Denis Villeneuve on LAWRENCE OF ARABIA | TIFF 2021

[@rhapsodydigby8997]

When you watch dune 2 you really get a sense of his love for this movie

[@l.b.2392]

Yet Dune 2 doesn't even get close to achieve the cinematic magic of LoA.

[@Duskbleu]

You are comparing a really good movie to a all time great. ​@@l.b.2392

[@cornfield755]

Absolutely. That and (probably unintentional) echos of Life of Brian.

[@groovypullet2337]

​@cornfield755 while watching it I was literally thinking "this is like a mashup of Lawrence of Arabia and Life of Brian". I enjoyed the film, but the parallels were not subtle

[@Torbjorn311]

because of all the sand?

[@craigstewart7391]

Noel Coward: "If you had been any prettier, it would have been 'Florence of Arabia.'" Roger Ebert: "I've noticed that when people remember 'Lawrence of Arabia,' they don't talk about the details of the plot. They get a certain look in their eye, as if they are remembering the whole experience, and have never quite been able to put it into words."

[@ninawildr4207]

Exactly❤❤❤

[@sigil8386]

Wow! This captures it perfectly.

[@ujjwalreal]

I deliberately stopped myself from watching Lawrence of Arabia until I could find it playing on a big screen, which I finally did, in glorious 70mm and my god was it worth the wait. Best cinema experience of my life

[@Boofsylvania]

Damn Lawrence's eyes are almost more blue than fremen eyes.

[@nickmitsialis]

HAH! I didn't connect the Fremen, but by golly, O'Toole's eyes sure were blue!

[@hypatia4754]

Maybe that`s where he got the idea from? Interesting thought!

[@xvor_tex8577]

@@hypatia4754 wait I never knew laurance of arabia movie was that old, it came out in 62?

[@pinktrash2720]

@@hypatia4754 i havent watched the movie yet but the blue eyes of the fremen is already in the book

[@verohimself]

He was the first Zensunni Wanderer.

[@TonyGrayCanada]

Denis is a very moving speaker, even in his second language.

[@jessica5497]

Yes!

[@heymelon]

Probably more so. Exotic accent always takes it home!

[@hulking_presence]

Ee vehn ineh kheezeh sekondueh lehngoo eezheh

[@DelightLovesMovies]

I never get tired of watching Lawrence of Arabia.

[@charlesneely]

I never get tired of music because the music is inspiring it inspired me to be the best that I can be all by myself it inspired me to be that I don't need nobody else just me.

[@hulking_presence]

@@charlesneely damn, that sounds grim. You need to find God. ☦️

[@banba317]

"Lawrence Of Arabia is part of my cinematic education..." I have loved and watched that film at least two dozen times and often thought a Dune adaptation would have to approach the scale and scope of that epic masterpiece! Thank goodness a student of genius has come along to match the film to the original work! Thank you Denis! Got my tix for 10/22 and I can't wait to be as immersed in the Dune film as I was in the book!

[@Latinkon]

As someone who regards _Lawrence of Arabia_ as one the best films of all time, I felt that having a new _Dune_ film that would be on par with that classic historical epic would be the gold standard. Having seen _Dune: Part One_ a few weeks ago, I personally feel that David Lean's masterpiece is still the better film. Don't get me wrong though, as I'd say the new _Dune_ movie is still good overall.

[@GuineaPigEveryday]

@@Latinkon dude i dont think we'll ever get a film where you don't say David Lean's masterpiece is still the better film. But the attempt at getting close to that brilliance is good enough in itself. I mean so many elements worked in Lawrence of Arabia, so much of it luck, or the time, or coincidence or just brilliance on the part of the people who worked on it. But I'm glad Denis paid tribute to this film because reading Dune you can see the parallels as bright as day, they're great parallels though, its what helps the book resonate to this day.

[@stantheman9072]

Lawrence is the pinnacle of a genius filmmaker at work. Loved David Lean’s work - well, most of it - and that Villeneuve appreciates that artist makes me even more eager to see his Dune. While I am very much looking forward to this, Herbert’s book was a mixed bag for me. I was intrigued by his story and the epic nature of it, but his style of writing in a broken narrative drove me nuts. The films, of course, can’t do that. They must be more linear, yet not to the exclusion of all else and that was one of the key weaknesses of Lynch’s version, I think. It wasn’t just the annoying voice-over narration or occasionally somewhat nauseating design work. I look forward to loving this.

