" Don't trust leaders to always be right " Holds true now more than ever

@annalisafeleppa7391

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly what I was going to say. 🙌 Melbourne's Premier Andrew's is a prime example atm. Plus the cabal; hidden group of individuals too cowardous to show their faces, behind all of this.

@Lospollos24

3 жыл бұрын

No it’s always been true since the dawn of government kid the fuck you talking about

@annalisafeleppa7391

3 жыл бұрын

Actually true true, since the dawn of time. It's just that he means we're actually experiencing it clearly atm. That shit hits you hard hun.

@jacobstaten2366

3 жыл бұрын

You're either 4 to 8 years too late, or if things go bad in November, a month early.

@godfreyofbouillon966

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah it was so much better during WW2 or during the reign of unaccountable kings... but now... now we cant trust leaders to always be right.

Someone asked me the other day: Star Wars or Star Trek? My answer: Dune.

@Bluemilk92

6 жыл бұрын

John gets it

@petercampi2840

6 жыл бұрын

Ironically, both franchises took some inspiration from Dune in one form or another.

@hungarianbeast

6 жыл бұрын

Easily Dune, Star wars with all it's hype has no lore, it's all about sith vs jedi, nothing the middle. Star Trek is great but thanks to shitty writers it's now not moving anywhere. But Dune, man the first book alone has more depth to it than the whole sw universe. I also dig the Foundation by Asimov. Would love to see a series of that as well.

@waadfrelle

5 жыл бұрын

My answer always. The books.

@salparadise5335

5 жыл бұрын

you are an idiot.

He belongs on the Mt. Rushmore of Sci-fi authors along with Jules Verne, H.G. Wells, and Issac Assimov.

@jeromefecto8085

7 жыл бұрын

Philip K Dick

@Hal9000ize

7 жыл бұрын

Geiger Boy Arthur C Clarke

@davidtheriault8012

6 жыл бұрын

Amen

@Oasis1635

6 жыл бұрын

William F. Nolan is good, but he isn't one of the titans. I would agree for Phillip K Dick, Aldous Huxley, and Bradbury. Clarke and Heinlein don't need my vote, they're already among the most respected. I would also like to throw in Octavia Butler and Ursula Le Guin. Lets get some ladies in here.

@ab8588

6 жыл бұрын

Geiger Boy Stanislaw Lem too.

The interviewer is really really good

@mwvidz324

3 ай бұрын

Extremely so, this is often the case with old interviews. I wonder if this is because only the good survive or simply they were more competent. Perhaps a bit of both.

@Cardiopazia

3 ай бұрын

Very quick and responsive back and forth, makes me admire Herbert for being able to respond as quickly in a context where you don't have a lot of time unfortunately and it makes me wish it had been a longer format, I felt like the intervier was very good at knowing where to interject and Brian able to condense. But again, can't help but think what we could have gotten out of this if it had been 20 or 40 minutes.

@honorsilverthorne7227

3 ай бұрын

That's Bryant Gumbel

@Isoquant

3 ай бұрын

Media wasn't so embarrassing back then

@rlfstr

3 ай бұрын

If this interview took place now, they would ask Frank Herbert to rate Dune TikTok edits and have him try British snacks.

I wish Frank was alive to see his work be adapted into cinema so well

@ukrainefighter2456

14 күн бұрын

Hey kahpyvara, can you imagine!! If Frank herbert was still alive today. Man! Oh man and see his reaction to the Two Part Dune films. Gosh. He would be seriously proud of his work to the core. And proud of denis villenueve the movie director.

He comes around as the most chill guy ever, while also being wise and incredibly well-spoken. I wish he was still around. I'm sure he'd love Villeneuve's adaptation. Dune is such a timeless story, it feels like it was written yesterday, not almost 60 years ago.

