The Deep Message Of Dune Explained
“The mystery of life isn’t a problem to solve, but a reality to experience. A process that cannot be understood by stopping it. We must move with the flow of the process. We must join it. We must flow with it.”
This is Dune’s main theme, summarized in one perfect paragraph.
You might’ve watched this movie and muttered to yourself what’s with the Bull? What does the Worm mean?
What’s with the dreams and even that little mouse that Paul sees twice?
Well, they all tie directly into Dune’s theme.
Dune, like all great movies, is chock-full of hidden details, motifs, and messages that nod to it’s theme.
In this article we’re doing a deep dive on some of them. And I mean deep. I wrote 4 pages of notes while watching this movie.
If you want the video version of this article, you can find it right here.
Let’s start with the bull.
