However, Jodorowsky’s most famous endeavor was a failed 1965 production of Frank Herbert’s sci-fi novel Dune. In the iconic sci-fi novel remade as a blockbuster 2021 film, a hallucinogen called spice enables interstellar travel. When an authoritarian empire cracks down on the source of the psychedelic spice, an intergalactic conflict emerges.
Midjourney AI: Jodorowsky’s failed production of Dune
Notably, Dune’s broader fictional universe underwent a historic event called the Butlerian Jihad whereby “thinking machines” were eliminated from the galaxy after a failed revolution against humanity.