screenplay versus transcritption
TITLES ON BLACK, APPEARING ONE AFTER THE OTHER *
Prologue about SPICE TBD *
FADE IN: *
1 DREAM SEQUENCE: EXT. ARRAKIS - END OF DAY 1
The planet Arrakis, as seen from space.
Track across its endless windswept terrain.
We glide into a low-hanging dark cloud that’s generated by a
massive mining vehicle, a HARVESTER, kicking up glowing
flecks of SPICE. We PUSH through the SPICE, creating a
dreamlike swirl of orange flakes.
Through the swirl WE REVEAL a SECOND HARVESTER airborne,
being hauled by a powerful CARRYALL.
ON THE GROUND - HARKONNEN SOLDIERS flanking the harvester,
leading the industrial nightmare through the darkness. One of
them holds a massive flag bearing the HARKONNEN EMBLEM.
Now these soldiers are observed through the P.O.V. of a
thermal scope. Reveal that this scope is attached to a
strange MISSLE LAUNCHER, one of multiple cloth-shrouded
weapons being wielded by a small band of blue-eye FREMEN
FIGHTERS taking cover behind a sprawling black rock. A young
female fighter, CHANI, is among them; along with a man who we
will know later as JAMIS. A closer look at Chani.
Flickering Fremen PLASMA LASERS lance up at the second
Crawler, EXPLODING it and the Carryall that carries it.
Rockets are launched from the Harvester to retaliate,
incinerating several of the Fremen in a brutal strike.
The few surviving Fremen run for cover through a CREVASSE in
their rocky position. Last through this opening is Chani.
Before she disappears into this underground opening, Chani
turns to look back with soul-piercing eyes, straight at us.
CHANI
Paul...
My planet, Arrakis, is so beautiful when the sun is low. Rolling over the sands… You can see spice in the air.
At nightfall, the spice harvesters land. The outsiders race against time to avoid the heat of the day.
They ravage our lands in front of our eyes. Their cruelty to my people is all I’ve known.
These outsiders, The Harkonnens, came long before I was born. By controlling the spice production they became obscenely rich. Richer than the Emperor himself.
Our warriors couldn’t free Arrakis from the Harkonnens, but one day, by imperial decree, they were gone.
Why did the Emperor choose this path? And who our next oppressors be?
ici, tout le monologue de Chani a été rajouté.
et ce que l'on voit à l'écran respecte ce que l'on lit dans le script à l'exception de l'interlude dans laquelle on voit Rabban la Bête, le départ des troupes Harkonnen et la vue depuis l'espace sur Arrakis qui est placée à la fin de la séquence.
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Si le script indique bien qui sont les protagonistes, notamment Chani et Jamis, le spectateur ne peut que se douter que la narration est faite par la jeune fille mais reste ignorant de qui est le beau Fremen aux yeux si bleu et la peau si sombre...
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Le monologue nous permet de comprendre que ce que l'on voit sont les moissonneuses d'épice qui sont actives de nuit ("At nightfall, the spice harvesters land. The outsiders race against time to avoid the heat of the day."). De manière intéressante, plus tard, le spectateur découvrira des moissonneuses et ailes portantes (1) d'un format différent et (2) opérant en plein jour...
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