Jodorowskys dune, however, as this documentary shows, would have been completely unworkable for hollywood back in the mid 1970s. The script of dune, thanks to his talent, is a masterpiece. Mar 31, 2015 alejandro jodorowskys dune script early draft giger illustrated original art ebay from the ebay listing. The script itself was well over the usual page count for a film and was rumored to have a twelvehour running time. The casting and set design seemed interesting, ill give you that, but im a big fan of lynchs dune and i wish hed stop being a pussy and do a directors cut there is plenty of extra footage left. But when seeking to change the worlds consciousness, that tends to happen. Alejandro jodorowsky called this dune screenplay a fake script with idiotic. A decade before david lynchs flawed but visually brilliant adaptation of dune hit the silver screen see our post on that from monday, another cinematic visionary tried to turn frank herberts cult book into a movie. Tusk was a french production whose storyline was based on a childrens book, so therefore, it wasnt looking to sell to fans who wanted questionable content. It takes us through an adventurous journey of elise in her struggles to take care of her elephant. Jodorowsky definitely got the grandeur and excess exhibited his intent. As the 20 documentary jodorowskys dune shows, the director. Man conquered the galaxy, but he realizes that he still lives on an island. Jodorowsky has a ulule donation thing for his new movie psychomagic.
Today is an incredibly sad day for fans of comic books, concept art, and. Every filmmakers biography contains a few great whatifsmagnificent, unwieldy projects that never quite reached the point when the cameras rolled. Dune lost alejandro jodorowskymoebius screenplay and. The option was then taken over two years later by director alejandro jodorowsky, who proceeded to approach, among others, peter gabriel, the prog rock groups pink floyd and magma for some of the music, artists h. Jodorowskys dune closes by revealing that copies of his script, storyboards and concept art were sent to all of hollywoods major film studios back in 1975. Mar 31, 2015 alejandro jodorowskys dune script early draft giger illustrated. And it would have been a mindbogglingly grand epic. Mindbogglingly awesome sketches for jodorowskys dunedone. Jodorowsky has a ulule donation thing for his new movie psychomagic, an art that heals and one of the perks for donating was scripts for the unmade movie. Ive been semi obsessed with finding the script for jodorowskys unmade dune movie. Produced in a small run of 65 copies, this is an exact facsimile of a preliminary script for dune by cult film maker alejandro jodorowsky. The story of cult film director alejandro jodorowskys ambitious but ultimately doomed film adaptation of the seminal science fiction novel. Jodorowsky says this illustrated dune script is a fake.
A tribute website to a singular copy of a lengendary and mythic work document. Jodorowsky went waaaaay off script from herberts book. Dune alejandro jodorowskymoebius screenplay and storyboards. In this manner, then, his vision was seen and admired by countless filmmakers and film technicians. There are unsubstantiated rumours that only two copies of this book still exist, one of which belongs to jodorowsky. The director this time would be chileanborn writer, director, mime, composer, psychotherapist, and later comicbook writer alejandro jodorowsky ale. Jodorowskys dune didnt get made for a reason and we. It appears to be a full script for alejandro jodorowskys dune, however, it is not the phone book size script as seen in the documentary jodorowskys dune, but appears to be an earliershorter version. It also portrays jodorowskys nonchristian romantic view of art and artists.
There was some excitement a while back at a typewritten movie script with illustrations that claimed to be dune, screenplay by alejandro jorodowsky, adapted from. Alejandro jodorowsky says this idiotic drawing has nothing to do with his dune script. As such, it seems to be accurate, and it matteroffactly presents jodorowskys new age, psychedelic, pagan philosophy. Take a look at jodorowsky s dune uncovered translated from the summary of the script that appeared in the press kit. Alejandro jodorowskys dune script early draft giger. Unfortunately this movie never made it into existence.
Echoes of his work, through such exposure, would later be found in star wars, the terminator series, bladerunner and, of. Its one of my favorite movies but compared to jodorowskys version it can only be considered a fail. Since 1948, jodorowsky has worked as a novelist, a storyteller, a poet, a playwright, an essayist, a film director and producer, an actor in cinematic and theatre productions, a theatre director, a screenwriter, a film editor, a comics writer, a musician. Jodorowskys dune director frank pavich on 2,000 defecating extras and how dune became part of the cosmic consciousness max oconnell mar 18, 2014 10. The cover to the book, from jodorowsky s dune 2014 frank herberts 1965 science fiction novel dune is the worlds bestselling scifi novel, and the root of the entire dune franchise. Check out some amazing stills from jodorowskys dune if youve seen the documentary, you know they talk about an insane book in it with lots of photos and the plans for the movie. Alejandro jodorowskys most popular book is the incal. This script was converted into digital format by this site, and it is available to download exclusively here.
