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.
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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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