Dune is very certainly one of the great epic films. Regardless of it's flaws, very few world building movies have ever pulled off so unique an atmosphere. The soundtrack was totally critical toward that end. Maybe the fact that I was 10 when it came out helped. My dad and I literally didn't get up after it ended and watched the movie a second time. It really could do with a directors cut that includes some but not all of the extra footage seen in the British TV version.
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