit. 💜
What I love about the colourless world of the Harkonnen is that such an effect is not without physical explanation. The star emits only a specific wavelength of light, and Villeneueve represented this by *filming in infrared*. That's why the people's skin in those scenes seems almost translucent. Long wavelengths penetrate deeper into the surface. Interestingly, this has the opposite effect of old black and white film photography, where the short wavelengths emphasise surface detail, and give skin a distinctly textured, almost cracked appearance.
I've only ever seen "Black and White worlds" in No Man's Sky where some planets can have that effect, but it's never explained because they can be in a star system with regularly colored planets. I like how Dune handled it though, or at least how the director of the new movies did.
@@TheFirstCurse1 I thought of No Man's Sky immediately with this comment! I have a planet whose surface is this strange purplish grey, and all light on the surface is simply white. No other colors. It's so cool to come across like-minded people in these comments.
I was literally unable to tell what was black and what was white, because what had been black became white, and vice versa, when characters moved into or out of the light. I took this to represent the treachery inherent to the Harkonnen character, it being impossible to know what is true or false with them.
When the fremen ride the sandworms into battle against the sardaukar, the atredies standard they hold is red, the only time we see the eagle of atredies not in its normal green. Super interesting video btw!
@@JediJMoney indeed, I guess they adopted the banner simply as the Messiah's personal symbol, probably taking it from a pin or some other minor metal emblem, thus disregarding its original color and all of its symbolic heritage with it. They took it as something he owns, and filled it with what they perceive of him.
I know this is a video on color but thanks for pointing out how the music that accompanies Paul after he drinks the Water of Life becomes more Harkonnen: farther from the Atreides bagpipes, closer to the jagged, trumpet-like sounds in the arena, with similar accompanying chanting. We see and hear when Paul changes.
Even more so at the end of the film when Paul takes the throne. It plays his theme but uses instruments of the Atreides, Harkonnen, and Fremen themes whiled adding in the Bene Gesserit chanting, signifying he is the ultimate combination of each as the Kwisatz Haderach.
i still don't understand how she didn't know she was harkonen and how if she was the daughter of the fat bald harkonen dude, which would make her royal blood, how she ended up on atretes planet as the kings wife? i guess maybe she used her bene gesserit powers to manipulate the king into liking her? but if he knew she was a witch you'd think he'd know better? i mean she's pretty hot so i can't blame him but still, seems awfully coincidental. and by the time they find out does it really change anything, especially being nobody even knows but them. seems like a kind of pointless thing to throw in there. or if it's just that it makes paul half harkonen half atretes so that can be used as a future plot device?
@@XX-121 from what I remember, Bene Gesserit (BG) sisters like Jessica who were born or adopted into the sisterhood are not made aware of their origins. Only high-ranking sisters who have a hand in their breeding program would have knowledge of the bloodlines. Duke Leto was looking for an assistant/secretary and Jessica was selected for this role. The BG knew Jessica would be a good match for Leto and had planned for her concubinage later to produce a daughter. As for Paul being half-Harkonnen, in my opinion it shows 1) how deep and how long BG influence is on the various houses, 2) that Paul and his house, no matter how benevolent they are, are still part of a massive, oppressive system.
Dune book and movie is boring. It's about top 1% aristocratic people, atreides vs harkonnen vs imperials... The Fremen poor millions just want safety, wealth, and large families, and that's what most want. But these aristocratic people direct them away from happiness to not a half victory they would love to a holy war that will grind them up. . . . Is evil... Paul resisted but in end he wanted a dramatic win at any cost not a medium victory. He was a user. The Atreides used hope that was their #1 skill.. . . Paul in books kept going for more power thinking power plus magic powers would lead to magically good solution to universe, but he dragged the Fremen along this harder path in the end.... Fremen would've preferred aid and water from other planets, Paul gave them nothing but job of conquering resistors... Paul was total ahole, but with handsome face seeming virtuous we forgive him.... To be fair to idiot Fremen, Paul did do miracles like a god and see into their minds and predict the future so they truly can be forgiven for thinking Paul=God so we must obey. What kind of ahole leads by pretending to be God. Paul delivered blood not hope... Or I could be wrong. Ha
Villaneuve mostly hides P decision to be violent and greedy and instead Paul stumbles into deciding yes he's gonna do it. Paul chose revenge, chose using tricks and lies to make believers of millions of Fremen ignorant yokels.. these yokels wanted bread and water and chance to have families and a little pride, P a near god does NOT give them this in end... And never shown is that Paul's rule will be better than Emperor's for most planets. And we all know from books and hinted in last minute or movie 2 is the Fremen go viking/fanatics and kill all groups in galaxy who won't yell Paul is god and also take over/steal as war booty all the good factories and ships and stuff of empire. If these were slimy green aliens it would be tragedy, but Villeneuve plays it as mostly victory. I could accept this, if Harkonnens were average of all leaders across galaxy, but we have the atreides nice planet and all the Landsraad who I assume show on avg the galaxy is ok...... Ok the Fremen on Arrakis for thousand years were massacred a lot to keep spice flowing, does that make them getting angry and tough and then massacring 1 million planets a GOOD OUTCOME, it seems any outcome would be better. Are they Hamas, those