Sawyer Petrick is a New York professional with experience in hospitality and a media studies and screenwriting degree from The New School. With a strong interest in film and television, Sawyer Petrick enjoys watching acclaimed movies and reading film reviews.
Adapted by Denis Villeneuve, the 2021 version of Frank Herbert’s novel Dune was lauded by critics as a cinematic sci-fi epic with a human dimension. It nearly swept the Oscar technical categories, winning for cinematography, production design, editing, and visual effects. As reviewed in the New York times, the film by the director of “Arrival” represents a Herculean feat of world-building. He effectively imagines a desert planet far in the future, populated by giant sand worms along with humans engaged in spice mining operations. Villeneuve combines this epic sweep with a “miniaturist’s attention” to intricate detail. Compared to David Lynch’s earlier Dune, which got bogged down in the complexity of the sci-fi premise, the new version combines exposition with arresting visuals that seamlessly explain the narrative and move it forward. As the Times reviewer describes it, the director does at times struggle with the warring impulses of staying true to Herbert’s source material, while delivering a big-ticket Hollywood product.
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