I watched the documentary about Jodorowsky’s Dune and it was jaw-dropping. I’ve never seen any of his movies, but I’ve heard about him as an occult figure. With the overwhelming fame of Dune, I heard about this documentary and watched it without any expectations. However, it completely changed my perception.
What a visionary creation! I’m stunned by the meticulous storyboard which had the camera moments of how he’s gonna show the story by the camera. This documentary featured some scenes from his movies like ‘El Topo’ and ‘The Holy Mountain,’ which inspired me to watch the movies.
What a crew he had: Jean Giraud, Giger, Chris Foss, and so many more. It showed how his team was used in Hollywood and how his creation made a huge impact on movies like Prometheus, Contact, and Alien.
He had a different ending from Herbert’s Dune, and it was good. The characters and the landscape were colourful and distinct in all ways like the texture, music and architecture. After it stalled for financial reasons, he made another creation as a comic inspired by what he created from Dune called “The Incal”, which Taika Waititi is going to adapt as a film. I hope it has the same artwork so we can see the vision from Jodorowsky’s Dune.
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It’s always exciting to talk about something that doesn’t exist. I have watched everything from jodowrosky and there is a reason he is not mainstream. His films are pretty amateurish and snobbish. He is a self absorbed narcissist and everything is always about him. He has abused his own family and neglected his kids to make his films. And is constantly self fellating his own accomplishments, which are few, since none of his films have ever sold tickets. His early stuff is basically shock films and the most recent are morbid autobiographies. Sure, he puts unique frames together. But his films are boring and pretentious.
I agree, he made his son to train karate, jiu jitsu, acrobatics for daily 6hrs, all days in a week for 2 years to act in the role of Paul on Dune. He was only 13 at that time.
I still need to watch Holy Mountain some day, but I had to watch El Topo in a class long ago. It felt like years of my life.
His movies are BONKERS you should watch them.
Get yourself something to drink and watch holy mountain. It’s wild and weird and has some stunning cinematography.
Now imagine it in space.
Modern sci-fi could use more funny patterns on spaceships. That was my main takeaway from this doc.
Also Jodorowsky is a sociopath and he definitely sexually assaulted someone in his past.
The Incal is super great. You should pick up a copy if possible and read it.
I’m not sure the Incal adaptation is still a thing but you should absolutely read the comic books, Humble Bundle had a bunch of them as ebooks at some point.
@capcool yeah it’s a great documentary. As a doco it’s a work of art. It’s also a bit mythologizing which is something Jodorowsky does really well.
Jodorowsky is one of those artists who is really problematic but also really creative.
I’d suggest you watch El Topo and Holy Mountain and Santa Sangre . In terms of the comics, alongside the Incal read Technopriest.
But be warned he seems to really like rape as a metaphor and once claimed to have raped the actress irl in El Topo.
I want that book.
I would have preferred the doc go through the contents of his book. All of his films are unique visions. His last 2 autobiographical films are masterpieces
I’ve read The Incal and Jodowosky was definitely not the right person to adapt Dune. Dune is bonkers, but The Incal is bonkers in a very different way.
