10 Films Directors Regret Making

David Lynch's 1984 adaptation of Frank Herbert's sci-fi opus Dune may well be one of the most disappointing films of all time - an intermittently enthralling yet oft-leaden blockbuster which was quite obviously put through the executive mangle, enough that Lynch effectively disowned it.

A big sticking point for Lynch is that he didn't have final cut on the production, and despite knowing the risks this presented, he signed on regardless.

Though Lynch evidently doesn't like talking much about Dune - enough that he even vowed to never watch Denis Villeneuve's new adaptation - he has admitted that he shouldn't have made it:

"I started selling out on Dune. Looking back, it's no one's fault but my own. I probably shouldn't have done that picture, but I saw tons and tons of possibilities for things I loved, and this was the structure to do them in. There was so much room to create a world. But I got strong indications from [producers] Raffaella and Dino De Laurentiis of what kind of film they expected, and I knew I didn't have final cut."

Since then, Lynch has been adamant about having final cut on all of his projects, and with Dune's immediate follow-up Blue Velvet, Lynch even agreed to slash his salary in half and drastically lower the film's budget to make it happen.