![The legend of "Jodorowsky's DUNE" [Mizumaru Kawahara's CINEMONOLOGUE Vol.63]](https://cinemore.jp/images/2f4c112c912fca3dcd7f4303b1a83fa988e9a8fa152d7a3149bb16e3c4aeb189.png)
A legend because it didn't come true
A gorgeous cast, creators with top-notch taste, and an image of Jodorowsky who knows no bounds. Had it been completed, it would have been a challenging masterpiece that was two generations ahead of its time, and there is no doubt that it would have rewritten the cultural map. As for whether or not I wanted Jodorowsky's Dune to be completed, of course I really wanted to see it, but personally I think it would have been fine.
Of course, I can't even imagine Jodorowsky's disappointment, and I can't just say what I already know. This is a work that he poured his passion into, gathering reliable talent from all over the place, directly consulting with big names like Dali and Welles, and training his own son to become the main character, Paul Atreides. If my work, which has become almost synonymous with my life, were to end prematurely, I would feel as if a part of me was missing. However, as he himself says, the energy that had no place to go moved him to move on to his next work, and made him realize that failure was also an option. I think this is the great thing about this person. A spirit of affirmation towards everything. This is something I would like to learn from.
I've already written that much of the energy that went into Dune went on to create other masterpieces. As long as there is a lineage that includes Dune and it has influenced future generations, his work was of great value. Perhaps it was worth more than the finished film. Even though it was never realized, it has such a strong presence that it can even be said that there is no other work that can match it. Even the version that was successfully made into a movie cannot compare to Jodorowsky's Dune. Precisely because it became a work of illusion, it has gained an unshakable status as a legend.
David Lynch's Dune , which was for a long time the only film version until Villeneuve's adaptation, was released nearly a decade after Jodorowsky's project fell through. Jodorowsky had praised Lynch, so he was shocked and at the same time thought that Lynch was the right person to make ``Dune'' other than him, and that he would make it better than he did, but when he timidly went to the theater... …. Jodorowsky, who vividly talks about that time, is also really endearing. Before the movie started, I was on the verge of crying, but gradually I started to feel better and I was happy. In the end, it was a failure. "It's a failure!" The expression of joy on my face when I was convinced of that. He looks really happy, and of all the expressions that Jodorowsky shows in this film, this is one of my favorites.
Around the same time this documentary was filmed, Jodorowsky reunited with producer Michel Seydoux (who is actress Léa Seydoux's great-uncle), with whom he was supposed to make Dune, for the first time in 23 years. He will be working on the new work `` Dance of Reality .'' Like the canceled Dune, it stars his son Brontis. Just as the phantom project became the center of great gravity, the connections made by the film will also continue.
Illustrations and text: Mizumaru Kawahara
Born in 1991. Illustrator. In addition to illustrations and covers for magazines and books, there are also illustration columns for movies and books.
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