Jodorowsky began working in 1975 on an adaptation of Frank
Herbert's Dune. The project was intended to involve his son Brontis Jodorowsky
as Paul, Orson Welles as the Baron, Salvador Dalí as the Emperor, Mick Jagger
as Feyd Rautha, Alain Delon as Duncan Idaho, Geraldine Chaplin as Lady Jessica,
David Carradine as Duke Leto and Gloria Swanson as The Benne Geserit Reverend
Mother. Dan O'Bannon for the script, Chris Foss, Pink Floyd, H. R. Giger and
Jean Giraud (Mœbius). Ultimately, its funding evaporated, but Jodorowsky
claimed it was sabotaged by the major studios in Hollywood because it was too
French, a strange claim considering that Jodorowsky, while a naturalized
citizen of France, has never identified with any particular country or culture
(although the funding and his producer, Jerome Seydoux, were French). Many
people close to the project claim that the set designs later turned up in Star
Wars. Several of the people working on Jodorowsky's version of Dune later
worked on Alien with elements (specifically those designed by Giger) similar to
that of the failed Dune project. Whatever the opinions, Jodorowsky was the
person who persuaded artist Mœbius to begin drawing science fiction at the
beginning of the seventies, instead of "limiting himself to the Western
genre." That decision triggered a "domino effect," which led to
a massive revolution in science fiction design on both sides of the Atlantic.
Director Ridley Scott credits the influence of a few French artists of that
time for his decision to bring science fiction to the screen. In the early
1980s, David Lynch would later make the first film adaptation of Dune.
Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com
___________________________________________________________________
How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List
Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L
The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
