Why didn't Paul cry?
Denis Villeneuve's adaptation of Dune is unquestionably fantastic, and shows deep respect to the source material. With the necessary changes to transform even half of that beast of a tome into a movie, it takes care to hit all the important points.
However, there is one change from the book that I found surprising:
In the books, after killing Jamis during the amtal, Paul cries. This shocks the Fremen, who see this as "giving water to the dead", the greatest of sacrifices in that arid land. This inspires such respect that he is welcomed into the tribe.
However, in the film this doesn't happen. Paul kills Jamis and is clearly really upset about it. All the Fremen put their hands on his shoulder as he walks away, but no precious water is spilled. Stilgar then says he's now one of them.
The scene still works well, but it seems an odd omission: it wouldn't have been expensive or complicated, nor required much airtime to convey, and (in my personal opinion, at least) the scene would've been stronger with it.
Has Veilleneuve explained why the scene was made this way? I only ask because I've seen many interviews of his explaining all the care that was taken with the Gom Jabbar, the ornithopters, etc, so wonder if he ever mentioned this change.
Best Answer
In the books, he didn't cry immediately after the event.
It happens a bit later, in a scene that does not take place in the movie.
In the book, the fight with Jamis actually takes place after the Fremen have taken Paul and Jessica away from where they are captured. After the fight with Jamis, his body is taken to a deathstill for his water to be reclaimed and a funeral is held. It is at this funeral that Paul sheds tears for the dead.
Given other cuts, it is likely that the sequence was simply cut for pacing. It may also come up in the second movie, along with some other missing elements or it may not (Feyd-Rautha, the intrigue around Jessica, a couple of other characters).
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