Jodorowsky’s Dune

— I had 9:00 p.m. tickets for “Jodorowsky’s Dune” (DVD) at the True/False Film Fest last March but, being tired from having watched three films already that day and knowing bad weather was on it way, I skipped out. I must just not have realized how interesting a film it actually is. Somehow I’d let the stench from David Lynch’s “Dune” affect me. Instead, this is a interesting look at the “Dune” that was never filmed but came oh so close. With a remarkable group of people signed on to the project (Salvador Dali, Mick Jagger, Orson Welles, Jean Giraud, Dan O’Bannon, Giger, and others) charismatic cult film director Alejandro Jodorowsky created an adaption of Frank Herbert’s book that was visionary, artistic, and doomed. Even so, the case is made that its storyboard rippled throughout Hollywood, ultimately affecting science fictions films like “Star Wars”, “Alien”, “Contact”, “Blade Runner”, “The Matrix”, “Terminator”, and more. Also of interest is Jodorowsky’s steadfast belief in his vision remaining unaffected by the business of Hollywood which ultimately resulted in his vision never being realized.

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[2013. 90 min. Directed by Frank Pavich. Featuring Alejandro Jodorosky, Michel Seydoux, H.R. Giger, Chris Foss, Brontis Jodorowsky, and Richard Stanley.]
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/21/movies/jodorowskys-dune-from-frank-pavich.html?_r=0