[@redbarchetta8782]

Saw it and I was IMPRESSED.

[@charlesneely]

Wow I think somebody's in love with David lean Dennis is about to cream in his pants he's probably thinking about a way that he can invent a time machine and go back in time and fill in the movie himself

[@RamZar50]

The visuals leave a permanent imprint in your mind specially when you watch it on the big 70mm screen. Superb direction by David Lean, musical score by Maurice Jarre and cinematography by Freddie Young. Undoubtedly, the greatest epic movie of all time.

[@GreasyFox]

Dune would not existed without Lawrence of Arabia. Who can forget those beautiful 70mm shot scenes?

[@nickmitsialis]

Indeed! I used to watch LoA on ABC TV on the old 'Sunday Night Movie', but, as a child I was always bored and perplexed by it. Then when the 'remastered' version was re released I saw it in the SF 'Northpoint' Theater again 'for the first time', in the full glory 70mm. It was 'mesmerizing'; Honestly, I had also gotten older and learned to appreciate the art of the movie.

[@Jestersage]

And in a way, isn't Dune - the novel -- kinda based on TE Lawrence?

[@danieldyson1660]

@@Jestersage I was wondering if anyone else had noticed this!

[@maxmoloney3105]

@@Jestersage I think sorta, tho FH worked on Dune for a longass time

[@Ragnarok043]

@@nickmitsialis SF Northoint, that takes me back

[@samfilmkid]

"Lawrence of Arabia is to cinema what the pyramids are to architecture."

[@tf2whackyengineer]

Agreed, it is a very big and pointy film.

[@davidmckesey7119]

It's like he made dune that way

[@rimacalid6557]

Then Villeneuve didn't watch The Message yet.

[@liamdevine8533]

reminds me of spielbergs comments on Akira Kurosawa "he is to cinema, what shakespeare was to the written word"

[@Philbert-s2c]

@@kelmanbeats Not exactly. LoA pretty much turns the "white Savior" meme on it's head. Lean did that on purpose. Lawrence doesn't actually save anybody in that film. Pretty much everything he touches turns to blood.

[@sahibpreetsingh5514]

In the times when the industry is being dominated by CGI effects. I'm extremely happy that filmmakers like Villeneuve still exist who are keeping practical effects and movie sets alive. Lawrence of Arabia was and is still a masterpiece.

[@tuahfilms]

the vfx in Dune is one of the best I've seen. Only 1 or 2 shot i could tell its cgi

[@faivrejean-michel8744]

Les acteurs assurant la promo des films entièrement tournés devant écran vert doivent tellement surjouer les interviews qu'ils ne sont pas convaincus eux-mêmes, on sent qu'ils s'auto-répugnent. Mais bon... si c'est pour un gros paquet de fric...

[@wrmusic8736]

@@tuahfilms In Dune CGI is done by DNEG - those same guys that did CGI on BR2049, so it basically fits perfectly with all the practical effects in there and you can hardly ever tell the difference

[@earlgray7003]

Villeneuve as a film-maker is like nice newly built gorgeous house, with no occupants.

[@panathatube]

Laurence of Arabia had thousands of extras. Watch the movie. You just can't recreate that on CG the movements and nuances of each man each horse...

[@spaceman9599]

I knew there was a thread from Wadi Rum to Arrakis, now confirmed: Herbert had read Seven Pillars. Wow, chills

[@Major98]

This movie birthed multiple generations of the greatest filmmakers

[@odu_history_1972]

Lawrence of Arabia is my mother's favorite movie. When I was a kid, I was so bored by it. I remember it came on TV one time and I walked into the living room at the scene where Lawrence and Farraj arrive at the Suez Canal. I only saw the ship behind sand dunes and thought, "Why is a ship moving through the middle of the desert? This is dumb," and didn't try to watch the movie again until I was 17. That year was 1989, and the film had gone through its restoration. My mom and I had some kind of falling out (something stupid that was my fault but I can't remember) and I decided to take my mom to see the restored version to make up for it. Honestly, I went in with the belief that I was about to be bored out of my mind and that I was going to just have to power through nearly four hours of boredom. Boy was I wrong! What an amazing film! I fell in love with the film and, being a musician, Maurice Jarre's score. My own kids sat down to watch it and they love it too. Even when they were very young, like four and five years old they would sit down to watch it all the way through. When I came back from my third deployment to the Middle East in early 2001, I brought back keffiyeh's and agals, and my kids would actually pretend like they were T.E. Lawrence, Sherif Ali, and Auda Abu Tayi. Unfortunately, they didn't get to pretend for very long because 9/11 meant that Middle Easterners didn't get to be the heroes of playtime anymore. Anyway, the film had a pretty profound impact on my oldest son who, like Denis Villeneuve, decided to become a filmmaker. It was actually Lord of the Rings that got my son thinking about filmmaking, but Lawrence of Arabia is definitely one of the top films that he draws inspiration from.

