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imaginary worlds. You're listening to imaginary worlds. A show about how we

create them and why we suspend our disbelief. I'm Eric Mollinsky.

My planet Iraq is so beautiful when the sun is low.

Wailing over the sands. You can see spice in the air.

It is finally here. A big Hollywood movie of Dune where everybody in the movie

actually wants to be there. The last adaptation from 1984 was such a mess.

David Lynch asked for his name to be removed as director. But there's a lot of

excitement around this new film. It's supposed to be very faithful to the books.

In fact, it only covers the first half of the first novel because the director,

Deneville and Noove, didn't want to rush to the story. So if the movie's a hit,

there might be more to come. It's hard to summarize Dune.

But to put it briefly, the series is set mostly on a planet called Arrakis.

It's a desert world that is highly valuable to these intergalactic ruling families.

Because Arrakis is the source of a valuable spice.

The spice can be used as a drug to give people extra sensory mystical knowledge.

And every pilot in the galaxy needs to inhale spice so they can navigate the stars.

The planet of Arrakis is also known for having these giant sand worms,

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