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Villeneuve and cinematographer Greig Fraser present the Harkonnen world in stark black-and-white, a contrast to the noble Atreides’ verdant home planet of Caladan and the desolately beautiful Arrakis inhabited by the fierce and resilient Fremen.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 22, 2024

I wrote back to the Chandler estate to ask whether its executors might consider my making Marlowe old, alone and desolately marooned in the year 1988.

From New York Times • Sep. 20, 2018

Five hours later, I was staring desolately at Mom’s face when her eyes popped open.

From Washington Post • Feb. 22, 2017

Jagu wails desolately, like a child who is being punished for a transgression that he does not understand.

From The New Yorker • Mar. 28, 2016

No one was abroad at this nearly midnight hour, and nothing was open except a string of desolately brilliant service stations.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote