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Want a peek into the mind of Jodorowsky's KING SHOT?

FIRST by Sir Pirvan	Dec 2nd, 2008 04:51:10 AM
Yup.
There's only two Die Hard movies by kwisatzhaderach	Dec 2nd, 2008 04:54:47 AM
Both directed by John McTiernan.
Also by kwisatzhaderach	Dec 2nd, 2008 04:58:55 AM
this looks awesome.
I'm excited! by PSJ	Dec 2nd, 2008 05:25:01 AM
At least as much as I can be. Good to have crazy uncle Jodorowsky back in the shit again. This one looks hopeful (as if there's any reason that it wouldn't). He says it will be commercial...POSSSIBLY. With young people....not with today's youth. I highly doubt a jodorowsky film can be commercially successful with today's youth, and I'm one of them (an exception to the rule...but you get what I mean.)
That should have read... by Galva	Dec 2nd, 2008 05:40:37 AM
"... a shitload of cool folks, and Maralyn Manson." Still, looks interesting.
kwisatzhaderach by Galva	Dec 2nd, 2008 05:41:38 AM
On Die Hard: Damn right.
Hell naw! I mean yeah! by seppukudkurosawa	Dec 2nd, 2008 05:48:42 AM
I'm currently knee-deep in his Incal comics, and it's some of the best sci-fi I've ever read. Illuminating, bawdy, dizzying, classical; if you want to branch out into European comics, you can't do much better. Vern, if you're reading this, I'd check them out.
Not sure about "great commercial success " by Gungan Slayer	Dec 2nd, 2008 06:00:56 AM
But, still looks neat nonetheless.
A New Jodorowsky Film! by LaserPants	Dec 2nd, 2008 06:01:07 AM
Now THATS something to be excited about. Fuck this Avatar bullshit. THIS guy is the real deal.
YES! by s0nicdeathmonkey	Dec 2nd, 2008 06:13:51 AM
then scotch.
LaserPants by kwisatzhaderach	Dec 2nd, 2008 06:35:46 AM
You do realise Avatar will be better than Terminator 3?
LaserPants by kwisatzhaderach	Dec 2nd, 2008 06:35:46 AM
You do realise Avatar will be better than Terminator 3?
I Realize AVATAR Will Be... by LaserPants	Dec 2nd, 2008 06:39:59 AM
Overhyped and overrated by geeks who will also be confounded by the fact that it is going to bomb. They already made the Matrix (twice, actually, if you count Tron), and i don't see how James "I Made Two Good Movies -- T1 and Aliens" Cameron can improve upon the idea in any way shape or form. Except, perhaps, with even more effects and special cameras. Perhaps something with an underwater theme?
Too bad that Jodorowsky guy is nuts by Seth Brundle	Dec 2nd, 2008 06:42:56 AM
the guy writes books about the "amazing prediction capabilities of Tarot readings"...sigh he also gives some stupid "psychomagic" (sic) advice to people with psychological problems where he asks them to do stupid things and charges money for that
they need to market this like it was a Michael Bay movie by Spandau Belly	Dec 2nd, 2008 07:03:13 AM
so that everybody goes to see it and leaves the cinema in traumatized shock.
KING SHOT-FUCKING YOUR BRAIN AND SOUL IN 2009 by L. Ron Bumquist	Dec 2nd, 2008 07:08:27 AM
KING SHOT-FUCKING YOUR BRAIN AND SOUL IN 2009
I was just thinking there recently... by TroutMaskReplicant	Dec 2nd, 2008 07:27:33 AM
That the Wachowski brothers should have stolen, I mean borrowed, some of the plot of El Topo for the Matrix sequels. It's good to have Jodorowsky back, even if he is fucking mental. It wouldn't have been a big surprise if Tarantino came on board as a producer (as well as Lynch) but I bet he's busy on Basterds.
LaserPants by kwisatzhaderach	Dec 2nd, 2008 08:00:16 AM
Yeah, if only Jim Cameron had the talent of the Wachowski brothers.
Jodorowsky is a God! by Sith Witch	Dec 2nd, 2008 08:03:33 AM
I CANNOT WAIT!!
TroutMaskReplicant: by Sith Witch	Dec 2nd, 2008 08:16:51 AM
I've only seen the Matrix sequels once, but am a massive El Topo fan. What elements do you notice as being repeated? I'm very curious and am too busy to watch the Matrix films again just for catching similarities. Thanks!
David Lynch involvement + shitty cast = This Will Suck by ShiftyEyedDog2	Dec 2nd, 2008 09:11:49 AM
the concept art looks AWESOME, but everything else about this flick screams disappointment and crap... plus that director seems likes a pompous ass.
Dude!!!... by torpedoboy	Dec 2nd, 2008 09:16:51 AM
...and I JUST posted a pic from "The Holy Mountain" on my Facebook. This is awesome news!!
This will NEVER get made! by godoffireinhell	Dec 2nd, 2008 09:25:03 AM
Don't be naive! He's been talking about this movie for at least the past 5 years. So he has a script and some concept drawings? Great! Now good luck finding someone who wants to fund a movie as weird as this. And it doesn't look like it'd be a very cheap film to make either. Jodorowsky will die before he makes another film.
You are excrement by Coma Baby	Dec 2nd, 2008 09:40:03 AM
You can change yourself into gold. I recently saw El Topo and Holy Mountain - if this is even half as creative, visionary, and fun as those I'll be be very happy. If only more directors were as ambitious as Jodorowski. Holy Mountain is mind-altering cinema as ceremony - more of that please!
Yeah, Jodorowsky is the goods. by quentintarantado	Dec 2nd, 2008 09:58:49 AM
I'd like to get a busload of Twilight fans into a screening of El Topo. Like deer caught in headlights.
Secret Chiefs 3 ~! by j_difool	Dec 2nd, 2008 10:16:23 AM
Secret Chiefs 3 music, Jodorowsky and Zsigmond behind the camera, Mickey Rourke in the cast.. FUCK YEAH ! For the first time ever, I am excited at aintitcoolnews.... And I am loving the fact that the ball-sniffing geeks who lurk here don't get it.
and Udo Kier ! by j_difool	Dec 2nd, 2008 10:21:25 AM
one more name I forgot.... the best Dracula ever (yeah, that's right motherfuckers).
awesome by wash	Dec 2nd, 2008 10:45:12 AM
Looking forward to this more than anything else I can think of really.
this is amazing news by Kloipy	Dec 2nd, 2008 10:55:17 AM
I can't wait for this. Holy Mountain is one of my favorite films ever made
Holy Fuck by gusradio	Dec 2nd, 2008 10:59:09 AM
Jodorowsky and David Lynch. I just punched a baby in the face! This is the coolest of news.
A new film by Jodorowsky... by Frank Black	Dec 2nd, 2008 11:17:08 AM
Is just what this world needs right now! The rumblings on this project have gotten louder and louder. I think it might really happen.
... by Gozu	Dec 2nd, 2008 12:02:08 PM
I desperately want to see this. It looks crazy cool.
Is Jodo really going to release a film? by Mullah Omar	Dec 2nd, 2008 12:39:06 PM
Damn, how long has it been? This is one of those guys who cannot help but make an interesting film. Too bad he is constantly MIA.
Pull your LA filmschool head out of your LA filmschool ass by donnarumsfeld	Dec 2nd, 2008 12:43:44 PM
Who cares if it 'does well' or if he is pompous or a wacko or any of that crap? Jodorowsky is immaculate. He is an auteur. He makes magnificent movies and he always delivers.
Anybody else see Santa Sangre? by kwisatzhaderach	Dec 2nd, 2008 01:13:37 PM
What a crazy, fucked-up film that is...
HOLY SHIT!!!! by Dr. Wordsmith	Dec 2nd, 2008 01:15:29 PM
only 5 people here in manila will see this. If ever it goes here the right way.
Sigh by Genre_Baby	Dec 2nd, 2008 01:23:50 PM
He had me until I saw the names Marilyn Manson and Asia Argento. Which means this will be a rental at best. I wish the great man all the best with King Shot, but those two 'actors' are not my idea of great or cool and thereby dampen this project for me.
The line I loved from this interview by K\|LLDOZER	Dec 2nd, 2008 01:36:53 PM
I loved the fact that Jodorowsky made sure to draw the distinction between "artistic" film and industrial films. I couldn't think of a more perfect classification for large spectacle than "industrial." Oversized, expensive, impersonal and belittling. Excellent.