[@randolph4421]

I’m 27, got to do 4 deployments to the Middle East Alhamdulilah, and have now sent more than $135,000 to Palestinians in Ghaza. I think Sir Lawrence would be proud of me.

[@pedroivobatiston2408]

"Lawrence of Arabia" is my favorite film of all time. I'm really glad to see Villeneuve talking about his personal experience with this masterpeace.

[@raystaar]

While I didn't go on to become a filmmaker, I was equally impressed by the spectacle of David Lean's crowning achievement on the big screen in 70mm. Iconic, awe inspiring and unforgettable, 'Lawrence of Arabia' is unarguably of the greatest movies of all time.

[@mf_from_hell]

Denis Villeneuve is the only director I can think of that has truly captured that same feeling of grandeur. You get a sense that you're watching something on a massive scale in almost every scene in Dune. I don't think anyone has understood David Lean quite as well as Villeneuve.

[@nodrama490]

Yes completely agree with you.

[@GaryBonaducci]

Ridley Scott was also inspired by Lawrence of Arabia; and you see this in Prometheus and The Martian. But both movies are about hostile, almost atmosphere-less planets, so it's really not the same as LoA or Dune.

[@VK-sz4it]

I disagree. Sadly, Dune doesn't have this slow rithm.

[@3CKSTR]

@@VK-sz4it It's no more than a Marvel generic superhero movie marketing itself as high-brow

[@VK-sz4it]

@@3CKSTR Yep. Maybe 12.4% more.

[@robertvanderpool8550]

He is 100% correct, Lawrence of Arabia on 70mm film is an experience. I was lucky to have seen it on film three times at the now closed Seattle Cinerama.

[@Raidmasterprod]

I saw it in 70mm at the Museum of the Moving Picture.

[@bighands69]

I would also recommend Ben-Hur, Spartacus, Space Odyssey and Vertigo on 70mm. They all look astonishing.

[@Raidmasterprod]

@@bighands69 Oh, I would see these classic films on 70mm if I actually lived in NYC!

[@bighands69]

@@Raidmasterprod Check different states to see if there are any 70mm projectors and look to see if there are any local film festivals. 35mm looks amazing as well and produce a much larger image than digital.

[@Vlad65WFPReviews]

I live in that city 4 hrs north of Seattle but I'm very sad to learn the Cinerama is no more. I have happy memories of driving down to see Star Wars there on its massive screen. We need more cinemas like this, not less.

[@doryds]

Seeing Lawrence of Arabia on the big screen is something I will never forget. The scene where a person emerges as a tiny dot from the vast desert simply cannot be appreciated at home, even if you have a 100" TV.

[@Tigerbrown44]

Back in the late 60’s my father had a middle eastern restaurant in Chicago. It was on Lawerence Avenue and it was called the Red Fez Cafe. On his business card it said: Step from Lawerence into Arabia.

[@bertoray5497]

Lucky for us he had this Influential experience. Denis Villeneuve is the real deal.

[@evanevans1843]

Yet, that blowing out of the match shot near the beginning, cutting to Arabia, perhaps sums up the genius of the whole film.

[@sarosch]

Yes! a completely unforgettable moment, backed up by the soaring soundtrack - cutting from a small human match to the sun ☀️ from whom we stole fire. How far we’ve come, as humans, as filmmakers - yet like Lawrence, infinitely fallible, as well…

[@evanevans1843]

@@sarosch yep, I am with Villeneuve with regard to Lawrence of Arabia.

[@evanevans1843]

@@sarosch Totally agree with Villeneuve, Lawrence of Arabia sublime film making at its best. I also like Arrival and Blade Runner 2049, so very much looking forward to Dune on the big screen - a memorable book from my youth. Delayed in Australia due to COVID by 6 weeks.

