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Jodorowsky's Dune
Alejandro Jodorowsky
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Overview

Filmmaker Frank Pavich explores one of cinema's great "what ifs" in this documentary detailing Alejandro Jodorowsky's aborted feature adaptation of Frank Herbert's celebrated sci-fi novel DUNE. With the release of EL TOPO (1970) and its psychedelic follow-up THE HOLY MOUNTAIN (1973), Jodorowsky became not only a pioneer of psychedelic surrealism in film, but also the father of the "Midnight Movie." Following the success of those two films, the Chilean director began focusing all of his energies on translating DUNE to the big screen. The film was to star Jodorowsky's own son Brontis along with a stunning cast that included Orson Welles, David Carradine, Mick Jagger, and Salvador Dali, with Pink Floyd providing the score, and art direction by H.R. Giger and Jean "Moebius" Giraud. Two years into the massive production, however, the film was suddenly and unceremoniously cancelled. Yet even today, numerous relics of that ambitious production -- including thousands of enticingly vivid storyboards -- still exist. In this film, Pavich offers movie lovers a tantalizing glimpse at a masterpiece that was never meant to be.

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Main Cast & Crew:
Frank Pavich - Director
Brontis Jodorowsky
Chris Foss
Michel Seydoux
Richard Stanley
Alejandro Jodorowsky
Drew McWeeny
Gary Kurtz
Nicolas Winding Refn

Details

    Blu-Ray Disc Format
  • Format: Blu-ray (With DVD, Widescreen, AC-3, Dolby, 2 Pack)
  • Run Time: 90
  • UPC: 043396442221
  • Genre: DOCUMENTARY
  • Rating: PG-13 (MPAA)
  • Release Date: July 2014

Movie Reviews

Reviews:
"[An] exhilarating documentary....A great seminar on creativity." - 03/27/2014 Wall Street Journal


"We may never know if the midnight movie maestro's DUNE would have been a game-changer or a head-scratcher. But the documentary about it is speculative catnip for cineastes of all stripes." - 03/20/2014 Los Angeles Times


"Capitalizing on his subject’s mobile face, authoritative voice and glorious ego, Frank Pavich directs by ceding the stage to their owner, a handsome devil of 85 who remains convinced of the would-have-been magnificence of his forcibly abandoned project." - 03/21/2014 New York Times


3 stars out of 4 -- "Kurt Stenzel from Six and Violence scores JODOROWSKY'S DUNE with a nicely weirdo hum." - 03/27/2014 Chicago Sun-Times


"If you enjoy sci-fi, cult cinema, or messianic quests by quixotic lunatics, you will love this movie." -- Grade: A - 03/28/2014 Entertainment Weekly


"Pavich’s film is less about ruminating on what might have been than asking why it’s important to create. Jodorowsky’s opus found its place in the cosmos, even without existing." -- Grade: B+ - 03/20/2014 A.V. Club


3 stars out of 4 -- "[I]t's warm and inspirational: a call to arms for dreamers everywhere." - 03/25/2014 RogerEbert.com

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