TRAILERS

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Can't wait. I hope Jodorowsky will finally get a chance to make some big, crazy space opera like his Incal comics.

Michal Andrzejczak on May 15, 2011

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 I watched this trailer and it made me wonder if Jodorowsky's piece would not be standing next to Kubrick's "2001" as a classic today, if it had been made as he envisioned it. It's like those splitting moments between two parallel universes, one got the movie (where saying “Jorodowsky’s Dune” comes out automatically), and one didn't, and our universe went in this unfortunate direction.I have no doubt that when the story of Dune is turned to film, which it will (it's a matter of time only) I'm 99.9% sure it will NOT be in this direction. And that will once again be our universe making the wrong turn. We don't seem to push the boundaries enough anymore, we don't have visionaries. I'm talking about people who could put Nolan and Cameron and Lucas and Jackson in the corner. With "Inception" we saw that people appreciate having their brains stimulated on an intellectual level. Suddenly, for many, the cinema is not just for thrills, but for thinking as well. Yes, the audience likes to be emotionally stimulated, but it's like the stories that are invented don't really push the audience's mind to really intellectually consider concepts and make them think while watching the film. I wish people, the audience, as the one that decides the success or failure of films in the market, would demand more of screenwriters and directors, so the industry wouldn't constantly churn out superficial stories. Not only are screenwriters not given enough importance in the film-making process, they themselves don’t see themselves as the ones who could push the boundaries of creativity and human thought in the first place.

Jpcaetano on May 15, 2011

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 The movie industry is interested in making safe money. This early trailer reminds me of something that has been lost in film for a long time, ambition and intent for something more than entertainment! Even the idea of a thinking persons movie turns most people off! While I love Jodorowsky's movies, Im not 100% sure he would have accomplished this, but I love the fact that he had the audacity to try!!! I only wish more movie makers would have this attitude rather than a desire to sell toys and corporate sponsorships..IM really looking forward to seeing this doc, tree of life and cave of dreams.

Lando on May 15, 2011

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I'm not sure if a Jodorowski Dune would ever have worked. The concept art was great. But David Lynch did do Dune a few years later. Perhaps if that project had fallen through, we would also be dreaming now of a Lynch Dune and assuming it would have worked too. Also, perhaps we're lucky Jodorowsky's Dune never happened. O'Bannon, Giger and others moved on to work on Alien. Perhaps that wouldn't have happened if this Dune had gone ahead, who knows. I'm just really grateful we did end up with Alien.

Anonymous on May 15, 2011

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And I though MY english was bad...

Manuel on May 16, 2011

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"Everytime I make a film, I want to reinvent film. When I make films I make sure that there exists this sense of reinvention and this is very difficult to do. I prefer walking like an elephant than making films like a hyena."  Djibril Diop Mambety (1945-1998) Jodorowsky's intent is Diop Mambety's meaning. 

Floyd Webb on May 23, 2011