who are hurt get right to hurt next groups???. View the options and Paul knowingly to win ignored the costs, and that is definition of bad ruler. A hero Paul would have compromised, said to Emperor I don't want to rile up Fremen more so just give us a bit of aid and water and maybe 10 empty planets to have happy lives and families on. Evil bastards tend to do quickest funnest things, and saying I'm the Emperor and destroy any resistors is that....... Dune was about a twisted future in million years and not about morality, these characters were not good and moral, , and V used pretty actors to make it seem all fine....... But it'a a great movie, just it wimps out on showing Paul was ahole and millions of women and children are gonna die within year from Fremen conquests and looting, to skip that is deceptive movie making, , , I admire the deception. . . Imagine if for Paul used a ugly and creepy actor like Marilyn Manson and imagine him sending Fremen out and boy that would strike viewers stronger that this is bad outcome, , , or imagine the Emperor was a Empress who seemed to be trying though did do some trickery and then idea of these Fremen sexist abusive yokels replacing her on million planets also would seem bad, , in the books the Emperor was young and pretty too and not a old man and not with grumpy Sardaukar, , , when you see the options you can see V chose to hide P didn't get good outcome for anyone but himself, , , , , , I'm overstating it. ... PS. As ok analogy imagine if a ancient roman aristocrat had his family wiped out so he fled to Germania and told locals he was Thor and used tricks to seem supernatural and with power to grant paradise, and then these Germans invaded and sacked all 40 Roman provinces
@@mostlyguesses8385 Wow you sure talk alot about a movie and book you find so boring why do you bother writing so much just go read or watch something you actually enjoy complaining about it doesn't do shit. We don't care i'm not gonna read that bs. It's all personal opinion. And that's yours, which is fine. But obviously alot of people disagree because both movies made over half a billion dollars at the theater.
He always uses the right amount of exposition. Dune has such a deep lore that some exposition through spoken lines was necessary for newbies but most of it was through visuals. That's why I love him as a director. He speaks fluently in the language of cinematography.
Except its pretty clear you plagiarised this from somewhere. The grammatical flow is off like you've rejigged sentences to hide it, and you consistently miss-pronounce certain words. The worst example barely 1:40 in and you say "frey-man" followed by "free-men" in the next sentence. Make your own conclusions next time instead of trying to pass off someone elses as your own...
@@GeorgeThoughts no, I'm not claiming an AI voice here. The mispronunciations demonstrate the plagiarist is unfamiliar with the subject, likely only having passing knowledge from having hastly copied the original work. If they were familiar, they would've stuck with a single pronunciation, even if it was wrong. Mispronunciation alone was not the red flag, it was multiple DIFFERENT mispronunciations of the same word in rapid succesion. Particularly a word so important to the subject matter.
You nailed this analysis. I could only think of one other reason on why red was chosen for Paul's transformation was a subtle hint to him being a Harkonnen in blood. He exclaims that in order to win, he needed to be both a Harkonnen and an Atreides. Red could also signify the brutality of his bloodline, how he killed the Baron while he was basically helpless and was already dying in the Emperor's ship
Just to ramble.. im not sure Dune is a great story. It's too weird for us modern people to understand. Only medieval people living brutal lives could dream of a holy war and then join it. We are not medieval people. The Dune book was amazing for being so foreign, it was not famous for making is feel or even think. Herbert lived among the Washington coast Indians in 50s when they were lost and dispirited and they too were not modern thinkers. Us moderns will never feel half of what the Fremen feel, as they sign up to spend decades fighting in space so Paul can keep declaring he not old emperor is boss. Even the Other Planets are super weird, with families legally stuck on same job for centuries, they are not western they are more oriental or Indian. Paul really should be called "Rajiv Muhammed" and then we can easily see these are dumb peoples going on a dumb war cuz they're dumb. Or a stodgy name, like "Winchester VonSigmmund" " .. not a friendly name like "Paul"... Paul as a character is more Genghis Khan than a Paul... Would you sign up for a war even if it would succeed to set up the Pope over Asia and Africa, or realize that's a dumb waste of your life. And by book 2 we are shown the Fremen are idiots, Paul's son is worst tyrant. Again it's a foreign story not meant to make us feel. If you feel strong emotions you are NOT understanding the truth of this story, ,. ,, these cultures are beyond weird they are like aliens , , , would you watch a movie about aliens arguing about religion and feel a lot? I'm just speculating for fun.
This channel is TWO months old and you’re putting out video essays of true insight. I’m shocked I never noticed the connections between Paul and his parents in the formal aspects of the film. Subscribed!!
Another interesting take on the scarcity of blue in the film's color pallet is because blue is a color normally associated with water. The only water on Arrakis that is above ground exists only in the water of life AND people who carry the water inside their bodies. In the films water is a symbol for life, while the warm tones symbolise death. So Chani wearing a blue band on her arm foreshadows that she will choosing the path of life at the end rather than following Paul in creating a path that leads to so much death and destruction.
Denis is an absolute genius. I've never seen anyone so committed to expressing film as an art form. Thanks for going over these scenes. To someone who doesn't study film, much of this stuff would go right over my head. Really makes you realize how dedicated Denis is to his craft, and to his art. And it's much appreciated.