Interested in learning about jodorowskys script for dune. Is the storyboard for jodorowskys dune available for. Alejandro jodorowsky has 419 books on goodreads with 754 ratings. We were unable to find mention of such an early draft anywhere online, and can only speculate as to how many of these were created. The film explores cult film director alejandro jodorowskys unsuccessful attempt to adapt and film frank herberts 1965 science fiction novel dune in the mid1970s. In all likelihood, jodorowskys dune was doomed and delusional from the outset though the advent of cgi might yet resurrect it at least as a. Dune scripts david lynch, jodorowsky, john harrison.
Jacobs optioned the film rights to dune but died before a film could be developed. Elise is a young girl whose life revolves struggles of colonial india. Jodorowskys dune looks back on the greatest scifi film. Alejandro jodorowskys dune script early draft giger illustrated. In 1975, the internationally renowned chileanfrench film director alejandro jodorowsky began working on an adaptation of the film, but after two years of preproduction and planning, everything fell through. It was the size of a phone book, he lamented the wouldbe 14 hour script. In december 1974, a french consortium led by jeanpaul gibon purchased the rights to the movie from apj. Jodorowskys dune is a hopeful documentary, pointing to the fact that jodorowskys unfilmed masterpiece will never be dead in the water, so long as his howto book exists. Mindbogglingly awesome sketches for jodorowskys dune. Probably you know frank herberts sciencefiction epos dune or david lynchs adaptation from 1984. A 20 documentary, jodorowskys dune, was made about jodorowskys failed attempt at an adaptation. A 20 documentary, jodorowsky s dune, was made about jodorowsky s failed attempt at an adaptation. Jodorowsky himself states in the film that he would be happy for another director to pick up where he left off and bring his creation to life, even if it happens.
Inside the greatest scifi film never made the verge. Alejandro jodorowsky dune original screenplay book mount. Jodorowskys dune script ive been semi obsessed with finding the script for jodorowsky s unmade dune movie. Jodorowskys dune is a documentary about very important men making very important art, and as such, it has very little to do with frank herberts novel at all. However, he doesnt appear to have discussed this in interviews. Jodorowskys dune is a 20 americanfrench documentary film directed by frank pavich. Summary of jodorowskys dune script unseen dune dune. Jodorowskys dune, from frank pavich the new york times.
Dune scripts david lynch, jodorowsky, john harrison, arthur p. It appears to be a full script for alejandro jodorowskys dune, however, it is not the phone book size script as seen in the documentary. The cover to the book, from jodorowskys dune 2014 frank herberts 1965. Take a look at jodorowskys dune uncovered translated from the summary of the script that appeared in the press kit. He wouldnt back down on numerous issues the studios had, including the 6 hour running time and the. Composer kurt stenzel gives life to a retrofuturistic universe as fantastic as jodorowskys own. Jodorowskys dune is a documentary about the chilean director alejandro jodorowskys efforts in the 1970s to turn the science fiction novel dune into a feature film.
Check out some amazing stills from jodorowskys dune. Yet few of those are as whatthefuck as alejandro jodorowskys planned adaptation of frank herberts dune, a book the director admits he hadnt read at the time he pitched the movie to producer michel seydoux. There are about 300 pages in total, including illustrations. One of the big focuses of the movie is a book that jodorowsky made which. Summary of the script by alexandro jodorowsky note. Jodorowskys uncompromising approach was just so over the top, so surreal, just too scary to an industry like. Jodorowskys dune tells the tale of cult filmmaker alejandro jodorowskys unsuccessful attempt to adapt frank herberts classic scifi novel, dune, to the big screen. Jodorowsky set about writing the script in a rented castle in france, and recruited french comic book artist moebius aka jean giraud to prepare a storyboard based on the script. Since 1948, jodorowsky has worked as a novelist, screenwriter, a poet, a playwright, an essayist, a film and theater director and producer, an actor, a film editor, a comics writer, a musician and composer, a philosopher, a puppeteer, a mime, a psychologist.