{"id":1483137,"date":"2021-11-03T22:30:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-03T22:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/interviews\/22762310\/dunes-timothee-chalamet-josh-brolin-stillsuit"},"modified":"2021-11-03T22:30:00","modified_gmt":"2021-11-03T22:30:00","slug":"dunes-stars-loved-and-hated-their-iconic-stillsuits","status":"publish","type":"station","link":"https:\/\/platogaming.com\/plato-data\/dunes-stars-loved-and-hated-their-iconic-stillsuits\/","title":{"rendered":"Dune\u2019s stars loved (and hated) their iconic stillsuits"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Dune<\/em><\/a> has given pop culture so many things: giant sandworms, the Litany Against Fear<\/a>, \u201cspice\u201d as a drug metaphor, and the stillsuit. One of the ideas Frank Herbert paid particular attention to detailing in his notes and his 1965 novel was the stillsuit, an outfit designed to retain and recycle the wearer\u2019s body moisture. Stillsuits let Herbert tell a story about surviving in the most dangerous environment in his books \u2014 a merciless planet-wide desert that also gets people high. (Most importantly, you can poop in a stillsuit<\/a> instead of taking it off when nature calls<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

For Denis Villeneuve\u2019s stunning screen adaptation<\/a>, costume designers Jacqueline West and Bob Morgan had their work cut out for them. Unlike much of the wardrobe in the movie \u2014 the dark wool suits of House Atreides, or the insect-inspired garb of the Harkonnen \u2014 stillsuits are a vital part of the lore, described in great detail in both the novels and in Herbert\u2019s notes. The stillsuit was, according to Morgan, the movie\u2019s \u201ccenterpiece costume.\u201d It had to look good on all the cast members, and conceivably be functional enough that performers wouldn\u2019t hate wearing it during production in the real-world deserts of Jordan.<\/p>\n

West and Morgan pulled off the former with aplomb: The stillsuits look great onscreen. The latter, they told Polygon, got some mixed results.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou know, I have heard different actors say different things,\u201d Morgan says, laughing. \u201cI heard an interview with Josh Brolin and Javier Bardem. [Bardem] was saying \u2018Oh my God, I\u2019m so comfortable. I loved it. I loved wearing it.\u2019 And Josh Brolin says to him, \u2018I don\u2019t know which one you got!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Stilgar<\/picture><\/span><\/span> Image: Warner Bros.\/HBO Max<\/cite><\/span><\/figure>\n

According to West, creating Dune<\/em>\u2019s stillsuits was an incredibly involved process that began with long conversations with concept artist Keith Christensen and a prototype by sculptor Jose Fernandez. Teams of artists collaborated on every aspect of the final suit, which comprised 125 pattern pieces.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not like doing a fitting for a contemporary film, where Meryl Streep arrives and talks about the costume and what it might be, and is it uncomfortable?\u201d Morgan says. \u201cIt had to fit everyone from Timoth\u00e9e [Chalamet]<\/a> to Rebecca [Ferguson]<\/a> to Jason Momoa. And so the size range is \u2014 you can see it like a sliding scale, every shape and size has to look good and be comfortable and do stunts.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen Timoth\u00e9e put it on the first time, he was like, \u2018Oh my God, this is amazing!\u2019 and he got down on the floor like a spider \u2014 because he\u2019s very fluid in his movement, and very agile. And Rebecca as well, she had to do fights, and she was immediately doing roundhouse kicks and spinning around. It helped us. We learned with them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Both West and Morgan emphasize how much of their idea of Dune<\/em>\u2019s future wardrobe was inspired by the past \u2014 not just aesthetically, but in the way future humans would adapt to desert life in much the same way they always have. The designers looked at how people dress for the desert in Morocco and Jordan. They looked at Bedouin culture and wardrobe, and the ways keeping cool was a matter of life and death \u2014 one that will likely be relevant to more and more people, given Earth\u2019s changing climate.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was such a prophetic piece, Dune<\/em>.\u201d West says. \u201cWith all the temperatures this summer<\/a>, and forest fires<\/a> \u2014 you could imagine stillsuits going into production.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dune: Part One<\/em><\/small> is currently in theaters and on HBO Max.<\/small><\/p>\n

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