Jodorowsky’s Dune
Fascinating and...uplifting...at least we have this gem, the rare tease of what could have been that actually proves satisfying enough on its own.
Jodorowsky’s Dune
In 1975, Chilean director Alejandro Jodorowsky, whose films EL TOPO and THE HOLY MOUNTAIN launched and ultimately defined the midnight movie phenomenon, began work on his most ambitious project yet. Starring his own 12-year-old son Brontis alongside Orson Welles, Mick Jagger, David Carradine and Salvador Dali, featuring music by Pink Floyd and art by some of the most provocative talents of the era, including HR Giger and Jean 'Moebius' Giraud, Jodorowsky's adaptation of Frank Herbert's classic sci-fi novel DUNE was poised to change cinema forever.
Genre
Documentary
Web Site
Runtime
88
Language
English,
Spanish,
French,
German
Director
Frank Pavich
FEATURED REVIEW
Chris Nashawaty, Entertainment Weekly
It remains one of the great what-ifs in movie history. What if Alejandro Jodorowsky, the eccentric Chilean auteur behind such psychedelic midnight movies as El Topo and The Holy Mountain, had adapted Frank Herbert's sci-fi novel Dune? We'll never know, of course. But back in the mid-'70s, he ...
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