@Wildboy789789

7 ай бұрын

Agree... i mean dune had put forward ideas 100 years before their time, talking about ai in the 60s, and genetic engineering, i mean the dragonfly ornothopter is still the best idea for a flying machine anyone has ever made, can go from helicopter to airplane in a second

@TheThigh

7 ай бұрын

He’d probably hate what they did with Gurney

@teddyjackson1902

6 ай бұрын

No, he wouldn’t. Changing Liet-Kynes to a black woman in Oder to service the current year race and gender obsessions completely undercuts the character as written. He was an imperial gone native. They butchered him in the movie so that there was no reveal, no exploration of his evolution. It was POC/White people and terribly mishandled because everything must be dumbed down for The Message™️ and the ideology.

@braedanclay5633

6 ай бұрын

​@@TheThigh you mean by not making him incredibly ugly?

@TheThigh

6 ай бұрын

@@braedanclay5633 That, but mostly the demeanor. He was also missing an accent.

Just saw Dune part 2 in IMAX and it feels like having seen something truly historic. One of the best films I’ve ever seen.

@csachleb

2 ай бұрын

so say we all

@AJ-gk7bn

2 ай бұрын

I’ve seen in twice now in IMAX! You fuckin feel it in your bones. Almost a religious experience. Dune 1&2 are absolutely two of my all time favorite movies. They are both masterpieces. 2 and even more so than 1.

@VincentVanBro

2 ай бұрын

@@AJ-gk7bn IMAX was insane, especially the sound. Possibly the best sound design I’ve ever experienced. You’re right, felt it in my bones.

@samdung5630

Ай бұрын

Epic

@weejoe27

Ай бұрын

Really? I’m guessing you are young. It was sooo average. I’d struggle to give it a 7/10

Oh I think the man would be so happy today with Denis Villeneuve adaptation. Masterpiece

@Meridiu5

2 жыл бұрын

Readers of the book were rewarded so well by this version. Paul even expressed the distrust he had in himself during this movie. I wish Frank could have seen it.

@jeevangopal482

2 жыл бұрын

I don't think he would, and yes I'm reading the book

@paultrygstad4771

2 жыл бұрын

@@jeevangopal482 why so? the movie loses some of the intricacies of the novel, but is a better film for it. i think some of the main themes are so well expressed, however, it amplifies the overall message to a degree i think Herbert would rejoice in. I think he would like the 2021 version a lot more than the Lynch version. i wish he could have seen it

@ZacharyBittner

2 жыл бұрын

@@paultrygstad4771 books = heavy political plots and elaborate well spoken characters and a ton of lsd. Latest movie = smoosh every celebrity imaginable and have them all quietly grumble. Sanitize everything questionable.

@DG-gx4sg

2 жыл бұрын

@@ZacharyBittner The movie is a completely different medium to the books. With the limited run time it has, it won't work to include every detail of the politics from the books and instead uses the audiovisual experience to tell the story. I think the movie did a great job at preserving the main themes and ideas of the book while making it just accessible enough to get new audiences interested in the series.

Dune is the LOTR of science fiction.

@alpenjon

4 жыл бұрын

Interestingliy, Tolkien really didn't like Dune :D

@PASTRAMIKick

4 жыл бұрын

I love LOTR but it is much less complex I think

@IlijaBossrock

4 жыл бұрын

I have problems with LOTR and i love Dune.

@xristosrizos8406

4 жыл бұрын

@@PASTRAMIKick LOTR has amazing depth. Probably less complex though, I'd agree. Both are simply amazing

@jans2887

4 жыл бұрын

Sounds like an insult

Perhaps my favorite part of this interview is that Gumbel seems to have actually read the books -- his citation of names, places, and their very distinct pronunciations. Seems to go beyond same old pre-interview show prep.

@ivangohome

2 жыл бұрын

yes very impressed by Gumbel's level of questions for a daytime NBC

@gregvinson1

2 жыл бұрын

That is very true and I always loved the Gumbel brothers, especially Bryant. He was well read and made even short interviews interesting because he seemed genuinely interested and asked good questions

@loganlong646

5 ай бұрын

He was brimming with excitement to be interviewing this legend.

I can see Frank as a historian. Thankfully, he became successful as a speculative sociologist using novels as the vehicles of his ideas. He is terrific at articulating his insights. For instance, " Our government was founded on mistrust of government. We seem to have lost that mistrust of government." "Government is a shared illusion. When the myth dies the government disappears." We miss you Frank.

@Bruno-hd9qo

7 жыл бұрын

pinmode Unfortunately, posterity doesn't vote

@criztu

4 жыл бұрын

allow me to present you the symbolism in Dune: Paul is founder of Christian church. "paul" = little one. Kwisatz Haderach lies at the bottom of the bottomless pit. the angel of the abyss. Leto = stone. Bene = sons/daughters and stone; Gesserit = the Way. I am the Way the Truth and the Life. Rabban = master. He is also called "the beast" - Revelation 13:18. Dune is the Bible repackaged as sci-fi

@EuropeanQoheleth

3 жыл бұрын

Americans confuse me. They hate government but have one.

@naneeleo823

3 жыл бұрын

@@criztu interesting point . Butt , i believe the author had NO "repackaging a bible" in mind when he crafted the novel . Human mind ofCourse , is always inclined to see analogies & references Mind is basically Memory

@criztu

3 жыл бұрын

@@naneeleo823 I respect your beliefs. Kefitzat Haderech is straight up Kabbalah. I have presented only a few symbols in Herbert's Dune that fit precisely the Bible and Judaic traditions. Paul(little one) is the one and only begotten son of Leto(stone). Mithras, born of the rock. Paul first lives in a green, garden like, place caled Caladaan(kulud Paul is banished to a land devoid of life, a desert, a wilderness. Temptation of Christ. Paul's mother is Jessica, who subdues others with her voice. the Witch, Zohar. Jessica rebelled from the program of Bene(offspring, stone) Gesserit(path). the character of Paul is basically Satan, Apollo(destroyer), Shiva the Destroyer/Creator. the Shai Hulud is the serpent of old, who was in Eden. Nachash. Serapis. Abrasax. So Paul achieves mastery over all sorts of satanic powers, to become God. This is in line with the teachings of the New Testament, where Jesus destroys the one who has the power of death.. the devil. I enjoy Dune's occult mysticism in the first book.

“I write Science Fiction for people who don’t read Science Fiction” perfectly highlights what made his series so special

@fenixa2z936

2 ай бұрын

My wife loves Dune. My wife also hates sci-fi movies. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 👏👏👏

Frank called it, "I really am expecting much more of a David Lynch movie..."

@zannaifacedancer5915

5 жыл бұрын

Poor Frank, and poor Lynch.

@KRAFTWERK2K6

4 жыл бұрын

And Lynch delivered. We just got betrayed by Dino De Laurentiis and Raffaella who meddled way too much with Lynch and were the ones to be blamed for the stupid decisions to cut this epic down to a mere 2 hour movie and not even letting Lynch have his Directors Cut. Make no Mistake, Lynch shot an absolute Epic that really does the book justice. However we never got to see the Epic he REALLY shot. You get a glimpse at it with the theatrical cut and a bigger glimpse with the stupid TV cut. We need an actual Lynch Directors Cut that runs well over 3 ½ hours at least. However seeing how David basically avoids Dune like he's having PTSD from it, that may never happen…

@hadeseye2297

4 жыл бұрын

@@KRAFTWERK2K6 You again? Wow. xD

@emmaphilo4049

2 жыл бұрын

@@KRAFTWERK2K6 my thoughts exactly.

@mherrj

2 жыл бұрын

@@KRAFTWERK2K6 have you seen this directors cut? I'm guessing no. So how the fuck do you know it wasnt just as bad as the 2 hour dogshit they pushed out. More dog shit doesnt equate to an EPIC...... David Lynch made a shit movie with way too many liberties.

