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Why do I get the feeling David-Lynch thought long and hard about the sexual symbolism of that worm?
It's more like the designs were by H.R. Giger, whose design principle was "yeah but what if it was a vagina and/or penis?"
EDIT: Not quite right. Giger did designs for Jodorowsky's failed Dune project which Lynch took over. I would still say there some elements in the movie that look quite Giger-y. But his sandworm looked like this: https://www.reddit.com/r/dune/comments/qqavbd/here_is_hr_gigers_design_for_the_sandworms_which/
Oh well that explains a lot. The dude literally elevated drawing dicks to a critical art form.