Memory: The Origins of Alien
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.
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Before Alien, there was Starbeast. Before Starbeast, there was… Memory. 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.
Details
Directors
Alexandre O. Philippe
Writers
Alexandre O. Philippe
Cast
Ronald Shusett, Roger Christian, Ivor Powell, Terry Rawlings, Tom Skerritt, Veronica Cartwright, Roger Corman, Gary Sherman, Carmen Scheifele-Giger, Clarke Wolfe, Diane O'Bannon, Adam Egypt Mortimer, Ben Mankiewicz, William Linn, Henry Jenkins
Production
Screen Media Films, Legion M, Dogwoof
Languages
English
Countries
United States of America
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