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Jorodowsky's Dune: Film Analysis
“You needed a touch of madness to do it. You can't have a masterpiece without madness.”

Jorodowsky’s Dune is hands down one the most fascinating documentaries that I’ve seen to date. Which feels weird to say after noticing that there’s a surprisingly good amount of reviews from people on this site who either hated or felt indifferent about the film and their thoughts on Jodorowsky. Was the man slightly a little overambitious at his attempts to make this film? Yes but I find Jorodowsky’s ballsy passion of not conforming to studios standards to be truly refreshing considering that Hollywood’s current cocaine like addiction to franchise sequels/reboots has made it insurmountably hard for a lot of directors to even get an attempt at making their

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