[@Njbear7453]

There are so many great transition shots and edits in this film

[@evanevans1843]

@@Njbear7453 the match flame into the desert is an all time classic. Does not end there.

[@zegermanscientist2667]

Been to Wadi Rum in Jordan several times. It is such an awesome place to be.

[@TechNoir-wz5ic]

I wish i could see Lawrence Of Arabia on an IMAX screen it needs to be re-released In England for a limited time so i can experience it on an Imax screen and so many others can as well, it's just the sort of movie you couldn't make today if anyone attempted to make anything on that scale it would include too many CGI shots...Peter O' Toole's performance is just earth shattering and so complex the way he becomes a part of the Arab revolt/culture and becomes heavily involved with the war against the Turks (Ottoman Empire) and also later on realizing he can't be one of them, is seriously played to perfection by O' Toole and Omar Sharif is incredible as well, so are the rest of the other cast members, not too many films can be called life changing but this is one of them.........

[@Latinkon]

Really would jump at the chance to watch _Lawrence of Arabia_ at a proper IMAX theater (not the so called LieMax ones) if given the opportunity.

[@pheunithpsychic-watertype9881]

You mean it hasn't? Travesty I say.

[@bighands69]

@Tech Noir 1984 It does not need to be released on IMAX if you can get the chance to see the film on 70mm (65mm) that would be the ultimate way to see the film. Even a 35mm print looks great as well. Spartacus

[@FastEddie86]

Yeah I missed that chance. I saw apocalypse now at imax Waterloo and it was incredible.

[@KennyNunnSax]

There’s a theatre near my house that shows old movies in a vintage theater with a screen bigger than IMAX. I saw Lawrence of Arabia there when I was about 12. It was amazing.

[@heilong79]

Just watched LAWRENCE OF ARABIA for the first time, I did not think it would be so heavily themed as it was and was an interesting journey of the rise and fall of a man and his helplessness of who he must be.

[@Njbear7453]

Unless you’ve seen it, you think it’s a completely different film than it is

[@andreraymond6860]

I saw it in the same cinema. Place du Canada. This was the Restoration release. I was the same age as Denis. A couple of years later he and I worked on the same set together. A music video by Andre Turpin. Salutations Denis et bravo. J'ai bien hâte de voir Dune ce Vendredi.

[@starshiptrooper2354]

Amazing movie. Still remember seeing it first time in theater with my parents. Still wows each time watching it I. Best is on a big screen

[@Romartus]

I was able to watch the film after it was restored in a cinema. Sitting with us was David Lean who took a bow and acknowledged our appreciation of this wonderful film.

[@Canuckvik]

I'm so happy I was able to watch this for the first time in 70mm with Dennis in the theatre. What a cool experience. Absolutely loved the movie. Just the visuals... wow

[@richardextall2002]

LofA is an incredible cinematic masterpiece.

[@Heppellos]

Dune 2, Lawrence of Arabia- what a couple of masterpieces!!

[@michaelminch5490]

"Lawrence of Arabia" is eternal. The lit match/sunrise transition gives me chills every time.

[@r520jr8]

This has man has consistently created my favorite film of every year he releases a movie and this is the first time I’ve ever heard him speak.

[@alfredthegreat9543]

The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), Lawrence of Arabia (1962), and Doctor Zhivago (1965). No one before, or since, has matched or beaten that level of excellence of three such movies in a row.

[@fourohfournotfound]

Pete Jackson matched it at least with Lord of the Rings Trilogy :)

[@alfredthegreat9543]

@@fourohfournotfound I'm sorry but not up to this level at all. Tbh Lord of the Rings left me cold- and most everyone else who left the cinema after the 1st one, there was no "buzz" or excited chatter like with a great movie. I think the same people just kept going back again and again to watch them rather than them being really widely popular - same happened with Avatar, and the few times the LOTR films come up in conversation a lot of people are like "meh". I know, I know, fanboys would go nuts at this but it is how many feel. I can't think of a movie that captures you like LoA does, maybe Gandhi- but in a different way, Schindlers List maybe. I think it's the sweep and scope of LoA and the fact it doesn't rush that gets you.

[@fourohfournotfound]

@@alfredthegreat9543 heard. I have a feeling age differences play a major role in this

[@alfredthegreat9543]

@@fourohfournotfound Yeah i guess so. Those under 18 when LOTR came out probably loved them. LoA though is a more "adult" movie made before most of us were born.

