Review of Jodorowsky's Dune (2013) by Michael S — 18 Dec 2014

Like the man himself, "Jodorowsy's Dune" is absolutely fascinating. It does a terrific job of elevating our interest considerably in the doomed film project that the talented filmmakers here would have us believe as they do (that Jodorowsky's adaptation of Frank Herbert's classic would have been one of the greatest sci-fi films of all time had it seen the light of day).

It paints such a positive and vivid portrait of a filmmaker's ambition and a potential masterpiece of cinema that coming to terms with the fact that the picture doesn't and will never exist is of almost indescribably frustration.

I'm dying to know if it could have possibly left such an imprint! Alejandro Jodorowsky is a true visionary, but having seen his other films ("Santa Sangre" being a personal favorite) I'm a bit skeptical.

It's not a stretch to imagine the Director's uncompromising, hallucinatory, and rebellious sensibilities rendering such an epic project incomprehensible, and even less faithful than the the polarizing 1984 David Lynch adaptation.

Director Frank Pavich sells it differently, and though the sentiment isn't entirely convincing, such claims and speculation only add to the film's enjoyment as a terrifically entertaining "what if" scenario.

I've always found Mr. Jodorowsky to be an infinitely captivating presence in interviews, and "Jodorowsky's Dune" as a whole is just as intriguing.