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[Anish Moonka @anishmoonka]

Dune: Part Three is the first film in the trilogy shot on actual celluloid instead of digital. Denis Villeneuve had a set of lenses hand-built from scratch, tuned to throw a specific golden flare, because nothing on the market gave him the glow he wanted.

That choice is most of the answer. The first two films were shot on digital cameras, then printed onto film stock and scanned back in to borrow the texture of celluloid. For the third one, cinematographer Linus Sandgren, who took over from Greig Fraser, shot on genuine film, including large-format IMAX. He told the Hollywood Reporter he wanted flares unique to this movie, so a lens company called Atlas hand-built the glass and had to construct custom equipment just to test optics that large.

The vintage feel runs through the whole trilogy. On Part Two, Fraser roughened up the pristine digital image by shooting through a Soviet-era Helios lens and a set of 1980s Moviecam lenses. Old glass, chosen on purpose, to soften and age the picture.

Then there is where the camera points. The Dune films shoot in the deserts of Abu Dhabi under hard sun, with studio work in Budapest, on physical sets Villeneuve compared to Transformers, using sand-colored screens instead of green ones so the light stays warm. The standing rule is to capture as much in front of the lens as possible and use effects to extend what is there rather than build it from nothing.

The glow people read as "80s" comes down mostly to one thing: halation, the soft bloom that forms around bright light when it hits film emulsion. Digital tries to imitate it. On celluloid it happens by chemistry. Add fine grain and a hand-ground lens flare and you land on the exact texture fantasy films had in the 1980s, back when there was no other way to do it.

There is a straight line here. The 1984 Dune, David Lynch's version, was an actual 80s fantasy film, built on matte paintings, optical printing, and hand-drawn effects. Villeneuve is reaching for that same analog toolkit with a modern budget. It reads as an old fantasy film because it is put together the way they were: shot on film, out in the desert, through lenses cut by hand to flare like the ones they used forty years ago.

[DiscussingFilm @DiscussingFilm]

The new teaser for ‘GODZILLA MINUS ZERO’ has been released.

In theaters on November 6.

[DiscussingFilm @DiscussingFilm]

The new trailer for ‘GODZILLA MINUS ZERO’ will be released tomorrow.

Release time will be just before 7am PT/10am ET/3pm BST.

[david ehrlich @davidehrlich]

so far I’d say the hardest part of parenting is explaining how offsides works in various different sports

[Cole Adams @coleadamss]

Genuinely the greatest shot I’ve ever seen

[The Ringer @ringer]

Bill was feeling multiple things when the Celtics traded Jaylen Brown 😂

[Netflix @netflix]

Save the cheerleader, save the world.

HEROES IS NOW ON NETFLIX IN THE US

[IcyVert @IcyVert]

11 MEN

10 MEN

9 MEN

WE DONT GIVE A FUCK USA IN 5

[🖤 Buy Physical Media 🖤 @VHSDVDBLURAY4K]

would you look at the time

[Film Updates @FilmUpdates]

Official trailer for Kiyoshi Kurosawa's samurai thriller ‘THE SAMURAI AND THE PRISONER.’

In theaters July 31.

[Talkin' Baseball @TalkinBaseball_]

Cal Raleigh with a clutch hit in his first game since May 13th!

[NBA @NBA]

THE FULL ENDING OF GAME 4.

UNCUT. 🍿🍿🍿🍿

[ESPN @espn]

OmG.

[MLB Pipeline @MLBPipeline]

BRADEN MONTGOMERY WALK-OFF HOMER IN HIS MLB DEBUT ‼️

@whitesox | @AggieBaseball | @MLBDevelops

[Moses 💣 🧨 ★ ☭ @cookoutsessions]

Trump when Mitchell Robinson is about to shoot a free throw

[Alex Mayer @alexmayer34]

Bryce Miller in 4 career regular season starts against the Tigers:

7.0 IP, 0 R
5.0 IP, 0 R
7.0 IP, 0 R
6.0 IP, 0 R

Here’s a full list of active @MLB pitchers with 25.0+ scoreless IP, against any opponent:

Bryce Miller against the Tigers.

🔱🐯 #TheMayerGWS

[Film Updates @FilmUpdates]

The Dolby poster for Christopher Nolan’s ‘THE ODYSSEY’ has been released.

In theaters July 17.

[NFL Films @NFLFilms]

"Something great's gonna happen."

Start your day with a vintage @DangeRussWilson comeback 👇 @Seahawks

[NFL @NFL]

.@DangeRussWilson the moon ball maestro 🚀

[Joe Orrico @JoeOrrico]

I’m not afraid to say it…

prime Russell Wilson was one of the greatest QBs of all time.