He seems like the most wholesome uncle one could ever have.

I love how many Dune fans are really happy with today's Dune. it's so nice to see a work of cinema that is so successful in that way.

"I write science fiction for people who don't read science fiction" - This is like 100% truth for me. I generally don't like sci-fi or fantasy that much but Dune is the exception.

Do not stop at the first book

@caindis-abel-dhisbrother9601

5 жыл бұрын

The first half of the 1st book was god awful slow, but after that holy shit. And the end of the 3rd one... Wooow

@albertbresca5801

4 жыл бұрын

read til the third book.. it got so slow and bogged down in religion and ... gave up reading any more of the dune series... thank goodness for the babylon 5 series....

@minstrelofMir

4 жыл бұрын

@@albertbresca5801 terry goodkind "sword of truth" series is also good ;-)

@hadeseye2297

4 жыл бұрын

First book is the best one.

@albertbresca5801

4 жыл бұрын

@@hadeseye2297 i really enjoyed the first book... if you haven't yet see the short series made of the first and second books... years back ... better than the movie (much better!!) and truer to the books....

First time I’m seeing anything about Frank Herbert. Seem like a great guy

Took my family to see Dune in theaters 40 years after this interview.; your legacy lives on Mr. Herbert and thank you for your inspiring work.

Its too bad Frank didn't live to see the new Dune adaptation its so good

if he saw what Denis did...i think his mind would be blown

As a person and author, one aspect of Frank Herbert that fascinates me is that he seemed very enthusiastic about the idea of adapting his novel into film, and was not really concerned about what other authors may construe as the misinterpretation of their work. He apparently liked the 1984 Lynch film, despite its notorious wackiness (at least in my eyes), and it goes to show that Herbert wrote Dune in a metaphorical sense and with flexibility in how the story could be portrayed. For this same reason, I think he would have greatly enjoyed and respected Villeneuve's ongoing film saga.

M here to appreciate Frank Herbert after watching dune part2 4 time in theaters.

Regardless of what anyone thinks of the movies, Dune is , as far as I'm concerned the best piece of literature I've ever read. I can still reread each novel in the series and still realize I've missed aspects of the story. In effect I think Frank Herbert is / was a modern day prophet.The integration of Melange to improve / enhance human consciousness, AI and it's impact on humanity, the cast of characters and their personalities is a work of genius as an author. (How did Frank Herbert fit his imagination into his brain, and then his brain into his skull?!). Dune's storyline / plot makes Star Wars plot / storyline read like "Goldilocks and the 3 Bears" I doubt that anyone could effectively make a Dune movie .... the original novel itself is maybe 4 movies in its own right I think. If done properly it would make someone a lot of money though.

@mhd5245

8 жыл бұрын

u kiddin me??? try reading the witcher books...or asoiaf...you'd surely change ur mind

@CorvenIcenail

8 жыл бұрын

+Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad I don`t know Witcher, but as long as ASOIAF goes, George Martin is just an OK writer, dull prose and lack of concept above the facts make the saga just a retake on some historical pieces. ASOIAF lacks of narrative ambition, it`s good literature, still, but don`t even close to the monument of Dune, and if you consider Dune chronicles as a saga, the superiority of the concepts made by Frank Herbert (how power and messianism are just parts of the human evolution, the nature of energy on ecologism and the decadence of the "species" concept itself, among many, many othr ideas put on the whole story) is just overwhelming. Great Sci Fi authors like Stanislaw Lem or truly world creators as Ursula K. Le Guin or Tolkien are the few who can compare their works to Dune.

@stefansiljanoski9812

8 жыл бұрын

+Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad I have read both and none of the books from those two franchises reaches the heights of the first Dune book. They don't even come close... Witcher books especially.

