Dune was the late director's biggest creative heartbreak. But by filming an unfilmable sci-fi novel, he paved the way for Timothée Chalamet to ride the worm.

Tokyo, Japan, November 1984: Director David Lynch at a press conference in Tokyo. Lynch was in town promoting his latest film “Dune,” the Dino De Laurentiis epic film based on Frank Herbert’s best-selling science fiction novel.

From his strikingly surreal debut Eraserhead in 1977 right through to his expectation-defying series Twin Peaks: The Return in 2017, you could make the case that just about everything he made – with the exception of Dune – qualifies as a genuine masterpiece.