[@bennyfaziocriminalmastermind]

Francis Ford Coppola made The Godfather, The Conversation, The Godfather Part 2 and Apocalypse Now in a 7 year time span with no other movies in between

[@JohnSoh]

I was on the fence regarding Dune but him speaking matter of factly on the greatness of Lawrence has sold me to see it on the big screen

[@markuslechner4800]

I have seen it in my Hometheater on a 150 Inch screen in uhd. It was breathtaking.

[@jamesdrynan]

I was 12 when I saw this movie at the Regent Theatre. I was stunned. The acting, the music, the shots. Sharif coming out of a mirage! Astonishing!

[@smit4459]

"Lawrence of Arabia" (1962) is one of my favorite films. To comprehend the movie's historical inaccuracy, I recommend reading, or listening to, Scott Anderson's "Lawrence in Arabia" (2013). It is also one of my favorite books.

[@monkeytypist]

I've always thought this about the film - the story it tells is so compelling, it's important to realise it's very historically inaccurate. Brilliant film, terrible history.

[@jimtrela7588]

There us also Ralph Fienes in the movie "Lawrence AFTER Arabia".

[@smit4459]

I will have to watch that movie Jim. "Schindler's List" (1993) and "Coriolanus" (2011) are my favorite films, staring Ralph Fiennes.

[@will6258]

Both of these movies are such an experience. Wish I could have seen Lawrence of Arabia in theaters like Dune.

[@Vlad65WFPReviews]

Every time Spielberg prepares to shoot a new movie, the first thing he does is watch Lawrence again.

[@New_Perspective]

Ngl, the first time I watched Laurence of Arabia was on my ipad on Netflix. This was years ago when I was about 15 or 16 (I'm 23 now). Back then I wasn't really into film as an art, movies were just entertainment. But even though the movie started off with a black screen for like 5 minutes just playing the overture, and it was longer than any other movie i'd ever seen up to that point, AND it was on my fricking Ipad, I watched the whole thing and fell in love. Not only with the film, but with cinema. It was the first time my pea sized mouse-brain realised that cinema was more than just something you watched for fun. Funny enough, it wasn't until I saw Blade Runner 2049, that I finally realised my destiny was in film. I finally realised I had to make movies.

[@adamfrisk956]

'Get real', David Lynch

[@Messi-rw9ng]

@@adamfrisk956 LOL I just watched that interview before this one. Crazy

[@rhineriversurf5594]

Don’t forget watching Shivago

[@KootFloris]

What did you make? :)

[@elperronimo]

@@KootFloris he has an onlyfans

[@adarshv5079]

That ending cut was a nice touch TIFF!

[@davidmckesey7119]

Just that long shot is worth the whole movie. An epic

[@tykjenffs]

Watching Dune Part Two was like watching a modern Lawrence of Arabia. Pure Cinema!

[@Not_So_Weird_in_Austin]

Thanks. I was fortunate to see the re release on the wide screen 30 years after the film was made

[@luckystriker7489]

I have only ever seen Lawrence of Arabia on television. The first time on VHS on a 4:3 CRT television, and the last time on DVD on a 16:9 plasma screen. I could obviously not appreciate the true spectacle, but the story was nevertheless gripping. The scenes and the dialogue are still with me.

[@bighands69]

Plasma is probably the best way to experience the movie at home. I have seen it on 70mm and it looked amazing. Do a bit of research on the internet to see if you can find a screening in your country on 70mm.

[@GuineaPigEveryday]

@@bighands69 i was lucky i was able to watch it on this plasma tv we still had, i watched it alone in my dorm room, not really comparable to the cinema, but it left just as much of an impact.

[@ecurb10]

I am SO glad to hear that Villeneuve loved this movie so much - one can only assume he brought this love to Dune. It's exactly what the Lynch movie lacked! When I read Dune many years ago I couldn't help but picture Lawrence of Arabia, so when I saw the Lynch film that's what I was expecting....but, no. It completely lacked the grandeur and vastness of the landscape. Plus, there wasn't even a robe in sight!

[@sarosch]

No robes? Hoo! so much I’ve forgotten about that not-quite-forgettable movie…. I liked those space navigators in their overly ornate ether aquariums, whatever that was! Guess I need to watch it again before this Dune. Maybe. Didn’t see the tv series either, did you?

