Jodorowsky’s Dune
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‘Jodorowsky’s Dune,’ From Frank Pavich
NYT Critics' Pick
Really, really worth trying to catch if you are at all a fan of Dune, science fiction movies, El Topo, or times gone by.
I remember being blown away watching El Topo when it arrived in New York. (You might say it was another time, and you would not be wrong.) But I did not connect it to Dune or even to Jodorowsky.
The documentary covers Jodorowsky setting out to do the film, bringing the artists and cast together, and assembling a huge storyboard before the whole enterprise goes south.
If only! If only! If only!
‘Jodorowsky’s Dune,’ From Frank Pavich
NYT Critics' Pick
Really, really worth trying to catch if you are at all a fan of Dune, science fiction movies, El Topo, or times gone by.
I remember being blown away watching El Topo when it arrived in New York. (You might say it was another time, and you would not be wrong.) But I did not connect it to Dune or even to Jodorowsky.
The documentary covers Jodorowsky setting out to do the film, bringing the artists and cast together, and assembling a huge storyboard before the whole enterprise goes south.
If only! If only! If only!
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Date: 2014-04-08 07:36 am (UTC)But we were certain that the film, had it been made, would have been a disaster. Possibly not; but the odds are.
But...
Date: 2014-04-08 01:52 pm (UTC)