They need to market this as Sex and the City 2 by Stuntcock Mike	Dec 2nd, 2008 02:10:21 PM
Get the asses in seats.
NICE by brandon11	Dec 2nd, 2008 02:23:34 PM
this looks awsome and i love david lynch
this looks very cool, but where is "metabarons"? by JimmyJoe RedSky	Dec 2nd, 2008 02:44:09 PM
make a metabarons movie already - actually a trilogy - rated r - get lynch to direct - they might be box office failures, but great bat shit crazy fantastic movies
GENIUS!!! by krull rules	Dec 2nd, 2008 03:14:47 PM
Jodorowsky NEVER disappoints -- one of the greatest visual directors in history -- to think this man almost made DUNE -- looking forward to KING SHOT...
the video is gone by Vern	Dec 2nd, 2008 03:41:41 PM
Do they mention if Nick Nolte is still in it?
Nick Nolte by Coma Baby	Dec 2nd, 2008 03:50:57 PM
Yep, his name was listed. I hope he gets to play the lizard pope. For some reason I used to confuse him with Gary Busey (who might have the right kind of crazy for a part in this.)
Here's the same video: by Sith Witch	Dec 2nd, 2008 04:31:19 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =U_xMpcN3IIc
why would someone want this NOT to be seen? by gotilk	Dec 2nd, 2008 05:31:39 PM
retarded
Yes Nick Nolte is still mentioned. by gotilk	Dec 2nd, 2008 05:50:49 PM
:)!!
If Manson can shed the persona. by gotilk	Dec 2nd, 2008 05:54:03 PM
He seems hungry, with something to prove. He might surprise.
? by Harold-Sherbort	Dec 2nd, 2008 06:22:15 PM
The video is gone. IT'S ALL GONE!!!!!!
Looks like ass by King_Knut	Dec 2nd, 2008 06:35:49 PM
Pretentious, pseud ass.
I am baffled... by macheesmo3	Dec 2nd, 2008 06:43:44 PM
that there seem to be some tb'ers here who don't know anything about Jodorowsky!!!! RUN TO NETFLIX AND ADD EL-TOPO AND THE HOLY MOUNTAIN TO THE TOP OF YOUR QUE!!! You can thank me later. Oh and , does anyone have any news on a region 1 Santa Sangre DVD?
@Whiney Negative Bitch LOL by Genre_Baby	Dec 2nd, 2008 07:45:03 PM
Someone has to dislike Asia Argento. XoXo at you. I happen to adore El Topo. The other films are not my cup of tea. While I respect Jodo's vision, I don't agree with his opinion of the aforementioned people he deems 'great' actors.
seppukudkurosawa by StrokerX	Dec 2nd, 2008 08:24:41 PM
I havent read Incal but have been meaning too. I think the Metabaron saga is one of the greatest comic sci-fi stories ever. It's freakin poetic. I need to re-read them. Also Technopriest which i'm reading now is totally unforgingly awesome.
Oh yeah and... by StrokerX	Dec 2nd, 2008 08:32:15 PM
This is some of the best news ever. I liked his line in the video about living as long as his fingernails. Hopefully he'll get to film a big budget hardcore sci fi movie. If he got to do a Metabarons movie...i'd poop myself and then turn into gold. >p> So if you guys n gals havent checked out The Metabarons comic book, then you reaaallly should check it out. So people if you
I'm reading the second volume of Technopriests this very second by seppukudkurosawa	Dec 2nd, 2008 08:57:29 PM
This Janjetov guy can draw some of the most ugly and beautiful things I've ever seen in my life. If you like his art, I'd check out his work on the Incal prequels he worked on a few years before. Shit, after reading that, I'd have sued The Fifth Element if I were Jodorowsky... Oh wait, he did. The suit got thrown out of court, but I'd say Jodo had a point. TFE's like a different story set in the same Universe Jodo, Moebius and Janjetov created. I haven't read the Metabarons yet, but I've got them on order. Looks like I'm in for something quite special (as if I expected anything less from this man). Anyway, glad to see such a high Fan-to-"Ugh, his movies are pretentious and unwatchable" ratio in this talkback! No one's forcing you to watch The Holy Mountain and write a 50 thousand word essay on it. Jodorowsky's there as an alternative for the people who might be into him. We NEED the crazy visionaries. The people who see the world from such a unique angle that they can't help but infect others with their individual perspective. Pseud? I've not got a single doubt in my mind that he believes in the stuff he says (example: he thinks that people don't write stories, they were planted in our minds already). And that's good enough for me.
