Tuesday, November 23, 2021

Film Storyboards For Doomed 1970s Version of Dune Sell for €2.7m

 

Film storyboards for doomed 1970s version of Dune sell for €2.7m | Film | The Guardian

The storyboards for the doomed 1970s film version of sci-fi classic Dune have sold for €2.66m ($3m) at auction, about 100 times the expected price.

Long considered a mythical object by sci-fi fans, the notebook of drawings for the film by Franco-Chilean director Alejandro Jodorowsky triggered a bidding war at Christie’s in Paris.

The film project was supposed to bring together some major stars of the period, including Salvador Dalí, Mick Jagger and Pink Floyd – but fell apart after four years of preparation due to lack of funding.

The auction went down to two determined bidders, with an American eventually emerging victorious.


3 comments:

Rob R said...

And here I thought you were a true fan... I assumed you would be the one to add this to your Cave of Cool! haha!

Cal's Canadian Cave of Coolness said...

Its only safe in my hands

Rob R said...

I guess someone posted the entire book online:
https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipNGBuasYa_WETf7sF6Q9W3SN-X7oiB3jrh5QDMMNQPQl9xgS3cua--BhRr-BImP1w?key=QmE1WTR0Z0FtZVFIalpsYVZ3LXFXMS1DUmNiUnR3