Editing Alejandro Jodorowsky (section)

===''Dune'' and ''Tusk'' (1975–1980)===
In December 1974, a French consortium led by Jean-Paul Gibon purchased the [[film rights]] to [[Frank Herbert]]'s epic 1965 science fiction novel ''[[Dune (novel)|Dune]]'' and asked Jodorowsky to direct [[Dune (Jodorowsky film)|a film version]]. Jodorowsky planned to cast the Surrealist artist [[Salvador Dalí]], in what would have been his only speaking role as a film actor, in the role of Emperor [[Shaddam IV]]. Dalí agreed when Jodorowsky offered to pay him a fee of $100,000 per hour.<ref name="Dune">{{Cite web|last=Jodorowsky|first=Alejandro|title=The Film You Will Never See|url=https://www.duneinfo.com/unseen/jodorowsky/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160616192820/http://www.duneinfo.com/unseen/jodorowsky|archive-date=16 June 2016|work=duneinfo.com}}</ref> He also planned to cast [[Orson Welles]] as Baron [[Vladimir Harkonnen]]; Welles only agreed when Jodorowsky offered to get his favourite gourmet chef to prepare his meals for him throughout the filming.{{sfn|Jodorowsky|2005|pp=227–230}} The book's protagonist, [[Paul Atreides]], was to be played by Jodorowsky's son, [[Brontis Jodorowsky]], 12 years old at the start of pre-production. The music would be composed by [[Pink Floyd]] and [[Magma (band)|Magma]].<ref name=Dune /> Jodorowsky set up a pre-production unit in Paris consisting of [[Chris Foss]], a British artist who designed covers for science fiction publications, [[Jean Giraud]] (Mœbius), a French illustrator who created and also wrote and drew for ''[[Métal Hurlant]]'' magazine, and [[H. R. Giger]].<ref name=Dune /> Frank Herbert travelled to Europe in 1976 to find that $2&nbsp;million of the $9.5&nbsp;million budget had already been spent in pre-production, and that Jodorowsky's script would result in a 14-hour movie ("It was the size of a phonebook", Herbert later recalled).<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Anderson|first1=Ariston|last2=Jodorowsky|first2=Alejandro|date=17 June 2013|title=10 Lessons on Filmmaking from Director Alejandro Jodorowsky|url=https://filmmakermagazine.com/72541-10-lessons-on-filmmaking-from-director-alejandro-jodorowsky/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160409080232/http://filmmakermagazine.com/72541-10-lessons-on-filmmaking-from-director-alejandro-jodorowsky/|archive-date=9 April 2016|work=[[Filmmaker (magazine)|Filmmaker]]|publisher=[[Independent Feature Project]]}}</ref> Jodorowsky took creative liberties with the source material, but Herbert said that he and Jodorowsky had an amicable relationship. The production for the film collapsed when no film studio could be found willing to fund the movie to Jodorowsky's terms. The aborted production was chronicled in the documentary ''[[Jodorowsky's Dune]]'', directed by [[Frank Pavich]]. Subsequently, the rights for filming were sold to [[Dino De Laurentiis]], who employed the American filmmaker [[David Lynch]] to direct, creating the film ''[[Dune (1984 film)|Dune]]'' in 1984. The documentary does not include any original film footage of what was to be ''Jodorowsky's Dune'' though it states that the unmade film was an influence on other science fiction films, such as ''[[Star Wars (film)|Star Wars]]'', ''[[Alien (film)|Alien]]'', ''[[The Terminator (film)|The Terminator]]'', ''[[Flash Gordon (film)|Flash Gordon]]'' and ''[[Raiders of the Lost Ark]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20190312-is-jodorowskys-dune-the-greatest-film-never-made|title=Is Jodorowsky's Dune the greatest film never made? |last=Barber |first=Nicholas |date=March 14, 2019|publisher=[[BBC News]]|access-date=May 19, 2020}}</ref><ref name="EW 1341">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20326356_20879243,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141209103634/http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20326356_20879243,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=9 December 2014 |title=10 Best/5 Worst Movies of 2014 |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |first=Chris |last=Nashawaty |issue=1341 |date=December 12, 2014|access-date=December 8, 2014}}</ref> In particular, the Jodorowsky-assembled team of O'Bannon, Foss, Giger, and Giraud went on to collaborate on the 1979 film ''[[Alien (film)|Alien]]''.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Scanlon |first1=Paul |author2=Michael Cross |title=The Book of Alien |publisher=[[Titan Books]] |year=1979 |location=[[London]] |isbn=1-85286-483-4}}</ref> Later, in January 2023, Frank Pavich, director of the documentary film ''Jodorowsky's Dune'', published an essay in ''[[The New York Times]]'' related to ''Jodorowsky's Dune'' (and more) that involved artwork generated by [[generative AI]].<ref name="NYT-20230113">{{cite news |last=Pavich |first=Frank |authorlink=Frank Pavich |title=This Is the 'Greatest Film Never Made' - This Film Does Not Exist |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/01/13/opinion/jodorowsky-dune-ai-tron.html |date=13 January 2023 |work=[[The New York Times]] |accessdate=13 January 2023 }}</ref>

After the collapse of the ''Dune'' project, Jodorowsky completely changed course and, in 1980, premiered his children's fable ''[[Tusk (1980 film)|Tusk]]'', shot in India. Taken from [[Reginald Campbell]]'s novel ''[[Poo Lorn of the Elephants]]'', the film explores the [[soul-mate]] relationship between a young British woman living in India and a highly prized elephant. The film exhibited little of the director's outlandish visual style and was never given wide release.