Dune (1984)

“They’re not mad. They’re trained to believe, not to know. Belief can be manipulated. Only knowledge is dangerous.”

— Frank Herbert, Dune Messiah

Character designs by Mœbius for Jodorowsky’s unproduced version of DUNE. I’ve featured some before.

Timothée Chalamet as Paul Atreides and Rebecca Ferguson as Lady Jessica in “Dune” (2021)

[They] think to trick me by making me distrust your mother. They don’t know that I’d sooner distrust myself.

Lady Jessica & Duke Leto Dune, Frank Herbert

Alicia Witt as Alia Atreides Dune (1984) dir. David Lynch

it’s loving Alia hours

paul atreides / GODHOOD

“Greatness is a transitory experience. It is never consistent. It depends in part upon the myth-making imagination of humankind. The person who experiences greatness must have a feeling for the myth he is in. He must reflect what is projected upon him. And he must have a strong sense of the sardonic. This is what uncouples him from belief in his own pretensions. The sardonic is all that permits him to move within himself. Without this quality, even occasional greatness will destroy a man.”

— Frank Herbert, Dune

when is a gift not a gift?

The Count and Lady Fenring

They're a good match.