...is worth a watch. Got it through the King County Library system. Jodorowsky's vision was quite different than Herbert's book, but it still was compelling. Interesting to see what might have been and what the talent (Dan O'Bannon, Moebius, H.R. Giger) who worked on the failed movie would do after studios balked at financing the movie's production.
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I really want to see this! I should see if it's on Netflix streaming in Europe.
Looks interesting judging from the trailer. Sign me up for a viewing also!
I don't want to spoil the experience for those who are going to watch it, but after having some time to think about the film, my thoughts are that it's a very good documentary, but it's not a 'great' documentary, in that I think the movie wants to be a bit more important than it actually is and some of the conspiracy theories tossed in towards the end seem pretty groundless. I also don't know if I buy into all of the claims made in the movie. When you see it, you'll know what I mean.
One thing is for sure, it would have been a very different version of 'Dune'...almost unrecognizable to people who read and loved the book. I have often wondered about that in the past whenever I stumbled across a trippy Moebius sketch, Foss design or Giger painting. None of the visuals seemed remotely connected to the text. Now I know why.
I've seen it and really enjoyed it. The huge book of concept art. Moebius storyboards. All that insight into Jodorowsky from that period. The things in this opportune collection of artists that lead to Alien. All very interesting.
The part I thought was funny that I figured you also got a kick out of Ronnie. Dan O'Bannon's reaction to reading Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer when he was a kid.
Yeah. O'Bannon's widow cracked me up with her tales of his backwoods, remote, from-a-different time upbringing. I could relate, to a lesser degree. :)
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