Something cool about the post-water of life is how Paul is cosplaying Tetsuo from Akira and how when he explains the narrow path we see 1 sec of a knife stab, he is spoiling because is the same frame after the fight with Feyd
Golly this is an excellent analysis of color, and even more so because Dune uses it so subtly. It's not as evident as, say, Baby Driver, but it's used very intelligently in regards to outfits and setting. Really curious about BR2049's use of color now. You got a subscriber
I don"t know, if anyone noted that already, but the artist of the soundtrack (on screen in 1:36) is called Hans Zimmer, the "S" and "Z" are swapped ^^ .
Wonderful analysis! I've seen Part 1 probably a dozen times by now, but I didn't consciously notice the palette changes you talked about here. I also hadn't noticed how abrupbtly Paul starts taking the lead in his scenes with Jessica. This movie is so deep, it's incredible.
3:49 Made me think of the Doppler effect, but the colour shift is red for spaced out or moving away from and blue compressing light for moving towards.
When I think I've discovered every behind-the-scenes detail of the Dune films and Villeneuve's brilliance has been exhausted, I stumble upon a video like yours. Fantastic stuff, man. Immediately subscribed.
thank you for pointing out how paul's mention of the harkonnens relates to his arrival scene, it's something I hadn't picked up, makes me enjoy it even more
You just started this youtube channel? The explanation, attention to detail, the edit, the script...was astonishing, you earned a subscriber extremely easily and by how it looks, some subscribers. KEEP IT UP, AMAZING WORK!
A new channel? A welcome channel. You are well spoken, the observations are crystal clear and enlightening, and your subject material is engaging. I wish you well and thank you for the work you have demonstrated so far. We don't need to see you, we see you in your work. Well done, sir.
one of the best videos ive seen it a while. you used simple language that everyone can understand and kept everything short and concise which made it all very easy to follow with little effort, also the video is less than 10 minutes (hooray its not too long that i dont feel like watching it). other than that i think you did amazing analysis and it really impressed me. it also made me fall in love with dune even more :)
I watched these movies repeatedly and yet still you brought something out I hadn’t really noticed before, even in the first 3 minutes. Awesome video dude!
During the coliseum-like scene, I felt the black and white dichotomy forced the viewer to pay more attention to the faces of the close-ups. There were no colors distracting the viewers other than the deep cavernous eye sockets. It was simply chilling.
I listen to your videos while working on Maya for my VFX studies and man it's incredible, the quality of analysis and and also your voice is so relaxing, Im enjoying this at 100 % !! Good job, can't wait to see more analysis of you !!!
Great breakdown of Dune's color theory. I think it's also really cool that red and green are opposites on the color wheel and what they represent in the film are opposites as well. Past and Future.
genuinely such a good video. very high quality and to the point. Some people on here wouldve taken an hour to explain the same points you made, love it !
My man, your video is beautiful. Thank you. Polite suggestion: The mic you're holding is a side-address mic and you're speaking into the end of it. Either speak into the side or get an end address mic. It's going to make your video look that much more professional. 🙂
One thing I found fascinating was that no one's face, even outdoors was ever directly lit by the sun. Always back lit or maybe the side. Very interesting artistic directing.
I've watched a lot of Dune stuff the last week and your video was genuinely interesting and wholly original. Ill have a new way of look at the movies next time I watch them.
You just started this channel??? Well done! This was a high quality media essay. I love the ones that talk about story but this reminded me of college; tell me more about colour and how directors use it. Also light and shadow, sound...fuck it, say mise en scene.
holy shit, what a great breakdown! such an incredible eye for details about things I would've NEVER noticed in 2 movies I love so much. well done! instantly subscribed
Just wanted you to know the algorithm recommended me this video at least 3 times before I said fine I’ll watch it. Glad I did, this was a really cool video. More engagement for the algorithm!
Some time ago I watched a Dune part 1 analysis and they talked about how the "Coming out" of the tent was similar to that of coming out of the womb, signaling his rebirth as a Fremen and into the future.
Great job. The analysis was very interesting, very well put, and edited perfectly. And if this is your starting point, I can’t wait to see your progress and evolvement.
Ok I did not expect that colour was so important in the dune movies. I mean it's not like they had no impact on me while watching the movies. It's just that I did not realise how genius the colours are distributed throughout the movies. Truly fascinating.
nice work! Love your breakdown of the colours, their significance and all the amazingly clever observations that generally slips past general audiences!
you only just begun and you are already amongst my favoruite film analysing channels like every frame a painting, Thomas Flight, Listening in, now you see it or schnee. Awesome! Keep it up! I'm particularly interessted in Sound Design and its undertone meanings for world building and interconnection to the soundtrack.
I am an MD, but would definitely go into movies if I could live another life. I love the way you approach your analysis. I have no knowledge of film theory, but am intuitively amazed by the great masters and notice things in a very similar way you do. Thank you for making these!