@squamish4244

8 жыл бұрын

+Corven Icenail ASOIAF's central weakness is that its overarching themes are either not strong enough or strongly communicated enough to support its very meandering path. Without powerful unifying themes it doesn't matter how good the characters and worldbuilding are, the whole thing veers into medieval soap opera, which is fine unless you are trying to be ranked with Tolkien, LeGuin, Herbert et. al. I think Martin got carried away with moving the chesspieces on the board and his obsession with overturning genre conventions by murdering important characters and neglected the larger story for too long. Book purists are angry at the tv show for rushing to the climactic showdown when that is just what the series needed, a kick in the ass, regardless of the numerous screw-ups the scriptwriters have made. Then again, I also feel Herbert's production became uneven after the awesomeness of Dune. Dune Messiah had great themes but lacked epic scope. Children of Dune returned to form and could have formed a satisfying conclusion to the series if not for it being left unclear what Leto intended to do with his godlike powers (unless that was hinted at...I can't remember), which could have been covered with an epilogue. God Emperor could have been a novella, it was a slog until the final act, and parts of it were just bizarre. But then Leto's grand design was finally fulfilled, and I feel that Herbert should have stopped there. The Atreides story was complete. Humanity was free of the trap of prescience and reliance on one leader. l did not find the last two books memorable and I get them confused in my head. Strictly IMO, of course.

@anonb4632

7 жыл бұрын

AllSeeingEye of God Dune as Mohammed? Sort of. Touch of Lawrence of Arabia, 60s druggie culture & ecology, OPEC (CHOAM), Theosophy with Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism and Nietzsche.

What he has predicted has come true. “Charismatic leaders should come with a warning ⚠️ Hazardous to your health”

@MaynardKeenanX

4 жыл бұрын

I think we two got extremely different views on the defintion "charismatic"

@LinkHylia763

4 жыл бұрын

MaynardKeenanX the means may be different. But, those leaders who never admit fault or weakness are consistent characteristics.

@WhiteCamry

3 жыл бұрын

Not for the first time nor the last.

@Aurora2097

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely.And yet still people fall for Leto II and justify his great plan...

@doomslayer1984

2 жыл бұрын

If you talking about Trump. You are aware he came to power on the backs of those who distrusted the government in the first place?

The spice must flow.

I wish him and Tolkien were around to see their books being adapted so well :)

What a wise man! I'm glad Dune is becoming popular again.

Are we expecting another spectacle, unfortunately not for many decades to come. Sad you did not live to see it.

too bad he never saw villanuve's molive

I love the way he enunciates his words.

@bonchiz

3 жыл бұрын

He is using 'the Voice' from Bene Gesserit training.

"Is it the future waiting to happen" is a very interesting question for a novel about prescience which frequently stresss "The future creates the past"

I’m on the third book already and I feel like Frank Herbert would be someone to sit at a coffee shop and chat with.

Love the original Lynch Dune movie, and recently Dune2. Reread the books 20 years ago, enjoyed the movies more :)

I hope humanity will always be blessed with such untimely people.

"When the myth dies so does the government?... 'Thats correct'"

@kayrosis5523

5 жыл бұрын

Today is the 27th day of a government shutdown over a political symbol and neither side even considering a compromise.

@daniluchison

4 жыл бұрын

The myth is about to die.

@ntodd4110

4 жыл бұрын

@@kayrosis5523 Today, a month into the COVID19 pandemic, the United States has more dead than all its military casualties in the entirety of the Viet Nam war. To a large degree this is because of Federal government inaction, and as of now no end in in the escalating death toll is in sight. This is the direct result of the ideology of a president who was elected by those who reflexively "mistrust government". Herbert's view was fashionable at the time this video was made, and that's why Gumbel didn't challenge him during the interview. More's the pity: if this "fashionable" view had had more critical pushback then, the catastrophe we're living now might have been mitigated. Lucky for Herbert he didn't live to see the consequences of his ideology in action at the highest levels. The sins of the fathers...

