“In December 1974, a French consortium led by Jean-Paul Gibon purchased the film rights [to Frank Herbert’s Dune] from APJ, with Alejandro Jodorowsky set to direct. In 1975, Jodorowsky planned to film the story as a ten-hour feature, in collaboration with Salvador Dalí, Orson Welles, Gloria…
So I saw the documentary about this last night and it blew my friggin mind. I’ve had the biggest spaceship boner ever since.