Hey, everyone. "Moriarty" here with some Rumblings From The Lab.
There's one of those headlines I never thought I'd type.
I love Alejandro Jodorowsky. He's a total lunatic, and his films are surrealist masterworks in line with the work of David Lynch or today's extremist Takashi Miike. Any news about what he's up to is interesting to me. Let's see if you agree:
Hi!
I recently interviewed the legendary filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky for the latest issue of the online comics magazine BORDERLINE, and seeing as you've featured news on him before I thought you may be interested in some of the things he had to say.
While the interview focused mainly on his comics career, he did say a thing or two about movies. On the subject of the long-delayed Abelcain [AKA 'The Sons of El Topo'] movie and whether Marilyn Manson was still connected with the project, he said: "Yes. M. Manson is still involved. However, the weight remains on my shoulders of getting the money together for the production. I don't know if I will succeed in getting it." [Needless to say, in a world where Scooby Doo can get green-lit, this is nothing short of a travesty...]
As he almost made a Dune movie himself in the 1970s, I asked him what he thought about the Sci-Fi Channel's recent adaptation: "I watched one minute into it and I turned the TV off. It wasn't the Martians who invaded our planet, it was the imbeciles."
On the subject of comics2film: "The level of idiocy when Hollywood adapts a comic script repulses me. Actually, for me, I see greater artistic possibilities in creating a comic than making a movie."
Anyhow, hope this is of interest - the full interview can be downloaded RIGHT HERE - and Borderline is a PDF format magazine, so you'll need Acrobat Reader to view it.
Best,
DOCTOR NOOKIE
PS Saw a UK Preview of The Royal Tenenbaums last night... wonderful film, Harry's review was spot-on.
Thanks, man. I think there's actually a review for one of Jodorowsky's comic projects in our AICN COMICS: REVIEWS!! article today, so if you want to know what our reviewers thought of his latest foray into this new media, check that out.
"Moriarty" out.
