"The sleeper has awakened."
This week we continue our David Lynch Watch Series and discuss his third feature, DUNE. Curtis is away, but we're pleased to be joined again by Simon and our recurring sibling guest, Billy. Considered a bête noire in the Lynch canon—we all sort of made the case for why we kind of like this surreal, industrial, grandiose, yet messy sci-fi epic. We also went over the different cut, the Lynch touch, notable cast and crew, and the film's famously production and pre-production. Of course, we also juxtaposed this against the more recent Villeneuve flicks, but tried to stay closer to this material as we could.
Before that, we run through some news itemsbefore going over some new releases and talking about what we watched recently.
Next episode we will return to discuss Marlon Brando's ONE EYED JACKS.
TIME STAMPS
00:00:00 Introduction
00:07:57 Shout Outs (IFFO 2026 starts next week; Curtis back in Ottawa; Paramount-Warner Bros. merger woes)
00:014:15 New Releases (EPIC: Elvis Presley in Concert; Pillion; Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die + Simon's comments; Scream VII)
What We Watched This Week
00:17:09 Hoppers (Simon)
00:18:03 Psycho Killer (Simon)
00:18:31 The Burbs (Billy)
00:19:46 Umamusume: Pretty Derby - Beginning of a New Era (Billy)
00:25:33 Manchester By The Sea (John)
00:30:27 The Haunted Palace (John)
00:32:27 The House by The Cemetary (John)
00:33:57 Fear [1996] (John)
00:36:04 The Art of Dying (John)
00:38:34 Vice Squad (John)
00:40:19 DUNE Discussion
01:15:50 Our Scores
01:20:14 What's coming up next?
CREDITS AND PLUGS
Intro: Dune OST - Main Title
Outro: Dune OST - Big Battle
https://www.iffo.ca/ - check out the upcoming films!
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