Memory: The Origins of Alien
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Memory: The Origins of Alien

Memory: The Origins of Alien

6.3/ 10

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2019

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95 min

Runtime

Documentary

Overview

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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movie business
pop culture
making of
based on movie
movie set
alien world
creative process
monster movie
movie fan
cinema history
alien organism
movie studio
creative director

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SWITCH.

SWITCH.

@maketheSWITCH

August 10, 2019

6
6/10

What makes ‘Memory: The Origins of Alien’ interesting is the way, as one critic puts it, “it was a synthesis that wasn’t done consciously“ of Giger’s biomechanical designs, Scott’s eye for striking compositions and O’Bannon’s fear of insects and the unknown. The Xenomorph, a symbiotic monster and cl

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Sheldon Nylander

Sheldon Nylander

@dalboz

September 21, 2019

6
6/10

Honestly, there's not much to say about "Memory." Or rather, there isn't much to say about "Alien" that hasn't really been said before. Most of the information is stuff that's been talked about before. It was interesting to see some more information about the original idea for "Alien," that being th

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