I love the detail when he gave his holy-war speech how Jessica said, "slow down" because she's a benne gesserit, and bene gesserits are so used to plan not for months or years but centuries. But in that scene Paul is half-harkonnen and half-fremen so he goes all in like how a fremen or harkonnen would do. Even when we have his speech of that guy's grandma he's not talking out of passion like how Leto would base his speech on (or how Paul would before his character development), in that moment there's anger and almost a pity in Paul's eyes. Like how Harkonnen sees other people.
good video mate, I enjoy listening to you so much, that the video felt almost rushed at times. Also, I would love to have more full screen still images or loops, where you go even more in detail, it is for us a lot to process in a short time. But anyway, great video, looking forward for your next things
Denis is a master in color! he did the same in the movie "Sicario", where he changed Blunt's tshirt color slowly from the hopeful blue to a pale hopeless gray.
That was good. A bit rougher when shifting the discussion from Corrino -> Atreides -> Paul, but it was still well-executed. I hope to see you grow more!
Another detail that hammers home paul’s transformation- his scarf turns to a distinct black after he drinks the water of life- and its genius how subtle it is- you don’t even notice it till you see him scream “adaam reshi a zanta” covered in blackness
You mean at 2:01? That's a nice detail.
Paul didn't have that black cloak until after the Water of Life- I like to think Jessica wrapped him in it as he was in his coma and that it came from her Reverend Mother costume
Or as I like to call it. The Goofy Juice.
This is something George Lucas did in the Trilogy and Prequels. Luke starts wearing White and ends up wearing all black. Same with Anakin, who eventually becomes Dark armour Vader. I am willing to get both Denis and George took this from the original DUNE source material.
@@EntertainingRunner-vd3bn paul wearing black wasn't ever mentioned in the book, i recently re-read it
I seriously cannot fathom how Denis nails every last part of filmmaking. Visual design, colour theory, cinematic storytelling, the whole lot. Dune is one of my favourite franchises ever, the books seriously hit like nothing else, I'm so glad it has a director who can do it justice. And you've summarised it so well. Subscribed
I have to point out that it isn't and can't be, just Denis that is doing all of this. He obviously supervises all of this, but I'd commend him about putting together an amazing team that can consistently make films of this quality.
@@Myke_thehuman yh but thats part of being a good director is putting together the right team to help execute your vision
He's Canadian, like myself. Need I say more? I think not!
He's from Quebec, so yeah add that@@squamish4244
I would argue he’s thoughtful and skilled at ALL the technical parts, but maybe less so on the story parts. (I have issues with some of the writing choices.)
Also, his metamorphosis in the tent is literally a rebirth, and the red helps heavily imply in utero imagery : the red membrane with fluid pipes looks like amniotic sac and blood vessels around them.
And as a bonus, this established visual language probably also serves as a setup for the whole plot about his unborn sister.
Woah, never thought of that... the amount of thought that went into the visuals is wild
and what's the first thing he sees when goes outside the tent? The mouse: Muad'Dib.
Plans within plans within plans within plans
I didn't think about that but you're right.
She's not supposed to be unborn. She was born like halfway through the first book and is a toddler at the end.
"My Grandma used to say every house is a world." Amazing connection.
Grandma was a G for that
Yeah, I had to pause the video and think about this line. Very good one!
My Grandma always told me " Don't get old". What's the alternative Grandma?
@Flint-Dibble-the-Don Spice flowed into your Veins to stop aging...
Or take interest in Korean skincare
@@Flint-Dibble-the-Don I think she meant it in a sense of "stay young at heart" even when you're older.
If you're an adult now, remember the little kid version of you and the fun you used to have. Then go have some fun, but as adults we have to do it responsibly.
Hope this helped a bit. 💜
What I love about the colourless world of the Harkonnen is that such an effect is not without physical explanation. The star emits only a specific wavelength of light, and Villeneueve represented this by *filming in infrared*.
That's why the people's skin in those scenes seems almost translucent. Long wavelengths penetrate deeper into the surface.
Interestingly, this has the opposite effect of old black and white film photography, where the short wavelengths emphasise surface detail, and give skin a distinctly textured, almost cracked appearance.
Even among the amazing things about this movie this is spectacular.
I've only ever seen "Black and White worlds" in No Man's Sky where some planets can have that effect, but it's never explained because they can be in a star system with regularly colored planets.
I like how Dune handled it though, or at least how the director of the new movies did.
@@TheFirstCurse1 I thought of No Man's Sky immediately with this comment! I have a planet whose surface is this strange purplish grey, and all light on the surface is simply white. No other colors. It's so cool to come across like-minded people in these comments.
@@Roguechan Yeah that game is amazing.
I was literally unable to tell what was black and what was white, because what had been black became white, and vice versa, when characters moved into or out of the light.
I took this to represent the treachery inherent to the Harkonnen character, it being impossible to know what is true or false with them.
When the fremen ride the sandworms into battle against the sardaukar, the atredies standard they hold is red, the only time we see the eagle of atredies not in its normal green. Super interesting video btw!
Yes, I noticed this detail too. I thought about it as Paul evolution. I think it's interesting
It’s also red when they leave Arrakis at the end, for the same reason I imagine
Its not only red, it has Fremen iconography above and below the Atreides eagle. Showing how they became servants of Paul :0
Red is also traditionally the symbol of rebellion, which might have a connection to his rebellion against the emperor
@@JediJMoney indeed, I guess they adopted the banner simply as the Messiah's personal symbol, probably taking it from a pin or some other minor metal emblem, thus disregarding its original color and all of its symbolic heritage with it. They took it as something he owns, and filled it with what they perceive of him.
