Jodorowsky's "Dune" storyboard sold for € 2.66 million

“storyboard”

sparked auctions organized by Christie's in Paris.

This working document by Franco-Chilean director Alejandro Jodorowsky for his accursed adaptation project for the cult novel was awarded this Monday for 2.66 million euros (costs included), well beyond the estimate.

A mythical object for science fiction enthusiasts, this big book dating from the mid-1970s was only estimated between 25,000 and 35,000 euros by the auction house.

“The estimate had to take into account the reality of the market that we discover totally upset by the current theatrical success of

by Canadian Denis Villeneuve,” observed the auction house.

Alain Delon, Mick Jagger and Salvador Dali were to play the main roles

The auctions quickly flew and ultimately gave rise to a tough battle between two foreign bidders, over the phone.

The winner is American.

In the form of drawings, the storyboard brings together the plans of what should have been the film never made for lack of funding.

Alain Delon, Mick Jagger and Salvador Dali were expected in the main roles.

These worksheets are signed by a comic book star, the Frenchman Moebius (alias Jean Giraud, died in 2012), and by the Swiss illustrator HR Giger (died in 2014), who will then create the creature of the film

(1979 ).

Both were to ensure the artistic direction of this titanic project and their storyboard was intended to "arouse the interest of the great American production houses", according to Christie's.

"Between ten and twenty copies were produced"

"We are aware of a few other copies: one was offered for auction a few years ago, another is in the possession of Jodorowksy (…) and a third is partially reproduced online," said the auction house.

It is difficult to estimate the total circulation.

We can assume that between ten and twenty copies were produced.

"

A figure of the counter-culture today in his nineties, author of the experimental and psychedelic films

(1970) and

(1973), Jodorowsky had seen very big for

.

He expected between ten and fifteen hours of film.

According to film specialists, the ideas in gestation for

 Jodorowsky's

have influenced major films like

(1977) or

(1982).

The first book in a cult science fiction cycle written by the American Frank Herbert in 1965,

 returned to the spotlight this year thanks to the film Denis Villeneuve made, after David Lynch's version. in 1984.

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