[@bighands69]

@Bruce Smith Dune has been shot on digital cameras and then has been transferred to 35mm film which should give it a beautiful look.

[@ecurb10]

@@sarosch No I didn't catch the series. I actually don't think you need to see the Lynch version again....seriously.

[@GuineaPigEveryday]

i mean lynch's vision was pretty much squandered by interference, he didn't even want to sign his own name off on the extended version. I doubt it had any chance to begin with though. I think its time really did the production of that film a disservice, Dune is a sci-fi that requires a lot to go right if you're filming it. Anyways, it was a worthwhile effort, the visuals are still good and the music is pretty damn great. I don't think Lynch needs any more blame than he already gets in spades.

[@orion8835]

Yawn and wrong. Your too young to get it. Dune is not about deserts it’s about Dynasties and destinies and tyranny. The backdrop described in the book is a fleeting surrounding to be ignored. It’s all about an addiction to a substance that is abused for power. That lies within the sand. It’s not about dumb desert shots peppered with CGI holograms. Lynch captured the Shakespearean grandeur and color of the fighting houses. The 2021 version is a monochromatic classless ugly bore.

[@dominokos]

When I first watched Lawrence of Arabia I remember thinking to myself after like an hour of a fun adventure movie "I mean, this seems cool and all, but why is it held in such high regards. Thusfar it was just a fun movie and that's all." Then the intermission came and I was like, "Oooh, this was just the set-up." :D Amazing film. Easily one of the greatest movies I've ever watched.

[@karimecolettadominguez]

Hahahaha true!

[@halcyo]

Dune is my favorite novel of all time. Lawrence Of Arabia is my pick for best film of all time. Obviously not a coincidence.

[@paulhicks3595]

I saw Lawrence in 70mm in 1964 as a 13 year old. I was in the middle of the Cinema in the 5th row. The next week I skipped school and went to the city library every day and read both volumes of The Seven Pillars Of Wisdom. I got into huge trouble, as I knew I would, but it was something I had to do.

[@moviebuff1941]

Honest: Denis’ “Dune” is as much of a homage to Herbert’s novel as to “Lawrence of Arabia”.

[@wiseonwords]

You noticed!

[@DanielLopez-ob9jz]

Well, Herbert's novel was also heavily influenced by Lawrence of Arabia as well.

[@davidw.2791]

Daniel Lopez It’s kinda chilling that British and French Imperialism wanted to control the middle east back then for strategic-geographical reasons alone. Imagine what would happen if the Arabian oil fields were discovered earlier.

[@littlemouse7066]

@@davidw.2791 sometimes I think the old colonies would have fared better now if they remained colonies they would have had modern laws and not terrible dictators who get rich at the expense of their people.

[@davincerica7232]

I didn't have high expectations for Lawrence of Arabia, but the movie just blew my mind, 10/10

[@anthonys.8569]

One of the all time great films

[@therealluofficial]

I vividly remember being alone in an IMAX theater watching DUNE PT II in 70mm.

[@GuineaPigEveryday]

I was also 19 watching it for the first time, but instead alone in my dorm room on my tv, but whatever screen size this film leaves such an impact.

[@wrathofgrothendieck]

Saw it on OLED, blown away

[@ettoredipugnar6990]

One of my childhood hero’s T. E. Lawrence !

[@TheRobertw82]

Just watched LoA and it now easily in my top 10 fav films, what a Masterpiece and gift to cinematic history!

[@Danleesixoneonetwofive]

I agree. This film really makes a strong case for being the greatest there ever was

[@charlesmiller6281]

Seen it twice in 70mm. Magnificent movie. Dune is awfully good as well.

[@uziforyoutosay1749]

David Lean in his career directed the trifecta of cinematic greatness,…Bridge on the River Kwai….Lawrence of Arabia….Dr. Zhivago. Each being different with respect to locations, from jungles to the desert and then to the northern climate. Absolutely brilliant.

[@favorit601]

Lawrence of Arabia was my first impression when watching the trailer of DUNE part 2. It‘s the first movie for many years this absolute BIG in every way.

[@122josh]

Watching Dune in IMAX felt like how I imagined it would have felt back in 1962 when seeing Lawrence of Arabia in a theater it was an audio visual experience I will never forget Denis is a wonderful film maker as was the great David Lean gonna see Dune again in IMAX with my dad on Sunday can't wait.