I know this is a video on color but thanks for pointing out how the music that accompanies Paul after he drinks the Water of Life becomes more Harkonnen: farther from the Atreides bagpipes, closer to the jagged, trumpet-like sounds in the arena, with similar accompanying chanting. We see and hear when Paul changes.
Even more so at the end of the film when Paul takes the throne. It plays his theme but uses instruments of the Atreides, Harkonnen, and Fremen themes whiled adding in the Bene Gesserit chanting, signifying he is the ultimate combination of each as the Kwisatz Haderach.
Because Paul is a Harkonnen
that is why
i still don't understand how she didn't know she was harkonen and how if she was the daughter of the fat bald harkonen dude, which would make her royal blood, how she ended up on atretes planet as the kings wife? i guess maybe she used her bene gesserit powers to manipulate the king into liking her? but if he knew she was a witch you'd think he'd know better? i mean she's pretty hot so i can't blame him but still, seems awfully coincidental.
and by the time they find out does it really change anything, especially being nobody even knows but them. seems like a kind of pointless thing to throw in there. or if it's just that it makes paul half harkonen half atretes so that can be used as a future plot device?
@@XX-121 from what I remember, Bene Gesserit (BG) sisters like Jessica who were born or adopted into the sisterhood are not made aware of their origins. Only high-ranking sisters who have a hand in their breeding program would have knowledge of the bloodlines.
Duke Leto was looking for an assistant/secretary and Jessica was selected for this role. The BG knew Jessica would be a good match for Leto and had planned for her concubinage later to produce a daughter.
As for Paul being half-Harkonnen, in my opinion it shows
1) how deep and how long BG influence is on the various houses,
2) that Paul and his house, no matter how benevolent they are, are still part of a massive, oppressive system.
Paul cutting you off with the line “THAT’S NOT HOPE!” is genius.
Dune book and movie is boring. It's about top 1% aristocratic people, atreides vs harkonnen vs imperials... The Fremen poor millions just want safety, wealth, and large families, and that's what most want. But these aristocratic people direct them away from happiness to not a half victory they would love to a holy war that will grind them up. . . . Is evil... Paul resisted but in end he wanted a dramatic win at any cost not a medium victory. He was a user. The Atreides used hope that was their #1 skill.. . . Paul in books kept going for more power thinking power plus magic powers would lead to magically good solution to universe, but he dragged the Fremen along this harder path in the end.... Fremen would've preferred aid and water from other planets, Paul gave them nothing but job of conquering resistors... Paul was total ahole, but with handsome face seeming virtuous we forgive him.... To be fair to idiot Fremen, Paul did do miracles like a god and see into their minds and predict the future so they truly can be forgiven for thinking Paul=God so we must obey. What kind of ahole leads by pretending to be God. Paul delivered blood not hope... Or I could be wrong. Ha
@@mostlyguesses8385 Yes. The Atreides, Paul, and the Imperium are not the good guys in Dune. Frank Herbert and Denis Villeneuve know that.
Villaneuve mostly hides P decision to be violent and greedy and instead Paul stumbles into deciding yes he's gonna do it. Paul chose revenge, chose using tricks and lies to make believers of millions of Fremen ignorant yokels.. these yokels wanted bread and water and chance to have families and a little pride, P a near god does NOT give them this in end... And never shown is that Paul's rule will be better than Emperor's for most planets. And we all know from books and hinted in last minute or movie 2 is the Fremen go viking/fanatics and kill all groups in galaxy who won't yell Paul is god and also take over/steal as war booty all the good factories and ships and stuff of empire. If these were slimy green aliens it would be tragedy, but Villeneuve plays it as mostly victory. I could accept this, if Harkonnens were average of all leaders across galaxy, but we have the atreides nice planet and all the Landsraad who I assume show on avg the galaxy is ok...... Ok the Fremen on Arrakis for thousand years were massacred a lot to keep spice flowing, does that make them getting angry and tough and then massacring 1 million planets a GOOD OUTCOME, it seems any outcome would be better. Are they Hamas, those who are hurt get right to hurt next groups???. View the options and Paul knowingly to win ignored the costs, and that is definition of bad ruler. A hero Paul would have compromised, said to Emperor I don't want to rile up Fremen more so just give us a bit of aid and water and maybe 10 empty planets to have happy lives and families on. Evil bastards tend to do quickest funnest things, and saying I'm the Emperor and destroy any resistors is that....... Dune was about a twisted future in million years and not about morality, these characters were not good and moral, , and V used pretty actors to make it seem all fine....... But it'a a great movie, just it wimps out on showing Paul was ahole and millions of women and children are gonna die within year from Fremen conquests and looting, to skip that is deceptive movie making, , , I admire the deception. . . Imagine if for Paul used a ugly and creepy actor like Marilyn Manson and imagine him sending Fremen out and boy that would strike viewers stronger that this is bad outcome, , , or imagine the Emperor was a Empress who seemed to be trying though did do some trickery and then idea of these Fremen sexist abusive yokels replacing her on million planets also would seem bad, , in the books the Emperor was young and pretty too and not a old man and not with grumpy Sardaukar, , , when you see the options you can see V chose to hide P didn't get good outcome for anyone but himself, , , , , , I'm overstating it. ... PS. As ok analogy imagine if a ancient roman aristocrat had his family wiped out so he fled to Germania and told locals he was Thor and used tricks to seem supernatural and with power to grant paradise, and then these Germans invaded and sacked all 40 Roman provinces
Have you actually read dune ? Lol, Paul is NOT the good guy @@mostlyguesses8385
@@mostlyguesses8385 Wow you sure talk alot about a movie and book you find so boring why do you bother writing so much just go read or watch something you actually enjoy complaining about it doesn't do shit. We don't care i'm not gonna read that bs. It's all personal opinion. And that's yours, which is fine. But obviously alot of people disagree because both movies made over half a billion dollars at the theater.
