Ya, these Dune movies are so Americanized. But on the other hand, if the Islamic influence was more blatant, the director might end up with a Fatwa and a target on his back… so it’s safer to downplay the links to the Sunni’s in this era, though Frank Herbert did not downplay them and copied a lot from the Sunnis.
Ya, these Dune movies are so Americanized. But on the other hand, if the Islamic influence was more blatant, the director might end up with a Fatwa and a target on his back… so it’s safer to downplay the links to the Sunni’s in this era, though Frank Herbert did not downplay them and copied a lot from the Sunnis.