Jodorowsky's Dune

How do you create a “prophet-film”, a sacred object that would represent for its viewers the arrival of an “Artistic God”? If you’re Alejandro Jodorowsky, there’s no compromising: you try and surround yourself with brilliant artists (maybe because you consider yourself a bit brilliant too). The film’s narrative, driven by the artist himself, takes us into the anecdotes that resulted in the creation of an unmade movie but one that, in the minds of many, is of huge importance for the history of science-fiction filmmaking. A film in which Jodo's "vision" is praised – which he himself doesn’t hesitate to confirm. In which we learn that Dalí would be paid $100,000 per minute used, that Pink Floyd eats Big Macs, that things happen by chance, that Jodo hates the power of money, that Jodo’s pockets are pretty well-lined, and that he has a very peculiar notion of respect for women.

Jérémie Jorrand
Tënk's Editorial and programming Director