Memory: The Origins of Alien (2019) (original) (raw)

The untold origin story behind Ridley Scott's Alien - rooted in Greek and Egyptian mythologies, underground comics, the art of Francis Bacon, and the dark visions of Dan O'Bannon and H.R. Giger. A contemplation on the symbiotic collaborative process of movie-making, the power of myth, and our collective unconscious.

The untold origin story behind Ridley Scott's Alien - rooted in Greek and Egyptian mythologies, underground comics, the art of Francis Bacon, and the dark visions of Dan O'Bannon and H.R. Giger. A contemplation on the symbiotic collaborative process of movie-making, the power of myth, and our collective unconscious. (less)

Director: Alexandre O. Philippe
Writer: Alexandre O. Philippe
Starring: Axelle Carolyn, Veronica Cartwright, Roger Christian, Roger Corman, Adam Egypt Mortimer, Rhoda Pell
Producer: Kerry Deignan Roy

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Review by Brian Orndorf, September 12, 2019

5 / 10

There�s no shortage of media dedicated to the making of the 1979 masterpiece, �Alien.� Books, T.V. shows, website articles, podcasts, and DVD/Blu-ray documentaries have all ventured into the analysis realm, finding all possible corners covered when it comes to the creation of the picture and its lasting hold on audiences over the last 40 years. Saturation is real, but that doesn�t stop Alexandre O. Philippe (�The People vs. George Lucas�), who ventures back into the blood and guts of filmmaking with �Memory: The Origin of Alien,� on a mission to not simply chart the day-by-day progress of the ...read more...

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