@wthwasthat8884

4 жыл бұрын

@@ntodd4110 You're not as clever as you think you are...

@ntodd4110

4 жыл бұрын

@@wthwasthat8884 And how would YOU know how clever I think I am?

Genius ahead of his time and ahead of his craft. I'm so grateful we get to read these books. And just as grateful that we have MULTIPLE adaptations of this epic masterpiece. Don't like one? Like the other. Or like all. I think every adaptation, like it or not, captures the spirit of the books in one way or another. Whether it be Dune 1984, Dune the miniseries, or Denis Villeneuve Dune, it is a beautiful depiction of his vision in some way or another. I'd like to think he'd love all 3 for what they are in their time

Herbert seemed so down to earth and also sage-like with immense wisdom. He did a little bit of everything in his life as variety is the spice of life and wisdom it's accumulated experiences.

RIP Frank Herbert

Got called Bryant a lot as a kid for reading stuff like Herbert’s, now they’re legends 😎

One of the most imaginative and brilliant sci-fi authors of my lifetime.

My first exposure to dune was Dune 2000, an RTS game.The series is soooo much more than what I thought.

@bestperson1234

4 жыл бұрын

likewise

@johanrautenbach7459

Ай бұрын

Same, I played the game off first on my Win95puter then like Bastian in Neverending Story, summer of 96' I discovered an old battered copy of Dune and the bookstore owner was reluctant to give it to me said it was waaay too advance for my age at the time I was only 12.. The fucking book changed my life and nobody was interested whoever I tried to insist into reading it.. I discovered lynch made a movie roundabout 2 years later after that..

I love the way Bryant Gumbel interviews people. I love the way Frank gives interviews. This workd for me very much.

Probably the biggest genius in sci-fi literature.

@MaynardKeenanX

4 жыл бұрын

I call your herbert and raise with isaac Asimov

@absentiambient

4 жыл бұрын

That's a pretty bald statement. There's ALOT of geniuses in sci-fi literature

@rosstee

4 жыл бұрын

@@absentiambient Think you mean bold. :) But I agree - Arthur C. Clarke, Philip K. Dick, Ray Bradbury, H.G. Wells... I like Herbert too, but difficult to say who is 'best'.

@ToxicTurtleIsMad

3 жыл бұрын

Ross Tarran bradbury is a good writer but his concepts are overrated imo. Especially fahrenheit

@bobcougar77

3 жыл бұрын

@@MaynardKeenanX I think I'll call that bluff. Although it's all a bit silly arguing which dead guy was more of a genius. I find Herbert's incites more profound.

I never met this man and didn’t know of him until a several months ago but I love him so much. Rip frank we love you and miss you. You truly changed my life.

"how many more Dunes to come?" "At least one more"

@PASTRAMIKick

4 жыл бұрын

RIP

His brilliance, imagination, & dreams were way ahead of its time.

I liked Herbert's quick plainspokenness.

A legend and a genius.

Herbert was a passionate and intelligent man who had more than just prior knowledge of the work he was writing. It's sad that many people hate his work just because of silly arguments between smug Twitterers and film critics who don't even know how to mind their own business. Much less analyze anything.

@alexandrealves308c

2 ай бұрын

Sometimes I wonder what the poets of the past would think when they saw what people have become today.

Frank Herbert a brilliant mind and so astute

This was actually a pretty good interview. Not seen that often very much anymore.

Frank was honestly a genius and his understanding of the movie, even before he saw the screenplay was accurate. What a gem of a man.

I watched the 1984 version years ago, I was just 12. Couldn’t understand a lot of it and it wasn’t all that good of an adaptation, but there was just something so captivating about the story, the world. A book and a 2022 movie later, I am thoroughly satisfied.

@sandal_thong8631

7 ай бұрын

I read the novel at 12 or 13 in 7th grade English class and it was a bit much to process. I don't remember how the girls felt about it.

