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I
love the old Heritage Press books with slipcase, and this one is no
exception. A 1930 edition of Poe’s only novel, “The Narrative Of Arthur
Gordon Pym”, it is simply stunning and glamorous with it’s stark blacks
and whites––from the ebony slipcase to the swirling cover, to the
avant-garde print design and woodcut-style illustrations by Rene Clarke.
This book displayed on the coffee table will definitely inspire
conversation…at least when your more urbane pals drop in for an
afternoon latte or evening martini.
JODOROWSKY'S DUNE 2013 Dicumentary Produced & Directed by Frank Pavich
I have never seen an Alejandro Jodorowsky film. In fact, I think they probably wouldn't be for me. However, I absolutely love the documentary about Jodorowsky's passionate, complex, and detailed attempt to make Frank Herbert's sci-fi classic "Dune" (a great book, by the way).
Why do I like this doc so much? Well, it's Alejandro Jodorowsky himself, the man as artist. His films might not quite be my cup of tea, but his understanding of the creative process and the importance of artistic endeavors in this evermore insane and money-driven world is bordering on the divine and manifestly pure in its inspiration. If nothing else, watch "Jodorowsky's Dune" for resparking that fire of passion, which many of us who create fight daily to keep burning.
DUNE 2021: "Jodorowsky Reviews Villeneuve's Trailer & Talks Challenges of Adapting The Book" https://youtu.be/CGJB7NcOGpI
Denis Villeneuve’s Dune, which is due out next year, looks as if it might
have one of the all-time great casts. The Oscar-nominated Timothée
Chalamet is its star; the supporting actors include Javier Bardem, Josh
Brolin, Oscar Isaac, Rebecca Ferguson, Charlotte Rampling, and Jason
Momoa. But Villeneuve, the French-Canadian director of Sicario, Arrival
and Blade Runner 2049, will need all the help he can get if his film is
to compete with an earlier adaptation of the same novel. I don’t mean
the David Lynch version from 1984, which should be lodged near the top
of any sensible list of the worst films in history. Nor do I refer to
the mini-series that was on the US cable channel Sci-Fi (now called
Syfy) in 2000. The most significant and impressive screen version of
Frank Herbert’s science-fiction bestseller is one that was never
actually made. The film’s writer-director was Alejandro Jodorowsky, a Chilean-born
avant-garde theatre veteran who made two of the most gloriously surreal
films of the 1970s - or, indeed, any other decade...
“My message to those in Hollywood right now. We need to break the silence before it’s too late.”
Actress Samaire Armstrong, who appeared in the hit TV show “The O.C.”, came out of the closet as a conservative in Hollywood. She encourages others like her to speak out against the forced conformity and cancel culture that permeates the industry.
Everything Samaire talks about is exactly why I fear I'll never be able to make another film. This message and video is a tiny ray of hope for literary and cinematic artists like myself, who have become extremely alienated. In fact I often feel like my movie HUMAN NO MORE is invisible because it is being shadow banned and generally cancelled.
“Our negative view of some cultures isn’t just a product of our own ignorance and bigotry. It’s a fair appraisal of what happens in those countries due to the attitudes of the people who live there.
“Does that mean that everyone in Morocco or Tajikistan is out to harass, attack, or murder Western tourists? No, of course not. But that’s not the issue.
“The issue is that Leftists have embraced moral and cultural relativism. They’ve projected their own self-delusion that the world can be a utopia if we just all collectively believe it to be that way.”
“No, the world doesn’t work like that. There are bad people in the world; evil exists in the world, and no amount of wishy-washy hashtag ‘Love Wins’ speciousness is ever going to change that.”
All ‘White Lib’ Cultural-Utopia-Touting Sunny-Bunnies should all visit more 'exotic' countries and spread their pink unicorns of fantasy love.
It will be very fun to collect their Sunny-Bunny heads.
