Dune Buggy

Some things are just too good to be true, like a Dune film starring Mick Jagger, Salvador Dalí, Orson Welles and David Carradine, directed by cult-film legend Alejandro Jodorowsky, with effects and art by Mœbius, H.R. Giger and Dan O’Bannon. Such a thing is clearly too awesome to exist, but...

By Cory Casciato

May 22, 2014

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Some things are just too good to be true, like a Dune film starring Mick Jagger, Salvador Dalí, Orson Welles and David Carradine, directed by cult-film legend Alejandro Jodorowsky, with effects and art by Mœbius, H.R. Giger and Dan O’Bannon. Such a thing is clearly too awesome to exist, but in reality, this adaptation of Frank Herbert’s cult novel almost made it to the screen, thanks to the incredible talent and will of Jodorowsky.

“Only Jodorowsky could have gotten all those people together, to follow him like a sort of pied piper, a mad piper at the gates of Hell,” says Ernie Quiroz, programming manager for the Denver Film Society.

The near-miss at what would have been one of the most insane sci-fi epics of all time is the subject of Jodorowsky’s Dune, a new documentary that delves deep into what’s possibly the greatest movie never made. In-depth interviews with Jodorowsky, his producers, Giger, and a variety of film critics and historians bring the failed project to life, weaving a bittersweet tale of squandered potential and missed opportunity.

“It just shows just how delicate making a movie is,” Quiroz says. “It’s just one of those things that will only exist in our imagination.”

Catch Jodorowsky’s Dune starting tonight at the Sie FilmCenter, 2510 East Colfax Avenue. Tickets are $10, or $7 for DFS members. For more info, including showtimes, visit denverfilm.org.
May 23-29, 2014

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