Much of what comes to the public sphere in terms of narrative is radically, spectacularly boring. As someone who’s currently reading Michael Moorecock’s Cornelius Quartet and whom regularly returns to the Illuminatus Trilogy for a dose of uncurtained reality, I’m perpetually hungry for blow-your-mind narratives. I’m of the mind that narrative can be transformative, or maybe that’s just my faith in the Burrough’s idea that information is viral. The two trailers below are infectious.
Whether the above video trailer for L’Incal is really descended from Moebius and Jodorowsky’s not-yet-and-maybe-never-realized interpretation and re-envisioning of Dune is highly debatable, but that’s really irrelevant to our viewing pleasure. Jodorowsky possesses the kind of mind that doesn’t simply diverge one degree from the subject, he’s willing to completely abandon all points of reference in the pursuit of his vision. Both the video and the Dune reference link are via BoingBoing.
A few years back, in the wake of 9/11, I picked up the re-launched G.I. Joe comic. While it was kind of exciting to see one of the mainstays of my childhood mythos again, the four issue series was really little more than some kind of right wing government fantasy, like the erotic dream of a couch potato Soldier of Fortune subscriber. But the video above, pointed out by YouTube ninja Nicholas Klemek is part of Canzo Empyrean, a “post-reality” narrative that is centered around everyone’s favourite steel masked arms dealer, Destro. They’re making a “straight” G.I. Joe movie that’s coming out next year, and I think we all know that it’s going to suck – why can’t someone throw $50-100 million at the folks at Formal Films who are responsible for the above?
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November 26th, 2008 at
So L’Incal is something I can pick up easily on the VHS black market and it’s a full film, not like five seconds of the first five minutes of a production that ended up existing in someone’s nose…then disappearing FOREVER!. Cause I need that Es aych eye tee.
November 27th, 2008 at
No, L’Incal was never completed as a film. What’s above is just cribbed together test footage for a trailer, possibly made to attract funding or interest for the unrealized film. L’Incal is only available as a comic.
January 24th, 2009 at
I saw Canzo in full. One of the best days of my life. I heard Fornal bought General Butt Naked’s life story rights? I hope he get’s some real money to do this one! Canzo was made with under 10 g’s. He is gonna go to Hollywood and just start biting fake noses off.
January 26th, 2009 at
I would kill to see the Fornal version of General Butt Naked’s life.