I watched El Topo at the weekend, when it was on film 4. Shamefully this was the 1st time I had heard of Alejandro Jodorowsky. The film was so surreal and was compulsive viewing for me.
Anyway reading up on him online it turns out he had the rights to Dune before Lynch. I really could imagine this guy making a bloody fantastic Dune if he kept to the script because he has the ability to put his full imagination onto the screen.
From the same interview I thought this was a fantastic quote:
Leading on from killing Steven Spielberg, has your opinion of David Lynch's Dune changed at all?
I think David Lynch is a fantastic moviemaker. I was so ill when he made Dune. But when I went to the theatre to see it — always I tell this with great happiness, because I was so jealous — I was dying. I was grey. But then when I went to the theatre and saw the picture, I was so happy, because the picture was so bad! And then I could live again! Because if David Lynch had been able to make Dune as David Lynch, I think I would have died. But when he made a bad Dune, he saved my life. And I love David Lynch, because he saved my life. Also, I love Cronenberg, because he is an auteur, he has his obsession. I like him. He is honest. There are a lot of moviemakers I like, and there are others I hate. But what I hate the most is Spielberg. And second Walt Disney.
