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There is also the failed attempt of Jodorowsky to make a Dune movie: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jodorowsky's_Dune https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jodorows
by nico 4y ago
There is also the failed attempt of Jodorowsky to make a Dune movie:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jodorowsky's_Dune https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jodorowsky's_Dune
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dune_(novel)#Early_stalled_attempts https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dune_(novel)#Early_stalled_a...
The documentary is pretty fascinating. Jodorowsky managed to put together a stellar team, among them H.R. Giger, Dalí and the script writer who would later write Alien.
- CyanBird 4y agoYeah, it is thanks to these two movies that modern scifi and its visual development side of things exists basically
- Retric 4y agoThey popularized these styles but they existed in other mediums. What’s fascinating is looking at all the different styles Dune the dune book covers had over time to see how various mediums influenced things. https://www.biblio.com/dune-by-herbert-frank/work/3104 https://www.biblio.com/dune-by-herbert-frank/work/3104
- CyanBird 4y agoThat's a good angle But that's the thing, jodos dune came as an aggregate of "non-movie" mediums, because jodorowsky was not a cinematographer by trade he was an avant garde theater person, giger, Dali, moebius, Foss, neither of them "were part" of the "movies" medium, they all and the rest of the crew were painters or writers or musicians, comic book artists, not cinematographers per se, in that sense what jodorowsky set to do was not even a movie as we might think of one today, but an agglomeration of different types and styles of art with all their own individual Influences mixed in I think today, it would be nearly impossible for "works" to exist and not have been inspired themselves in some degree by the downstream effects and inspiration that jodorowskys movie had, just think that starwars itself is inspired by it But anyhow, it is a quite interesting food for thought If anyone knows of some niche modern scifi books or works which might not be influenced by this failed dune movie let me know, I love this stuff
- atwood22 4y agoMargaret Atwood’s Oryx and Crake seems to derive very little from classic science fiction. Perhaps this is because she’s a woman, and thus less drawn to teenage male fantasies like those found in Dune.
- Wildgoose 4y agoStar Wars. No, seriously. Jodorowksy's concept was widely circulated in Hollywood but nobody would take the risk. Enter George Lucas, just riffing on the original idea.
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- rastignack 4y agoDon’t forget moebius
- smoldesu 4y agoDoes this mean that theaters should prepare for the Moebius Sweep?
- miki_tyler 4y agoMoebius and Giger were the Wozniaks, Jodorowsky was a mere Steve Jobs.
- walrus01 4y ago> Jodorowsky I recently got a copy of this and could only come to the conclusion that they were doing a lot of drugs in the 1970s: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Holy_Mountain_(1973_film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Holy_Mountain_(1973_film)
- GekkePrutser 4y agoI think that was pretty widely accepted? Not sure if total drug use was higher than it is now but especially hallucinogenic drugs were much more popular than they are today. I don't think the colourful styles of the 60s/70s were a coincidence either, no :)
- pmoriarty 4y agoIf you think Jodorowsky's Dune was weird, you should see his Holy Mountain[1] Also, millions of people did a lot of drugs in that time, but there is only one Jodorowsky. Drugs alone can not explain his vision. [1] - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qmR0vi0ifzE https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qmR0vi0ifzE
- anders_p 4y agoYes. That's the movie the comment you responded to was talking about. Did you even read the comment before responding?
- SlickNixon 4y agoI see this kind of the comment--legible, complete sentences, no grammatical errors, but otherwise totally missing some basic element in what they're replying to--from time to time, generally only on HN, and I wonder if they're edge cases from some kind of bot school.
- coldtea 4y agoDid you have to be rude about it? Parent obviously read the comment (which doesn't mention any particular movie in its text), but didn't follow the link, assuming it was about Dune (which was the context that started the subthread).
- rajman187 4y agoIt must be crazy for Jodorowsky to see how his concept art defined so much of space sci fi , at least this was the angle presented in the documentary. But imagine the treasure trove George Lucas must have come across
- sandworm101 4y agoDune is unmakable. Always will be. It is the definitive book that is too big for the screen. The story and themes are too vast. Adaptations can be good, be entertaining, but every one is a shallow attempt at the impossible.
- thefringthing 4y agoI think the TV mini-series is very good.
- jdmoreira 4y agoYou should read BotNS That's an unmakable book. Also one of the best experiences of my life for sure. But I did it by following an podcast chapter by chapter analysis (Alzabo Soup)