CLIP FILM DUNE PRODUCTION: USA, CANADA 2021 Legendary Pictures, Villeneuve Films, Warner Bros DIRECTOR: Denis Villeneuve STARRING: Timothée Chalamet (Paul), Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac, Josh Brolin, Zendaya Based on the novel Dune (1965) by Frank Herbert SYNOPSIS A mythic and emotionally charged hero s journey, Dune tells the story of Paul Atreides, a brilliant and gifted young man born into a great destiny beyond his understanding, who must travel to the most dangerous planet (Dune) in the universe to ensure the future of his family and his people: the blue-eyed Fremen. Year 10191: summoned by the emperor to take over the ownership of the arid, inhospitable planet Arrakis the only source of the Melange Spice , the sacred hallucinogen Duke Leto of the noble House Atreides and his family travel to the sandy planet. Here, malevolent forces explode into conflict over the planet s exclusive supply of the precious spice which allows intergalactic flights to be made and has the property of prolonging life. A war for the possession of the planet breaks out. Tormented by visions of the future, Paul shows exceptional abilities which allow him to survive, together with his mother Jessica, in the deadly desert. When they join the Fremen s tribe, Paul has already taken some few steps into a larger world where more adventures await him. BEFORE WATCHING O 7 R D W S Choose the correct word. Fremen s Stillsuits The native Inhabitants of the desert 1. asteroid / planet / sphere Arrakis, the Fremen, wear suits, called stillsuits, to protect them from the heat, cool them, and 2. recycle / lose / waste moisture and urine from their bodies in order to 3. survive / exist / neglect in the harsh desert environment. A stillsuit is a body-enclosing garment which performs the functions of heat dissipation and filters bodily wastes to regenerate moisture. Pumps actuated by movement of the 4. chest / knee / wrist (breathing), and others actuated in the heel, move the water through the filtration process, providing the necessary heat exchange. Recycled water 5. suppresses / conceals / circulates in catchpockets from which they drink it through a tube fixed to their neck. In the open desert, they wear a filter across their face, a tube in the nostrils with tight plugs to ensure a secure fit; they breathe in through the 6. mouth / lips / gate filter and out through the nose tube. Adapted from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ List_of_technology_in_the_Dune_universe 314 EnErgy MechPower.indb 314 30/01/24 17:10