Jodorowsky's Dune

[samurainoir]

[samurainoir]

also:

http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/independent/thedanceofreality/

[Iron Mego]

Man, I want to see this. Hope it plays in my area but I doubt it.

[J.B.]

I'm a big fan of the madman. Back in the day, I found a video store in Santa Monica (Vidiots) that had Japanese (censored ) versions of El Topo and The Holy Mountain. I saw Santa Sangre on the big screen. His version of Dune would have been mind blowing. I believe Pink Floyd was going to do the soundtrack.

[TomStrong]

I read the book in the last five years and found it to be very engaging. One of the few science fiction books I've read. I tried reading C.S. Lewis' science if series but couldn't get into it. This film looks great but I kind of liked the old one from the eighties. I enjoyed hearing the inner struggle of the characters. Quite a trippy looking movie.

[TomStrong]

So, it's a documentary about the making of the failed film? Can you imagine dealing with all those egos? Holy cow Salvador Dali?!

[cjefferys]

Ooo, I really want to see this doc! I've always dreamed about how mind blowing a Jodorowsky Dune would have been. It's such a shame that it didn't happen and I'm sure that after watching this I'll be even more sad about that.

Back in the day, I found a video store in Santa Monica (Vidiots) that had Japanese (censored ) versions of El Topo and The Holy Mountain.

Heh, those films were rarer than hen's teeth on video back in the day. I remember being so happy buying the VHS prerecords of these films when I went to Japan back in 1998. Now they are easily found domestically on DVD and Blu-ray (EDIT: I just checked Amazon, the Blu-ray versions must be OOP because they are going for a lot of cash now. Dammit, I kept putting off picking those up!)

[samurainoir]

Ooo, I really want to see this doc! I've always dreamed about how mind blowing a Jodorowsky Dune would have been. It's such a shame that it didn't happen and I'm sure that after watching this I'll be even more sad about that.

Opens April 4th at the TIFF lightbox!

[Iron Mego]

Ooo, I really want to see this doc! I've always dreamed about how mind blowing a Jodorowsky Dune would have been. It's such a shame that it didn't happen and I'm sure that after watching this I'll be even more sad about that.

This is how I feel. It's going to be an even bigger bummer that it wasn't made.

I'd like to add, that I am, and always have been, a fan of Lynch's Dune. I think he did an admirable job with a very difficult book to adapt to film. I find it wholly satisfying as a Sci-Fi film.

[J.B.]

I'd like to add, that I am, and always have been, a fan of Lynch's Dune. I think he did an admirable job with a very difficult book to adapt to film. I find it wholly satisfying as a Sci-Fi film.

Couldn't agree more. Dune was one of two books that I thought would/could never be made into a movie; the other being Naked Lunch. And it took two crazy talented b@stards to make 'em. Plus thanks to Lynch's vision of how Harkonnens should look, we ended up with one of my favorite action figures.

"I will kill him!"