Over on the AV Club website, David Lynch was interviewed about his 2006 film “Inland Empire”. The subject of a possible director’s cut was brought up. He seems to feel that although he was open to doing such a project, it would be an impossible task since nobody would green-light it. The prospect of having a director’s cut of Dune excites me to no end. Perhaps even a few more tweaks to update some of the more cumbersome special effects. If Zack Snyder can get his cut of the JL movie completed, this d.c. of Dune could really pay off on a cult classic. Here is what Mr. Lynch had to say…
AVC: Some notable filmmakers have returned to their works years later with re-edits, because just as a viewer’s relationship to a piece of art can change over time, so too can a creator’s. Was a new narrative cut something you ever considered with Inland Empire?
DL: No. But Dune—people have said, “Don’t you want to go back and fiddle with Dune?” And I was so depressed and sickened by it, you know? I want to say, I loved everybody that I worked with; they were so fantastic. I loved all the actors; I loved the crew; I loved working in Mexico; I loved everything except that I didn’t have final cut. And I even loved Dino [De Laurentiis], who wouldn’t give me what I wanted [laughs]. And Raffaella, the producer, who was his daughter—I loved her. But the thing was a horrible sadness and failure to me, and if I could go back in I’ve thought, well, maybe I would on that one go back in.
AVC: Really?
DL: Yeah, but I mean, nobody’s…it’s not going to happen.
AVC: Well that’s interesting, because in the past you were always much less open to it.
David Lynch: Yeah, I wanted to walk away. I always say, and it’s true, that with Dune, I sold out before I finished. It’s not like there’s a bunch of gold in the vaults waiting to be cut and put back together. It’s like, early on I knew what Dino wanted and what I could get away with and what I couldn’t. And so I started selling out, and it’s a sad, sad, pathetic, ridiculous story. But I would like to see what is there. I can’t remember, that’s the weird thing [laughs]. I can’t remember. And so it might be interesting—there could be something there. But I don’t think it’s a silk purse. I know it’s a sow’s ear.
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