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Jodorowsky's Dune

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Filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky discusses how he would have adapted Frank Herbert's classic sci-fi novel "Dune" for the big screen.
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Part thoughtful tribute, part bittersweet reminder of a missed opportunity, Jodorowsky's Dune offers a fascinating look at a lost sci-fi legend.

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Karl Quinn The Age (Australia) 08/31/2018
Pavich makes great use of the legendary and massive Dune flipbook Jodorowsky touted around Hollywood in the mid-'70s. Go to Full Review
Walter V. Addiego San Francisco Chronicle 01/04/2015
3/4
Pavich shows us many images from the storyboard, and even treats some to a simple form of animation to suggest how the movie might have looked. Go to Full Review
Philippa Hawker The Age (Australia) 09/12/2014
3.5.5
The phantom film is, by its nature, always rich with possibilities. Go to Full Review
Sean Axmaker Stream on Demand 04/06/2024
... it is exciting to imagine, and that imagination is what powers the film: the sense of artistic freedom, idealism, freewheeling creativity at work in the preparation, and the excitement he raised in his warriors... Go to Full Review
Erick Estrada Cinegarage 07/01/2022
An embellished narrative of Alejandro's [Jodorowsky] caprice to make a film as big as his sacred mountain, as elevated as the narrative of the novel... [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review
Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review 02/18/2022
3/4
While the documentary drools over what might have been, it also aggrandizes Jodorowsky, suggesting that no artist was purer or more revolutionary at the time Go to Full Review
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Omar G Dec 26 Jodorowsky's Dune (2013). Someone should make the fan film to YouTube with the appearance of the actors considered, through artificial intelligence when the technology is perfected. Or with the appearance of Moebius' drawings. It is about the recruitment of talents to create the film. "I raping Frank Herbert... With love." It is not known if all that is said is true but it is entertaining. The passion for the project, the spiritual warriors and the supposed influence on Hollywood films. What I did not like was the joy for the commercial failure of Dune (1984) because I like the film. The best possible version of Frank Herbert's Dune would be the extended version by David Lynch with the death of Thufir Hawat and other unused scenes so that the cut would only last 2 hours 16 minutes, that cut would be better than the three Dune films made to date. But the very cretin Lynch does not want to make his Director's cut. The film Dune (1984) is also superior in the cast, the quotes from the film, the soundtrack, the costume designs, it has more imagination (you see Reverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam bald and the Harkonnens are all redheads), to the two films by Denis Villeneuve Dune: Part One (2021) and Dune: Part Two (2024), based on the book by Frank Herbert Dune (1965). See more Georgan G 07/18/2024 Quite interesting work on a film that was never made, but influenced an entire genre. All the artists who contributed to the effort were geniuses in their own fields. Happily, their work is used for many science fiction films thereafter. See more Jason L 05/10/2024 This is such a heartbreaking and incredibly sad story for fans of Jodorowsky but the movie tells the story well. RIP Jodorowsky's Dune, the greatest movie never made. See more Antoniofranco D 03/16/2024 Maybe the greatest film never made See more Shael 12/26/2023 This shows one of the most creative endeavors from a visionary who lacked the support to develop what would have been a timeless masterpiece. See more Alec B 11/10/2023 I think a lot of the "what ifs?" are entirely unrealistic and to claim that all the major studios passed on the film because they were afraid of Jodorowsky's ideas is pretty ridiculous (it was probably just because of money) but I suppose it's easy to get nostalgic for an idea as great and insane as this was. Whether or not Jodorowsky would have "changed the world" with this film is debatable, but I don't think anyone can disagree that we were denied something that would have been totally unique. See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis Filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky discusses how he would have adapted Frank Herbert's classic sci-fi novel "Dune" for the big screen.
Director
Frank Pavich
Producer
Frank Pavich, Stephen Scarlata, Travis Stevens
Distributor
Sony Pictures Classics
Production Co
Snowfort Pictures, Camera One
Rating
PG-13 (Violent and Sexual Images|Drug References)
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 21, 2014, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Jul 8, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA)
$646.5K
Runtime
1h 30m
Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.85:1)
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