Villeneuve is a master at communicating through what you see more than what is said. Phenomenally talented.
He always uses the right amount of exposition. Dune has such a deep lore that some exposition through spoken lines was necessary for newbies but most of it was through visuals. That's why I love him as a director. He speaks fluently in the language of cinematography.
no way this channel hasn't blown up yet, the quality of this video was insane?!
thanks bro
Except its pretty clear you plagiarised this from somewhere.
The grammatical flow is off like you've rejigged sentences to hide it, and you consistently miss-pronounce certain words. The worst example barely 1:40 in and you say "frey-man" followed by "free-men" in the next sentence.
Make your own conclusions next time instead of trying to pass off someone elses as your own...
@@anthonyhovens7488 I'm curious how mispronouncing words is evidence of plagiarism? Are you accusing the author of being an AI voice?
@@GeorgeThoughts no, I'm not claiming an AI voice here.
The mispronunciations demonstrate the plagiarist is unfamiliar with the subject, likely only having passing knowledge from having hastly copied the original work. If they were familiar, they would've stuck with a single pronunciation, even if it was wrong. Mispronunciation alone was not the red flag, it was multiple DIFFERENT mispronunciations of the same word in rapid succesion. Particularly a word so important to the subject matter.
Maybe because it isn't that unique?
You nailed this analysis. I could only think of one other reason on why red was chosen for Paul's transformation was a subtle hint to him being a Harkonnen in blood. He exclaims that in order to win, he needed to be both a Harkonnen and an Atreides. Red could also signify the brutality of his bloodline, how he killed the Baron while he was basically helpless and was already dying in the Emperor's ship
Just to ramble.. im not sure Dune is a great story. It's too weird for us modern people to understand. Only medieval people living brutal lives could dream of a holy war and then join it. We are not medieval people. The Dune book was amazing for being so foreign, it was not famous for making is feel or even think. Herbert lived among the Washington coast Indians in 50s when they were lost and dispirited and they too were not modern thinkers. Us moderns will never feel half of what the Fremen feel, as they sign up to spend decades fighting in space so Paul can keep declaring he not old emperor is boss. Even the Other Planets are super weird, with families legally stuck on same job for centuries, they are not western they are more oriental or Indian. Paul really should be called "Rajiv Muhammed" and then we can easily see these are dumb peoples going on a dumb war cuz they're dumb. Or a stodgy name, like "Winchester VonSigmmund" " .. not a friendly name like "Paul"... Paul as a character is more Genghis Khan than a Paul... Would you sign up for a war even if it would succeed to set up the Pope over Asia and Africa, or realize that's a dumb waste of your life. And by book 2 we are shown the Fremen are idiots, Paul's son is worst tyrant. Again it's a foreign story not meant to make us feel. If you feel strong emotions you are NOT understanding the truth of this story, ,. ,, these cultures are beyond weird they are like aliens , , , would you watch a movie about aliens arguing about religion and feel a lot? I'm just speculating for fun.
The algorithm brought me here, and I’m very glad it did!
You made a killer parallel with your quote “my grandma used to say, every house is a world.”
1:33 ah yes Hanz Simmer my favourite composer
Editing at work has its consequences 😶🌫
well simmer is what he does in the desert
House Simmer is not amused by this slander 😂
Also "Atraides" 0:12
Well Hans "Simmer" did cook with this soundtrack!
This channel is TWO months old and you’re putting out video essays of true insight. I’m shocked I never noticed the connections between Paul and his parents in the formal aspects of the film. Subscribed!!
Another interesting take on the scarcity of blue in the film's color pallet is because blue is a color normally associated with water. The only water on Arrakis that is above ground exists only in the water of life AND people who carry the water inside their bodies. In the films water is a symbol for life, while the warm tones symbolise death. So Chani wearing a blue band on her arm foreshadows that she will choosing the path of life at the end rather than following Paul in creating a path that leads to so much death and destruction.
Blue ribbon in fremen culture means the woman is pregnant.
That cover shot of Irulan is so intense and beautiful. The greens and the deep bokeh. Just how it enhances out her skin tones and sculpts her face.
Yeah it really is. Women really are the best subjects for photography and art.
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Women and horses
Denis is an absolute genius. I've never seen anyone so committed to expressing film as an art form.
Thanks for going over these scenes. To someone who doesn't study film, much of this stuff would go right over my head.
Really makes you realize how dedicated Denis is to his craft, and to his art. And it's much appreciated.
