...about DUNE...

---- picts of the unseen dune from http://www.duneinfo.com/ ----

Frank Herbert is to scifi what Tolkien is to Fantasy.
It is maybe the one and only saga i read every three/four years ;) and it continues to inspire me.
But Before that David Lynch turned it into the controversial movie everyboy knows... ( you love it or you hate it)
Did you know that back in 1974 there was a DUNE project in Europe, gathering eclectic band of talents lead by Alejandro Jodorowsky ( director) with...

Moebius( boards and character designs)








































H.R. Giger (planet Harkonnen designs)

















Chris Foss (vehicules and spaceships)



















But also Dan O'Bannon( special effects), Orson Welles(as baron Vladimir Harkonnen) , Pink floyd (music) and Salvator Dali ( the emperor Shaddam the fourth for one hour on the set for a fee of $100,000 )...

What a crazy movie it would have been!

The project never passed the stage of conception, but this adventure triggered many ideas @ Holywood, and some bits and parts of this derelict planet can be still be found here and there for those who know where to look at...

Star wars
( Dan O'Bannon worked on effects of episode IV )

Empire strikes back's Sarlacc pit












Space slug














and Jabba the Hutt ( remains of Leto Atreides II the God emperor of Dune )


















H.R. Giger: Alien got contacted after Dune to work on Alien, and the Planet harkonnen became the famous Planet LV-426

























MOEBIUS:
the Long tomorrow ( wrote by Dan O'Bannon)



















The Incal ( wrote by Alejandro Jodorowsky, his own version of Dune's roots an mythos )


























hope that the next movie planned for 2010 and directed by Peter Berg ( yes , a new DUNE! ) will live up to our expectations :)

And while we are at it, here's my own little tribute to the Dune Universe ;)