Technoccult (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
In May it was announced that Jodorowsky was going to work with acclaimed director David Lynch on King Shot which was described as a “metaphysical spaghetti western.” Though he hasn’t exactly been relevant in contemporary filmmaking over the past two decades, it looks like his work with Lynch has paid off as Quiet Earth [...] Related posts: David Lynch making new films with Herzog,...
the hackneyist (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Open to public Sat 7th – Sat 28th Nov Private View Fri 6th Nov : Limited Availability - Contact Guerrilla Zoo for Tickets The premiere of a new series of collaborative artworks by cult film maker Alejandro Jodorowsky and artist Pascale Montandon. Pen and inks by Alejandro and watercolours by Pascale, covering various themes; Love, Violence, Spritiuality, Psychomagik / Psychogenology, Tarot,...
FirstShowing.net (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
Chilean filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky is a diverse artist with an eclectic background that includes being a scholar, playwright, composer, actor, comic book writer, historian and psychotherapist. The man is a chameleon. In May it was announced that Jodorowsky was going to work with acclaimed director David Lynch on King Shot which was described as a "metaphysical spaghetti western." Though...
Monkeys In The News (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
A little bit of link love, only because I am a big Jodorowsky fan: Exclusively for Guerrilla Zoo, and the first time in London, a play written and directed by Alejandro Jodorowsky. Starring his son, actor Brontis Jodorowsky in a solo theatrical monologue inspired "Report to an Academy" by Franz Kafka. A lone gorilla’s solitary struggle to reach acceptance by humanity. Its story to obtain...
The Quietus | All Articles (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
Leo Lonergan looks at the history of Alejandro Jodorowsky's ill-fated _Dune_ project. Images from Chris Foss' original sketches for the film.
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009
If we're looking for suspects in the death of cult, Quentin Tarantino has to be up there. He has previous – he didn't even pay his late fees at Amsterdam's famous cult video shop A week ago I was in Amsterdam, a charming city among whose more celebrated attractions lies the Cult Videotheek . Nestled by a canal, its suitably poky interior plays host to a vast array of strange and wonderful DVDs...
<HTMLGIANT> (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
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IanVisits (Free subscription) | 09/25/2009
Sci-fi fans will be familiar with the novels by Frank Herbert, starting with Dune and leading onto several others – along with the later David Lynch movie and more recent TV series. What many are less aware of is that the David Lynch film was the second attempt to make the lengthy novel into a film. Surrealist [...]
Super Punch (Free subscription) | 09/22/2009
Alejandro Jodorowsky's ‘Dune’: An exhibition of a film of a book that never was is currently on display at The Drawing Room in London: Alejandro Jodorowsky's ‘Dune’: An exhibition of a film of a book that never was takes as its departure point the cult Chilean filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky’s attempted 1976 adaptation of Frank Herbert’s classic science fiction novel...
the hackneyist (Free subscription) | 09/16/2009
Dune ; Exhibition of a film of a book that was never made. 17th September - 25th October The Drawing Room Tannery Arts Brunswick Wharf 55 Laburnum Street, London E2 In December 1974, a French consortium led by Jean-Paul Gibon purchased the film rights to Dune from Arthur P Jacobs. Jodorowsky was set to direct. In 1975, Jodorowsky planned to film the story as a ten hour feature, in collaboration with...
Cinematical (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
Dangerous Minds is one of my favorite new sites. It's the brainchild of Richard Metzger, the brilliant Brit once behind Disinfo.com pictured at left , and Tara McGinley, a costume designer/stylist (and Metzger's wife). Although the site covers everything from sex to pop culture and "kooks," my favorite is naturally the movie section. Metzger and friends dig up and dissect the obscure, the...
From the Dust Returned (Free subscription) | 09/08/2009
Previously known for his drone music, Jenks Miller has lifted Chapel Hill's Horseback from that niche to one all his own. Immediately the album submerses you in its unique atmosphere with "Invokation." Driving and warlike repetitive percussion, a hearty center of sludgy bass and rhythm guitar, and over top a decidedly twangy, western (think Ennio Morricone, not Willie Nelson) feel of the...
Technoccult (Free subscription) | 09/05/2009
Did you know that Alejandro Jodorowsky was originally going direct Dune? (I could swear I’d written about this here before, but I apparently haven’t. For this, I am sorry.) In December 1974, a French consortium led by Jean-Paul Gibon purchased the film rights to Dune from Arthur P. Jacobs. Jodorowsky was set to direct. In 1975, [...] Related posts: David Lynch making new films with Herzog,...
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