I'm loving the amount of colour analysis on film youtube recently!! It's amazing to learn how movies influence you subliminally with colours
Something cool about the post-water of life is how Paul is cosplaying Tetsuo from Akira and how when he explains the narrow path we see 1 sec of a knife stab, he is spoiling because is the same frame after the fight with Feyd
Amount of work put in this video is amazing, loved the analysis.
thanks brother
I love colour analysis. It's so interesting how the story and characters are being told through the colours too
Golly this is an excellent analysis of color, and even more so because Dune uses it so subtly. It's not as evident as, say, Baby Driver, but it's used very intelligently in regards to outfits and setting. Really curious about BR2049's use of color now.
You got a subscriber
Thank you bro!
@@lancelloti. Can you do a colour analysis of BR2049 please??
I don"t know, if anyone noted that already, but the artist of the soundtrack (on screen in 1:36) is called Hans Zimmer, the "S" and "Z" are swapped ^^ .
I always find Chani’s last scene to be so heart breaking and a clear distinction from where Paul has in some way turned the villain.
This is an amazing analysis. I didn't even realize the depth of symbolism dune had with colors.
You just started your channel this month and you’re already making an analysis better than all I’ve ever seen??
I'm gonna start a jihad if Dune 2 isn't winning Best Cinematography next year.
Show us the way, enlightened one
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Lead us to Paradise, Mahdi. 🥺🙏🏼
I reported the OP post to UA-cam.
@@ormand3000 Relax. It’s a joke, mostly in reference to the movie/book. No need to take this seriously.
Wonderful analysis! I've seen Part 1 probably a dozen times by now, but I didn't consciously notice the palette changes you talked about here. I also hadn't noticed how abrupbtly Paul starts taking the lead in his scenes with Jessica. This movie is so deep, it's incredible.
I discovered your channel a few days ago, and your reviews are AMAZING. The deep analysis makes the show/film 10x better
Thank you
3:49 Made me think of the Doppler effect, but the colour shift is red for spaced out or moving away from and blue compressing light for moving towards.
Amazing breakdown of my favourite two films of the past few years! Keep up the excellent work :)
Pretty sure you deliberately mispronounce all the names to trigger people
It’s sounds like an ai voice. How it says “free-man” sounds like how an ai would say it when it read it.
When I think I've discovered every behind-the-scenes detail of the Dune films and Villeneuve's brilliance has been exhausted, I stumble upon a video like yours. Fantastic stuff, man. Immediately subscribed.
seriously one of the best video essays i've seen in quite some time..
keep up this quality of video making!!
I noticed the Baron flicked his shield on from his finger around the same scene as Paul putting on the ring.
wow i never even thought to look at dune like this but it makes so much sense
No way this is a new channel. The writing and the editing is amazing, one of the best I have seen .
I LOVE looking at color theory in films. I've watched all your videos as of now and I can't wait to see where you'll go next. Lovely analysis.
Lancelloti, This is fantastic! I subscribed right away!
Thanks you so much!
The way you ended this video gave me chills. The music and final scene of Dune 2! Time to rewatch I guess
Fantastic. I really love how you just jumped into the topic. no boring preamble.
thank you for pointing out how paul's mention of the harkonnens relates to his arrival scene, it's something I hadn't picked up, makes me enjoy it even more
You just started this youtube channel? The explanation, attention to detail, the edit, the script...was astonishing, you earned a subscriber extremely easily and by how it looks, some subscribers.
KEEP IT UP, AMAZING WORK!
A new channel? A welcome channel. You are well spoken, the observations are crystal clear and enlightening, and your subject material is engaging. I wish you well and thank you for the work you have demonstrated so far. We don't need to see you, we see you in your work. Well done, sir.
one of the best videos ive seen it a while. you used simple language that everyone can understand and kept everything short and concise which made it all very easy to follow with little effort, also the video is less than 10 minutes (hooray its not too long that i dont feel like watching it).
other than that i think you did amazing analysis and it really impressed me. it also made me fall in love with dune even more :)
Fantastic video! I never consciously noticed the color shifts and it's cool to see some of the details spelled out.
So well narrated and informative. You make me want to rewatch the movies to spot the colour changes you identified.
yess, i would like for you to talk about and review YOUR favourite movie
I watched these movies repeatedly and yet still you brought something out I hadn’t really noticed before, even in the first 3 minutes. Awesome video dude!
During the coliseum-like scene, I felt the black and white dichotomy forced the viewer to pay more attention to the faces of the close-ups. There were no colors distracting the viewers other than the deep cavernous eye sockets. It was simply chilling.
I listen to your videos while working on Maya for my VFX studies and man it's incredible, the quality of analysis and and also your voice is so relaxing, Im enjoying this at 100 % !! Good job, can't wait to see more analysis of you !!!
Good analysis, but the mind boggles at how you can watch nearly 6 hours of Dune and still pronounce it 'Freemen' almost without fail.
It's AI
No it’s not
Great breakdown of Dune's color theory. I think it's also really cool that red and green are opposites on the color wheel and what they represent in the film are opposites as well. Past and Future.
genuinely such a good video. very high quality and to the point. Some people on here wouldve taken an hour to explain the same points you made, love it !
this is incredible. i have no words. more proofs that dune part one is a masterpiece such as part two as i always thought.
