Jodorowsky's Dune

[Doc Sportello]

Cool thanks Mark. I've been wanting to check out the Jodorowsky/Moebius
stuff for a while just never seen it anywhere and haven't bothered seeking
it out. It's on my to-do list along with Santa Sangre


On Sun, Mar 23, 2014 at 4:20 PM, Mark Thibodeau <jerkyleboeuf at gmail.com>wrote:

> His heavy-duty sf work is chock-a-block with interesting ideas, and
> sometimes he works with some really amazing artists (see Beltran's
> work on Technopriests, and of course Moebius on Incal).
>
> I mean, how can you not dig this?
>
> http://www.figures.com/forums/attachments/news/28643d1340416158-comic-review-humanoids-megaplex-megalex-figures-132_133.jpg
>
> For a relatively mainstream story that I thought would make a great
> HBO series (8 episodes or so), check out Madwoman of the Sacred Heart.
> It features a French philosophy prof who gets mixed up with a strange
> religious cult and ends up fathering a hermaphroditic messiah with the
> daughter of the leader of a South American drug cartel.
>
>
> http://www.amazon.com/Madwoman-Sacred-Heart-Alexandro-Jodorowsky/dp/1594650624
>
> On Sun, Mar 23, 2014 at 7:11 PM, Doc Sportello <coolwithdoc at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > I've only read Jodorowsky' Borgia comics which were entertaining and
> quite
> > saucy but really just like extreme HBO. My first experience with him
> though
> > was when we held a double feature for El Topo and The Holy Mountain at
> this
> > student-run film club/movie theater I used to be in. Much more
> interesting
> > than the comics I read.
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Mar 23, 2014 at 3:59 PM, Allan Balliett <
> allan.balliett at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> Where did you see it,Laura?
> >>
> >> Has anyone read Jodorowsky's books?
> >>
> >> I loved El Topo on its first run (saw it in a skinflick house in SLC)
> also
> >> loved Magic Mountain
> >>
> >> Most excessive director, ever!
> >>
> >> Allan  in WV
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Sent from my iPhone
> >>
> >> > On Mar 23, 2014, at 5:40 PM, <kelber at mindspring.com> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > Saw Jodorwsky's Dune yesterday. A really entertaining documentary
> about
> >> > surreal (El Topo) Mexican director Jodorowsky's ill-fated attempt to
> create
> >> > a screen version of the sci-fi classic Dune (which he decided to make
> >> > without having actually read the book). After seeing this, I'm
> absolutely
> >> > convinced that if this movie had been made, it would've been
> horrifically
> >> > bad. But as a testament to artistic vision and passion, this
> documentary is
> >> > well worth seeing. I'm pretty sure that most of the people on the
> p-list
> >> > would absolutely love it.
> >> >
> >> > Laura
> >> >
> >> > Link to trailer:
> >> >
> >> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WWu1kclNDA
> >> > -
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> >
> >
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