Jodorowsky's Dune
What is to give light must endure burning
What is to give light must endure burning
Documentary
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2013
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In 1974, Chilean-French director Alejandro Jodorowsky embarked on the quixotic project of adapting Frank Herbert's influential novel Dune (1969) for the big screen. After investing two years, and millions of dollars, the gigantic project ended in failure; but the artists Jodorowsky brought together to carry it out continued to work together, and ended up laying the foundations for modern science fiction cinema.
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Runtime:
87 min
Release date:
30 Aug 2013
Country:
FR, US
Languages:
English, French, German, Spanish
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$662,736
Awards:
12 wins & 27 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
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Pavich shows us many images from the storyboard, and even treats some to a simple form of animation to suggest how the movie might have looked.
– Walter V. Addiego,
San Francisco Chronicle,
4 Jan 2015
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This documentary version of Jodorowsky's "Dune" is probably more entertaining than what Hollywood would have done to it, with a clearer message: Our lives are like sands though an hourglass, so dream the impossible dream.
– Joe Williams,
St. Louis Post-Dispatch,
8 May 2014
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A deeply moving testament to single-minded, indefatigable commitment of creative vision and to an almost spiritual ability to let that vision go, thereby allowing it to exist in the world in an entirely unexpected form.
– Ann Hornaday,
Washington Post,
1 May 2014
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Jodorowsky is a mesmerizing presence in director Frank Pavich's engrossing picture. He was 84 when much of it was shot.
– Soren Anderson,
Seattle Times,
24 Apr 2014
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Jodorowsky's Dune gives you a good sense of what might have been, and judging by what we see, the picture might have accomplished what the director ultimately intended: "To mutate young minds."
– Rene Rodriguez,
Miami Herald,
24 Apr 2014