My man, your video is beautiful. Thank you.
Polite suggestion: The mic you're holding is a side-address mic and you're speaking into the end of it. Either speak into the side or get an end address mic. It's going to make your video look that much more professional. 🙂
Villeneuve nails telling a story on every level, he’s a master at it
You are becoming one of my favorite filmmaking learning channel
This video is amazing. I'm impressed by the quality of your storytelling, the editing, the animations and visuals you added. Great work !
1:36 Arrival - Hanz Simmer (What went wrong here) xD
Was looking for this
What a quality man. I just discovered your channel and I am quiet impressed
Thanks bro!
One thing I found fascinating was that no one's face, even outdoors was ever directly lit by the sun. Always back lit or maybe the side. Very interesting artistic directing.
PHENOMENAL video, this also made me notice so much detail in the movie that otherwise goes over my head, and great way of explaining it all!
I've watched a lot of Dune stuff the last week and your video was genuinely interesting and wholly original. Ill have a new way of look at the movies next time I watch them.
You just started this channel??? Well done! This was a high quality media essay. I love the ones that talk about story but this reminded me of college; tell me more about colour and how directors use it. Also light and shadow, sound...fuck it, say mise en scene.
Free-men is actually killing me 😂
Fantastic video. I like the shots of you added in with the movie projected behind you. Nice work.
A new channel? Your analysis is perfect and your video editing is top notch. Well done!
The analysis is brillaint. Please do more
Dude, your clips are like scholar papers, but skipped peer reveiws and still very well written. Salute, to you.
holy shit, what a great breakdown! such an incredible eye for details about things I would've NEVER noticed in 2 movies I love so much. well done! instantly subscribed
the Arrival scene and the scene afterwards where he talks to the fremen is my favourite scene in both films
I love dune, but you've revealed sooo many new cinematographic nuances to me now... thank you!
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Loved the production on this, the only critique I’d have is on the audio sync which was quite distracting. Earned a sub from me!
bro said fray men and free men within 10 seconds of eachother
Just wanted you to know the algorithm recommended me this video at least 3 times before I said fine I’ll watch it. Glad I did, this was a really cool video. More engagement for the algorithm!
This is the best Dune analysis I've seen
Some time ago I watched a Dune part 1 analysis and they talked about how the "Coming out" of the tent was similar to that of coming out of the womb, signaling his rebirth as a Fremen and into the future.
I rarely see such impressive videos new channels. Every like and subscribe is well deserved. Excellent job.
i recognized absolutely none of these amazing subtle points! great video!
Great job. The analysis was very interesting, very well put, and edited perfectly. And if this is your starting point, I can’t wait to see your progress and evolvement.
This is an incredible video, made me want to watch Dune again. Keep your work, this is great !
Ok I did not expect that colour was so important in the dune movies. I mean it's not like they had no impact on me while watching the movies. It's just that I did not realise how genius the colours are distributed throughout the movies. Truly fascinating.
nice work! Love your breakdown of the colours, their significance and all the amazingly clever observations that generally slips past general audiences!
A month and 43k, congrats, the video quality is great
More Videos on disecting and examining color theory would be awesome! I'd love to see you analyze The Fountain.
you only just begun and you are already amongst my favoruite film analysing channels like every frame a painting, Thomas Flight, Listening in, now you see it or schnee. Awesome! Keep it up!
I'm particularly interessted in Sound Design and its undertone meanings for world building and interconnection to the soundtrack.
I am an MD, but would definitely go into movies if I could live another life. I love the way you approach your analysis. I have no knowledge of film theory, but am intuitively amazed by the great masters and notice things in a very similar way you do. Thank you for making these!
So that's why the banners they have at the end are Harkonnen orange but with the Atreides symbol, to reflect the merging of Paul's two bloodlines.
This is one of the best analysis videos I've ever seen
So here's where you'd been, glad to see you keep with the great analysis dude.
I love the detail when he gave his holy-war speech how Jessica said, "slow down" because she's a benne gesserit, and bene gesserits are so used to plan not for months or years but centuries. But in that scene Paul is half-harkonnen and half-fremen so he goes all in like how a fremen or harkonnen would do. Even when we have his speech of that guy's grandma he's not talking out of passion like how Leto would base his speech on (or how Paul would before his character development), in that moment there's anger and almost a pity in Paul's eyes. Like how Harkonnen sees other people.
good video mate, I enjoy listening to you so much, that the video felt almost rushed at times. Also, I would love to have more full screen still images or loops, where you go even more in detail, it is for us a lot to process in a short time. But anyway, great video, looking forward for your next things
Denis is a master in color! he did the same in the movie "Sicario", where he changed Blunt's tshirt color slowly from the hopeful blue to a pale hopeless gray.
Wow this was seriously amazing! Im gonna have to rewatch the movies now with this all in mind. Very insightful and eye opening. Great stuff!
You’re about to have a “Horses” level of growth on your channel. A million this time next year, zero doubt
This channel gives me hope for more quality content 💙
That was good. A bit rougher when shifting the discussion from Corrino -> Atreides -> Paul, but it was still well-executed. I hope to see you grow more!
Incredible video for your first month. Looking forward to your future videos