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With yellow sand and great tremors, this is a movie that will never be seen again

Never looked forward to a science fiction movie so much.

The sky is full of yellow sand, the earthquake is shaking, the sand dunes are sinking, the cry of "run fast" has not yet fallen, and a huge, mountain-like "King of the Desert Monsters" sandworm has appeared!

With yellow sand and great tremors, this is a movie that will never be seen again

This is the final scene of the sci-fi blockbuster [Dune] trailer.

[Dune], which will be released at the end of the year (North America), has a super luxurious lineup!

Director Villeneuve, right for the one who made [Advent], [Blade Runner 2049] Villeneuve.

Cast include "Sweet Tea" Timothy Challemet, Zhang Zhen, Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac, Josh Brolin, Charlotte Ramplin, Jason Momma, Javier Baden and others.

terrible! The cast is like you don't want money!

With yellow sand and great tremors, this is a movie that will never be seen again

Can you not look forward to it? Whether it's from the new lineup or from the original point of view. Of course, there is also from the perspective of "film history legend".

After all, the first time Ah Kan knew about [Dune], he heard that it was a "impossible movie" category.

In the '70s, director Jodulovsky was ambitious and planned to bring [Dune] to the screen, but ultimately failed.

With yellow sand and great tremors, this is a movie that will never be seen again

Its legendary degree can be tied with the "Terry Gilliam's [Don Quixote]" project, the two legendary peaks in film history.

Of course, [Don Quixote] ended up filming. Well, the story of [Dune] won't end either.

You may not have heard of the giant monster sandworm in [Dune] or [Dune] before.

But you must have seen Hayao Miyazaki's [Valley of the Wind].

In fact, the huge swarm of lotus worms in [The Valley of the Wind] is as large as a moving palace, and its inspiration and name come from the sand worms in [Dunes].

With yellow sand and great tremors, this is a movie that will never be seen again

Sandworm is the monster that runs through the entire story. And the whole novel tells the story of the rise and fall of a galactic family.

[Dune] is a famous space epic that focuses on the planet Aragis.

It is a desert planet, born of the metabolism of sandworms, and here unearthed a spice, a mixture, a drug that can cause strong hallucinations, and it is one of the most important commodities of the entire universe.

With yellow sand and great tremors, this is a movie that will never be seen again

This also makes the dunes an extraordinary strategic place, like Afghanistan in the galaxy.

War and love, betrayal and revenge, adolescence and the rise and fall of families, all unfold on this desert planet.

Dune's first novel was published in 1965 and soon became the first science fiction novel to win both the Hugo And Nebula Awards (the Hugo And Nebula Awards are two of the most authoritative awards in the science fiction world).

It is more known as the "Bible" in the hearts of science fiction lovers, which can be worshipped and cannot be desecrated.

With yellow sand and great tremors, this is a movie that will never be seen again

But to be human? It's just too difficult!

The novel has many characters, complex backgrounds, and clues, and discusses many super topics such as politics, religion, economy, ecology, and spirituality.

No wonder the new director, Villeneuve, called it "the greatest difficulty of my life."

At that time, Zodlowsky even shouted "I didn't understand the first 100 pages!" "One side is devoutly sacred.

"[Dune] is like a god to me, a god of art and cinema."

In short, this is definitely a crazy project, and whoever puts it in their hands has to weigh it.

Not to mention the 70s. In the '70s, before [Star Wars], Hollywood science fiction movies were almost blank.

You can say that it is an unexplored "blue ocean", or it can be said that it is destined to "touch the reef" without a successful precedent.

But it comes across Zodlowski, the "movie maniac"!

With yellow sand and great tremors, this is a movie that will never be seen again

In a later documentary to commemorate the unfinished version of Dune, Zodu's first words are "What is the goal of life?" It's about creating a soul for yourself! ”

There is no such thing as "impossible" in the life of a movie maniac. At this point, Zodu's film ambitions finally have a chance to come true!

"I wanted to make a movie like this, and when I look at it, it's like taking a hallucinogen. I don't want people to take drugs, but I want to create a drug-like effect. ”

More importantly, it's not just psychedelic.

It will also change the perception of the masses, like "prophecy", it will change the minds of all young people around the world.

Do the [Dune] project and you'll have to be a madman!

The Mexican madman Zodu of Chilean descent could not be more appropriate.

Before [Dune], the debut film [Vando and Liz] drove the premiere film festival audience crazy and was directly banned in Mexico.

With yellow sand and great tremors, this is a movie that will never be seen again

The next [Mole] and [Holy Mountain] are as crazy and eerie as if they were movies from parallel worlds.

Burning pianos, flower-eating maidens, birds flying out of corpses, dung transformed into golden gold...

He has created so many bizarre surreal imagery that it is no wonder that these two famous cult films are widely acclaimed in Europe and worshiped by fans at midnight in North America.

With yellow sand and great tremors, this is a movie that will never be seen again

Also after the success of [Holy Mountain], the producer called and asked him what he wanted to make next? And promise to shoot whatever you want!

Jodo dared to think and dare to do it, without hesitation: "Shoot [Dune]!" ”

Crazy project meets crazy demon director, it is simply a "thunder and fire"!

Who were the most popular musicians in the 1970s?

Pink Floyd, a Pioneer of British Psychedelic Rock. In 1973, after the release of Dark Side of the Moon, the album set a record for 741 consecutive weeks in the United States.

With yellow sand and great tremors, this is a movie that will never be seen again

Mick Jagger, lead singer of the Rolling Stones. The Rolling Stones went viral from the '60s to the '70s, and Mick Jagger was hailed as one of the most influential lead vocalists of all time.

With yellow sand and great tremors, this is a movie that will never be seen again

Who were the most promising and rising stars behind the scenes of the 1970s?

Dan O'Bannon. He debuted by doing special effects and writing a screenplay for John Carpenter's directorial debut ,Black Planet.

He needs a new opportunity.

If the future is foreseeable, just a few short years later, he will shock Hollywood with [Alien] (1979).

H· R. Giger. The young Swiss artist, highly regarded by Dalí, is painting his dark and terrifying world at home.

With yellow sand and great tremors, this is a movie that will never be seen again

In the same few years, he will win an Oscar for doing art design for [Alien], and he will be loved by all fans.

Jean Mebbis. One of Europe's top manga artists and designers of the future, he later influenced a number of animation artists including Hayao Miyazaki, Katsuyo Otomo, Akira Toriyama, and Daiyo Matsumoto.

Who is the eternal idol for surreal lovers?

Salvador Dalí. Along with Picasso and Matisse, he is almost the most representative surreal painter of the 20th century.

With yellow sand and great tremors, this is a movie that will never be seen again

Who is famous for rewriting the classics of film history [Citizen Kane]?

Orson Wells. A great filmmaker who has left an astonishing legacy in television, film and other fields.

Perhaps, no matter how imaginative people are, it is difficult to imagine bringing all these cattle people together into one project.

But mad devils like Duzorovsky are obviously not ordinary people.

Such a whimsical list of crew members, he not only thought about it, but went straight to work after thinking about it!

In his own words, "I'm going to build my own team of spiritual warriors!" ”

In fact, this lineup can be called fantastic.

Soundtrack, Pink Floyd; Special Effects, Dan O'Bannon; Art Direction, H. Freud; R. Giger and Jean Mebis; actors include Mick Jagger, Orson Wells and Salvador Dalí.

With yellow sand and great tremors, this is a movie that will never be seen again

In order to win over Pink Floyd, Duzo scolded directly in the studio where "The Dark Side of the Moon" was recorded:

"What I offer you will be the opportunity to score the greatest film in human history, and together we will change the world!" But you're eating hamburgers there!" How do you get it? ”

As a result, several members of the band who calmly ate hamburgers and did not listen much to Duzo were scolded.

I obediently listened to the director's words, and I was so respectful that I couldn't do it. Everything went smoothly after that.

In order to "trick" the big-name Dalí, Duzo even took the title of the most expensive actor in Dalí Hollywood in one fell swoop.