I don't know what this movie is about... by caruso_stalker217	Dec 2nd, 2008 10:26:44 PM
...but if Asia Argento is in it then I will definitely be masturbating to it eventually.
seppukudkurosawa: by Sith Witch	Dec 2nd, 2008 11:52:58 PM
I've been trying to find the proper release order for all his comic properties and am having trouble. The few L'Incal collections are astronomically-priced, and there are so many editions I'm confused. Can you help me make sense of the proper order and where the best place to get them is? Thanks in advance!
I'll wait for rental by Vern	Dec 3rd, 2008 02:38:46 AM
Just kidding. It seems like it would be hard to be in between on Jodorowsky, either you're gonna love that shit or you're not gonna enjoy it at all. HOLY MOUNTAIN is one of my favorite movies ever, and I've been dying to see him try another movie. It's kind of funny to see people saying they'll skip it because they don't like Asian Argento or whatever. Have you seen a Jodorowsky movie before? Do you think it really matters who's in the cast? Shit, it could be Martin Lawrence, he'd still probaly have him nursing a baby tiger from his nipples or some crazy shit like that. That said, I'm very excited to see Nick Nolte let loose for Jodorowsky. That just might be dangerous. And I don't think "pretentious" applies to this guy. Do you think he gives a shit about pretense? He doesn't give a shit about anything. He made a movie about turning shit into gold. He wants to distribute this movie by going around projecting it on the sides of buildings. He doesn't need to impress anybody.
I agree, Jodo is not pretentious by Mullah Omar	Dec 3rd, 2008 08:30:42 AM
I figure someone is only pretentious if they go overboard trying to get everyone to acknowledge their genius. Jodo talks like a space case, and I can see why some people might confuse this with pretention, but I don't see him lobbying for recognition or playing to the critics. The guy simply makes the movies he wants to make. Your opinion does not exist in Jodo's dojo.
Sante Sangre by TheBigE4000	Dec 3rd, 2008 11:20:11 AM
I sure hope they come out with a DVD for Sante Sangre. That shit was nuts. I saw it earlier this year at the Cannes Film Festival. Jodorowsky's son presented it, and Nick Nolte was in the audience.
Sith Witch by seppukudkurosawa	Dec 3rd, 2008 12:21:22 PM
Sorry for the late reply, but here you go. I'd recommend reading the prequels first like I did, but it's your call: The Incal #1: Orphan of the City Shaft (Humanoids) (Prequel) The Incal #2: John DiFool, Class "R" Detective (Humanoids) (Prequel) The Incal: The Epic Conspiracy (Humanoids/DC) The Incal: The Epic Journey (Humanoids/DC) For the Metabarons... The Metabarons Vol.1: Othon and Honorata (Humanoids/DC) The Metabarons Vol.2: Aghnar and Oda (Humanoids/DC) The Metabarons Vol.3: Steelhand and Dona Vicenta (Humanoids/DC) Also The Techopriests tie in, those are... The Technopriests Book 1: Initiation (Humanoids/DC) The Technopriests Book 2: Rebellion (Humanoids/DC) Hope you enjoy them!
Big on symbols, impenetrable symbology by jazzdownunder	Dec 3rd, 2008 12:53:26 PM
Jodorowsky movies have a habit of appearing in the Incredibly Strange 24 Hour Movie Marathon here in NZ (this years event takes place this coming weekend - WOOHOO!) Whilst I can appreciate the "art" in Jodorowsky's movie making, they ultimately leave me cold. There's some great imagery and a feeling that there should be a meaning but if there is then it is utterly impenetrable. I would probably enjoy Jodorowsky's work more if it weren't part of a 24 Hour marathon, in which setting his movies feel about 3 times longer than they already are.
THE VIDEO IS BACK UP, JUST MOVED! by gusradio	Dec 4th, 2008 12:26:35 AM
This is the new link http://tinyurl.com/579for This is the kind of news I wade through so much aicn BS for!
http://tinyurl.com/579for by gusradio	Dec 4th, 2008 12:27:44 AM

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