The level of technology in this world, as told through the paintings.
How did you design the gadgets and other sci-fi features?
I was impressed by the flapping airplane ornithopter. If you imagine the ornithopter, which also appears in the original film as a gadget that flaps its wings, it would probably flap its wings like a bird, but it is still difficult. Villeneuve did a wonderful job of visualizing it with an insect-like flapping of wings. I think he did a good job without running away. I felt his love for the original work.
Although there are illustrations in the original work, the reader has to use his or her imagination to imagine the details of the design. I think that his image did not diverge from that of many people, and that the greatest common denominator of the two was captured on the screen. You also had Ornithopter in Mr. Miyazaki's "Laputa: Castle in the Sky," didn't you? Maybe I wanted to do that too after reading the novel "Dune". By the way, in the Lynch version, there is an Ornithopter that doesn't flap its wings (laughs).
I think the Lynch version is a little bit too much for many people.
Lynch's work has a sticky, underground feel to it, but Villeneuve is stylish, clean, and sophisticated. I feel that Villeneuve is fashionable, beautiful, and sophisticated. I feel that she was raised in a good family. Well, Lynch's version is also lovely when I see it now.
Especially in the genre of science fiction, the design of a film can be a key factor in the film's reputation for science and technology.
I think that some of the scientific things that this film portrays would not be the case in reality. For example, the use of an ornithopter in the desert, which is supposed to be a precision machine. But while the film may be contrary to realism in some details, it overturns such doubts with the power of visuals while chewing over the original setting.
Also, the way the damage to the shield during battle is expressed, the way the mining equipment in Melange floats and escapes, etc., are all visual depictions of what is mechanically possible, so that the audience can naturally understand the level of technology in this world. Moreover, it is not through dialogue, but through the mechanical design and its operation. I like that very much.