F. Herbert told us about the power & danger of environments, resources & ideologies moving us. His “Dune” also reflected the growing concern about the health degradation with civilization. We are all getting abilities like Paul‘s genetic memory & prescience with the internet & AI. His question about “the sustainability of civilization” has become more significant than ever.

Hard to believe he'd be dead within 3 years of this.

"Don't trust leaders to always be right." Man, you can carve that in stone! Distrust of government... Mr. Herbert was only partially correct about people's seeming loss of that- I believe that is always with us, but not as vocal as it once was. His success never changed his forthright honesty and humble bearing. Thank you for posting this.

@rapidreaders7741

2 жыл бұрын

By far one of his most underrated quotes: "One of my favorite presidents is Richard Nixon, because he taught us to distrust government."

@THE-HammerMan

2 жыл бұрын

@@rapidreaders7741 Good memory & quote! Truly, I think Tricky Dickie got a bum wrap. After all, he wasn't a crook... just a politician. What's that you say? "Same thing"? Oh... nevermind!

Amazing guy. Based af too.

I would of loved to of met Frank herbert and have a deep philosophical discussion with him.

I can hear his writing in his voice, he sounds like he has bene gesserit training himself ❤

the world of Dune is amazing

Great books. Very thought provoking on everything from religion, morality, politics, human nature.

Frank Herbert seems like a good man and an even greater mind. The man saw and wrote about what's happening and will continue to happen. amazing absolutely amazing

This man is a genius. His ideas, or should I say warnings about the environment, leaders and government remain current even to today.

His eyes almost seem blue within blue...or is it just me?

@presence3

8 жыл бұрын

+Nik Manee I knew it! Frank Herbert was a fremen!

@thehobbyist5837

7 жыл бұрын

BLKNGLD Herbert was addicted to the spice melange. The poison which gives life..

@zannaifacedancer5915

5 жыл бұрын

I used to imagine him as a mentat or a planetologist, just like Pardot or Liet Kines. Someone who is very close to Fremen culture but is not a real Fremen.

@SuperNovaJinckUFO

4 жыл бұрын

He could pass for Stilgar imo

@walterclements8905

4 жыл бұрын

Zannai Face Dancer Liet is a Fremen padot isn’t

The depth and scope of Dune and the imagination the Frank Herbert put into his novel makes it stand alone in literature and made , in my opinion, speculative/science fiction mainstream.

WHAT AN AMAZING MAN.

One of the best scifi authors ever. I have read all his Dune books and re-read them several times and got even more out of them. It's pretty amazing how much he educated himself about physics, computers and government and in the 1960's he's talking about folding space to achieve FTL - brilliant!

Genius and Humble Man Why the best ones die so soon? Rest In Peace Master Frank Herbert

You're often disappointed when you meet your heroes, I wasn't. Same goes for Terry Pratchett, both warm and intelligent souls with incredibly sharp minds..

@robertbogan225

3 жыл бұрын

You met him? His thoughts on terraforming always interested me.

Herbert outsmarts the interviewer.

I've never been one to try and get to know the authors and musicians I enjoy. I rarely look up interviews with them, and perhaps it's because I want to keep that ideal image in my mind. But this is exactly what I expected Herbert to be like from those pictures of him in the back of his books. I began reading his books back in 1999 when I was 15 when I found Dune on the bookshelf of my Grandfather during a particularly boring summer vacation, and haven't stopped rereading them since. The man is a an absolute legend in writing.

¡Frank Herbert: genio!

Absolute genius this man. Finally read Dune last year. Best book I have ever read. Update: add Messiah and Children to that list. Now I’m onto God Emperor. Masterpieces.

@thrash208

Жыл бұрын

Messiah for me is a bit of a slog TBH butbit gives context and depth to the next books. Ive read messiah and children this was ages ago so im going back to the begining and planning on going through all the books

@patreekotime4578

Жыл бұрын

@@thrash208 Of the first 4 I think Messiah was the weakest in its writing style.