[@LexFez]

"On the whole, your majesty, I wish I'd stayed in Tunbridge Wells" - Gurney Halleck

[@geomonabe]

❤Lawrence of Arabia is absolutely stunnung. Watched it myself in 70mm a few years ago and it was unbelievable that it was such an old film. The music❤❤❤❤

[@elizabethroberts6215]

……my 2nd fave film, after ‘Ben-Hur’. Both are cinematic masterpieces’. Everything about them is magnificent! Peter O’Toole was robbed of an Academy Award for his portrayal of T E Lawrence………

[@KeithHays-ek4vr]

If anyone is travelling to the south of England, I highly recommend visiting 'Clouds Hill'. It was T.E. Lawrence's final home in Dorset. Visiting his modest cottage provides a deeper insight into the man. You can walk into the small garage where he kept his Brough Superior motorcycle. You can get there by train, then a short cab ride.

[@wideawake5630]

I was just a little girl when it was released and I saw it on the big screen. It inspired me to write my first long poem, for which I was accused of plagiarism for the first time. Those landscape shots and that gorgeous theme stuck with me all through my life like it was yesterday.

[@romilrh]

Given that Frank Herbert based the Fremen on the Bedoiuns of Arabia, it's very fitting that Denis took inspiration from Lawrence of Arabia for his film adaptation of Dune

[@dgodinho]

So sad I missed this showing! Hopefully it'll come back...? I love this movie so much.

[@donworley7448]

I saw Dune 2 in theatres about a week ago, and later felt drawn to watch Lawrence of Arabia, which I’d never seen before. I hadn’t actually thought about the influence it may have had on Herbert or Villeneuve, but the two really feel like sister films. I’m not surprised at all that they both took inspiration from LoA, but I’m delighted to find this out! Dune left me wanting more of something similar, and I definitely found it in Lawrence of Arabia. I might eventually read the Pillars of Wisdom, and the Dune series. Cool beans!

[@rhineriversurf5594]

So Lucky Lawrence was the first movie I saw in my life when I was a kid. Although it had cruel scenes to a young person, it’s aesthetics changed my life.

[@ImJustSayingYKnow]

I first tried watching LofA on a black and white telly when I was a kid and lasted about 15 minutes. Later I saw it in 70mm and, yes, it is a masterpiece in every sense. 'Seven Pillars of Wisdom' is worth a read too.

[@dansmith3vdhrj]

LoA was so great, back when cinematographers didn't wash out Films with so much blue that you can't even tell the difference between a day shot and a night shot..

[@bighands69]

The stock of that era is also different so that they could get much more vid colors than today's film stock. So even if a director today tried to copy Lawrence of Arabia in its look it would not be possible. I would love to see a modern film shot on 1950s style stock and then played at a cinema on a film projector.

[@dansmith3vdhrj]

@@bighands69 Sounds like something Tarantino would do, lol Or, maybe has done... hmm...

[@bighands69]

@@dansmith3vdhrj Tarantino shot Hateful Eight on 70mm but I think was modern stock.

[@fourohfournotfound]

@@bighands69 Is it not possible for a determined director like Tarantino to attain whatever was in the old 70mm stock? I no nothing of film making im just curious.

[@Kellhound32]

Seriously. This man is a genius. What kind of barbarian gives this a thumbs down??

[@Travestyalpha]

True - on e of my favourite movies. Such a cinematic masterpiece

[@davidc5191]

I absolutely agree and likewise I saw Lawrence when I was in college on the big screen too.

[@benjaminlivingston9706]

David Lean was briefly considered to direct Arthur P. Jacobs' version of Dune, but Jacobs passed away in 1973 and the project was scrapped.

[@modalmixture]

“The idea that Lawrence will fall in love with another culture and try to help this culture fight against colonialism, only to realize at the end that he himself has been an instrument of this colonialism, is something that has a strong link with Paul Atreides journey.” Very well expressed, this is the thematic thread that links these films.

[@kaiserwilhelmii1827]

You can clearly see how Denis was visually inspired by this movie

[@caseclosed9342]

I just got to see Lawrence of Arabia in the theaters and having previously seen both parts of Dune in the theaters I have to say you can see the influence of Lawrence in Dune…

[@akshayde]

I haven't seen lawrence of Arabia or dune but his description of LOA sounds like that of the last samurai which was also such a beautiful movie.

