Why are Mentats lips red?
Why are Mentats lips red? Mentats habitually drink “the Juice of Sapho,” a kind of hyper-coffee that increases their mental acuity twice over or more. Naturally, Sapho is addictive, and eventually it has the side effect of staining a user’s lips an obvious red.
Who controls the spice in Dune?
Spice serves various purposes in Dune, but in both movie adaptations of the novel, Baron Harkonnen, former ruler of Arrakis, summarises its importance with the line: “He who controls the spice, controls the universe.”
What do the worms in Dune eat?
Ordinarily, sandworms on Arrakis spend most of their time gobbling up sand that comprises the nearly endless dunes covering the planet. In doing so, they are able to feast on creatures known as sand plankton, microscopic creatures that devour leftover traces of the spice scattered across the Arrakeen sands.
What was Baron eating Dune?
During a dramatic meeting with Isaac’s Duke, Harkonnen shows all his cruelty while eating ragged meat. Skarsgard knew the perfect delicacy for his all-consuming character. “I ordered some boiled ham hock, with floppy skin and everything on it,” he says.