@thrash208

Жыл бұрын

@@patreekotime4578 i agree 100% BUT it does kinda give a conclusion to Pauls story

i'm here because _Dune_ and _Dune: Part Two_ are amazing movies, both worth for collected ❤

A literary genius! Man, I wish I could have met him.

thanks a thousand times... first time I see the best science fiction writer of all time.. DUNE is ETERNITY

good man Frank Herbert

3:31, FH: 'atleast one more'.... Denis Villeneuve: 'Bonjour'

What a mind.

wish he could have lived to see the now massive popularity of the Dune series. Its now very much eclipsed Star Wars.

Damn shame that he died at only 65, in 1985. We could have used a few more decades of this guy. Imagine if he'd lived into the 21 Century. Climate change, a meaningless war against fanatics in the...desert...many issues that he would have a lot to say about.

I wish interviewers these days had the same swagger that this interviewer has.

Thank you for sharing!

The best sci-fi series IMO

Very much like George Orwell. Wise in his ways and prophetic through personal experience and via their literature.

@gestaposantaclaus

4 жыл бұрын

No Body Nineteen-Eighty-Four being the book that got me into serious literature. Thus to Dune and Frank Herbert.

@artemesaulkov2010

3 жыл бұрын

Orwell was an anti-semite snitch though

@thespicemustflow2956

2 жыл бұрын

Orwell never recanted his leftist beliefs, despite witnessing the utter failure of trying to produce a leftist uptopia.

@gaynarchist

2 жыл бұрын

@@thespicemustflow2956 Orwell was extremely against Stalinism. Animal Farm is against stalinism and 1984 is also against stalinism and fascism. Before speaking, bother to do research on anything.

@dreamcrusher112

2 жыл бұрын

@@thespicemustflow2956 One can be Communist and anti-Stalinist, as many in the USSR were pre-1936.

Herbert gives great insights and notable quotes in this interview. we miss him.

This is a surprisingly insightful interview. I guess our expectations are so lowered these days, so it's refreshing to see an author being interviewed without asking about fluff.

Spoken as a true journalist. Internet has put faith back in bad politicians. Herbert had a fear of the dependance of AI.

Damn this guy was smart love listening to him ❤️

Frank Herbert...genius!! RIP, Sir.

I am very impressed you found this clip!

The interviewer Is super good, captivating, now a days you don't get to see this level of professionalism

Shai-Hulud!

great video !!! and it's short but very good interview too

Dune existed way before Star Wars and Star Trek

@gabrielantos4144

3 ай бұрын

I think the original Star Trek series came out only a year after the first dune book tho

I wish I could have had a conversation with that man.

Im glad sci fi is taken seriously now

Love you Frank Herbert, I have the Litany against fear tatooed on my back.

@tsopmocful1958

5 жыл бұрын

Having it tattooed where you are unable to reference it means that you probably have the litany against common sense tattooed on your forearm.

@ispbrotherwolf

3 жыл бұрын

@Charles R. Law Na, even I have a mirror, I just wanted that thi to be even closer to me. My Brain Anyrism scared me so much, but on the way to the operation table I thought of the litany, and it did calm me down. For every human in the world, itis ok to be scared, but fear should never controll you.

@ispbrotherwolf

3 жыл бұрын

@Charles R. Law Nope, have the books, have a good memory, just wanted the litany there to reminde myself in the flesh and other people by sight. What is you connection with Dune?

Damn he seemed excited about the adaptation, imagine if he had seen the last one by Denis Villeneuve

@ammanbansal2265

2 жыл бұрын

His son, Brian Herbert was impressed with Denis Villeneuve's film. Both his son and Denis Villeneuve stated that Mr. Herbert would be proud. For me, I think Mr. Herbert would be proud of the version that DV has made for the audiences.