The aftermath of the final battle between the Fremen, led by Paul, and the Harkonnen and Imperial troops, led by the Emperor himself, was shot at night on the backlot at Estudios Churubusco.
Setting up lights on a crane on the backlot
David Lynch consults with Freddie Francis, Kit West and others on the Estudios Churubusco backlot
Freddie Francis and Sean Young watch the preparations
David Lynch talks to stunt coordinator Richard Humphreys
David Lynch checks out some of the Harkonnen “casualties”
Freddie Francis inspects the lighting
Dead Harkonnens relaxing
Arranging the bodies
Showing Alia (Alicia Witt) how to dispatch the wounded
David Lynch directs 6-year-old Alicia Witt
David Lynch directing Alicia Witt on the backlot at Estudios Churubusco in 1983
David Lynch and cinematographer Freddie Francis relax for a moment during a night shoot on the Churubusco backlot during the making of Dune (1984)
Blasts from the past
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