[@siriyakcr]

Wow falling in love with culture 🥰🥰🥰🥰 wow arabic 🥰

[@wheresmyeyebrow1608]

Damn glad to see another video on Lawrence again

[@robjones2408]

Movies like this epic don't exist anymore. Peter O'Toole was at the height of his powers then, and to think he was only in his late twenties when it was made. Unlike today's audiences who have the attention span of a gnat, nobody was bothered by four-hour films back in the 1960s. A magnificent film. A certain George Lucas watched LOA, and it inspired him to make "Star Wars". It still beggars belief that Peter never won an Oscar for his portrayal of T.E Lawrence. Ironically, he will be always be remembered for that iconic performance.

[@jasonmoser8957]

saw dune today on imax - watching it made me think that of LofA. both brilliant movies.

[@SamBrickell]

It's a movie that took it's fucking time... Beautiful.

[@lincolnsanders1127]

just saw lawerence of arabia on the big screen i am a changed man. i'm doing it denis i'm doing the work

[@williamewing5509]

I have got movie DVDS of Peter O'Toole with Anthony Quinn and Omar Sharif in Lawrence Of Arabia and with Sian Williams in Murphy's War and I am dedicating these movie DVDS to my old school friends who are both sisters as I hope to see them both again very soon to Chris and Hester from Billyx

[@Raidmasterprod]

I saw this on 70mm. Seeing all the scratches was AWESOME.

[@bighands69]

You see the odd scratch but the large super clear 18k image makes up for that.

[@MrDarrylR]

The landscapes of Wadi Rum in Jordan are so burnt into my memory from "Lawrence of Arabia" that in the many films shot there since, I almost immediately think back to how David Lean used the same angles and same rocks. Notably, Wadi Rum has doubled for Mars at least four times. Red Planet (2000), Mission to Mars (2000), Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009), Prometheus (2012), The Last Days on Mars (2013), Theeb (2014), The Martian (2015), Rogue One (2016), The Rise of Skywalker (2019), Aladdin (2019), Dune (2021).

[@أحمدزكريا-ذ8ل]

للمرة الأولى أجد غربي يتكلم عننا بإحترام نحن أهل الجزيرة العربية شعب مكروه جداً في الغرب ، نحن العرب نحبك أيضاً يا دينيس و نحن سعيدين بأن مخرج عظيم مثلك يهتم ببلادنا و شعبنا و ثقافتنا و أيضاً لقد كان فيلمك كثيب رائعاً⁦ ❤:)⁩

[@hulking_presence]

Denounce the death cult and baptize if you dislike being hated.

[@bobsingh7949]

i have no arguement with Denis' understanding and praise for this film. How many people's longing for desert started with this movie? I think mine did. And i need to satisfy that longing and do some kind of adventure in a classic desert: Sahara, Namibia, Gobi, Talamakan.

[@KennyNunnSax]

If I didn’t know anything about the Dune movie other than this interview, I would have known that it was going to be good

[@JF-xq6fr]

So, so agree about film vs digital... He nails it.

[@DominantColors]

It's so strange that he praises 70mm so emphatically and specifically states that it's unique qualities cannot be achieved digitally, yet he shoots all of his movies on digital.

[@genuinesaucy]

Before the new Dune came out, I was thinking, "wouldn't it be fucking awesome if they made it a 4-hour epic roadshow movie with an intermission, like Lawrence of Arabia?" Of course, producers simply wouldn't allow any director to do that today. Nobody would buy tickets to such a long movie, because our generation has the attention span of a squirrel with brain damage. I can understand why they had to make it a two-parter, but man, just imagine how ballsy making one last hurrah for old-style epic movies would have been.

[@selder_7]

I only watched it recently and where it restarts after the intermission felt so like Dune Part 2, you can see where Villeneuve and Herbert were inspired

[@glenntanaka3601]

this movie had such incredible cinematography ... check out the train explosion clip at 00:50 as an example

[@mrsmirnoff8715]

To me, Lawrence of Arabia is the greatest film ever made. I'm happy to have a face to face discussion with anyone who thinks it isn't but it's going to take a hell of a lot conveniencing for me to think otherwise.

[@Bati_]

Embrace of the Serpent

[@Jossarianz]

Reading 7 pillars of wisdom is so enlightening. You can just see exactly what Frank Herbert was inspired by