Dancing in the dunes Sands of time pile up in San Luis Valley By STEPHEN TRIMBLE Sunday, September 3, 2000 Jake leaped through the mirage at the lip of the dune -- and disappeared. Had he passed into another dimension?...

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Federal land managers trying to keep a rare butterfly off the list of endangered species have closed dozens of off-road vehicle trails at one of the largest sand dunes in the West.The closure affects about six square miles at Sand Mountain Recreation Area in western...

On nights when the wind hisses across the dunes, the old man sits on his straw mat, draws a blanket around his shoulders and counts his money.In the morning, Sidahmed Ould Magaya, 75, will be trapped inside his concrete one-room house, the wooden door sealed...

In the following review, Wilmington assesses Lynch's use of dark, obsessive, and bizarre visual imagery in Dune, noting that the film as a whole is not necessarily successful.

In the following excerpt, O'Brien criticizes Dune, describing the film as unoriginal and meaningless.