Film Review – Jodorowsky’s Dune

Reviewed at Fantastic Fest 2013

The eccentric creator of cult smashes “El Topo” and “The Holy Mountain”
had another obsession in his life: Frank Herbert’s seminal
sci-fi/fantasy book, “Dune.” Of course, Alejandro Jodorowsky had never
actually read the novel when, in 1975, he began plans to tackle one of
the most sophisticated narratives around, but that little detail wasn’t
about to stop a most determined, passionate filmmaker from bringing the
labyrinthine story to the screen. A lack of studio funding eventually
killed the project, which is resuscitated to a certain degree in
“Jodorowsky’s Dune,” a sublime documentary that asks the renowned
helmer, proud artist, and part-time madman to walk the audience through
his vision for the greatest cinematic epic that never came to be.
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