With yellow sand and great tremors, this is a movie that will never be seen again

The Dalí Lion opened widely, $100,000 an hour. Duzzo said directly: "I pay you $100,000 a minute!" ”

The producers were shocked! We have so much money! Duzo said quietly: "Dalí's scene is at most 5 minutes, and it may only be 3 minutes." ”

All right. Such a willfulness, you are happy.

The process of finding Orson Wells is even more "big-handed". In the 1970s, Wells was largely silent, addicted to alcohol and food, and his personality was famously moody.

Jodo searched for someone to visit all the famous restaurants in Paris, and finally found him in one of them.

With yellow sand and great tremors, this is a movie that will never be seen again

Wells hadn't heard about the project yet, and he just refused. Zodu watched the people eat and waved a big hand, "I'll give you the chef of this restaurant, and you can eat his food every day on the set." ”

Wells swallowed and responded happily.

Flying around the world, kidnapping and cheating, Zodoo finally assembled a lineup of his dreams that was also crazy. Everything is ready, just waiting to be turned on.

At this time, something went wrong.

The director of [Outlaw Driving], Nicholas Winding Revon, is a close friend of Zodu and his "iron fan".

Like many fans, he imagined what would have happened if Zodu's "Dune" had been filmed.

"What if the first sci-fi blockbuster was [Dune] instead of [Star Wars]? Is it that the entire box office blockbuster structure will be changed? ”

The history that did not occur cannot be confirmed. But the failure of [Dune] that year was also a "great failure".

In 1975, the film was ready for everything, and only a little east wind was owed.

[Dune] had an overspending budget (from 10 million to 15 million) and they needed to go to Hollywood to raise $5 million.

When Zodu took the fantasy team to painstakingly produce a script and a 300-page storyboard, he went to Hollywood to knock on the door of film giants such as Disney and Paramount.

With yellow sand and great tremors, this is a movie that will never be seen again
With yellow sand and great tremors, this is a movie that will never be seen again

I didn't expect to get a fairly consistent answer: "It's great, but we're not going to shoot it." ”

Hollywood has never invested in a large-scale sci-fi project of its kind before, and what's more, they don't trust the Mexican director Jodorowski.

In later documentaries, Zodu was quite angry about this:

"The Hollywood system makes us like slaves. There is no dignity, no depth, like a demon in our pockets. ”

He then pulled a wad of cash out of his pocket, meaning deeply: "This money. This shit.”

With yellow sand and great tremors, this is a movie that will never be seen again

"They don't have anything inside. And movies have hearts, ideas, strength, and ambitions. ”

And to say the root cause, Zodu's [dune] is too advanced!

Hollywood has never seen anything like it, and the audience has never seen anything like it. What's more, the paranoid Zodu also wants to be out of control of the duration and make it a 12-hour or even 20-hour epic.

[Dune] this crazy project, just like this, came to an end in a slightly lonely way.

But its failure is also worth mentioning.

A few years later, the teams of O'Bannon, Giger, and Mebis reunite on the Alien project, where they work together to create one of the most terrifying space monsters of the 20th century.

With yellow sand and great tremors, this is a movie that will never be seen again

Ridley Scott even used Giger's original design for Dunes in his sequel ,Prometheus.

With yellow sand and great tremors, this is a movie that will never be seen again

[Dune] also influenced the later [Star Wars].

From the background setting where the protagonist grows up in the desert to the sword fight scene in it, many shadows of [Dune] can be seen.

With yellow sand and great tremors, this is a movie that will never be seen again

[Dune], which Zodu never completed, influenced countless Hollywood works with its advanced concepts and settings.

After [Dune] failed, Jodo's life was changed.

He didn't make another movie in years, but he has since invested his passion in comics.

But Zodu never regretted it, as Zodu said, "Don't be afraid to fail, do it."

For what you love, for the soul, how crazy is it, how to fail.

As long as you are still alive, you dare to dream, and you dare to realize it! Tried, even if you failed, you didn't come to the world in vain!

What do you think about [Dune]?