Memory: The Origins of Alien
Before Alien, there was Starbeast. Before Starbeast, there was… Memory.
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DVD Details
- Run Time: 1 hours, 35 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: November 19, 2019
- Originally Released: 2019
- Label: Screen Media
Performers, Cast and Crew:
| Featured: | Veronica Cartwright, Roger Corman, Henry Jenkins, Roger Christian, Ronald Shusett, Terry Rawlings, Gary Sherman & Tom Skerritt | |
| Directed by | Alexandre O. Philippe | |
| Composition by | Jon Hegel | |
| Director of Photography: | Robert Muratore |
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While it is generally engaging to learn about the influences of the screenwriter Dan O'Bannon or the artistic process of H.R. Giger (who designed the alien), the documentary is at its least fawning when it focuses on technique.
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New York Times
Rating: 3.5/4 --
Great and informative entry in the world of 'moviemaking documentaries'. [Full review in Spanish].
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Cinelipsis
Rating: B --
... with that subtitle it is no surprise that a lot of the inspiration for "Alien" came from author Dan O'Bannon's childhood.
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Reeling Reviews
"Memory: The Origins of 'Alien,'" a well-mounted peek behind the scenes of Ridley Scott's 1979 science-fiction masterpiece, is more interested in what you can see, as well as what you cannot unsee.
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Los Angeles Times
4 stars out of 4 -- It has a complex and rigorously argued set of theses that all come together at the end....Every detail, whether journalistic or aesthetic, is building towards an extended consideration of the 'birth' scene at the dinner table.
RogerEbert.com
Rating: 3/5 --
[O]nce the film finishes discussing said scene, it stops dead and dashes for the credits, as if Alien were a movie of one half only. Still, this is an appealing jaunt nonetheless - and a must for Alien enthusiasts.
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Times (UK)
Rating: 4/5 --
[A] solemn and enlivening documentary...
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Product Description:
Never before seen footage uncovers the origin behind Ridley Scott's 1979 sci-fi film Alien, which drew its inspiration from obscure comic books, Francis Bacon's artwork, Greek and Egyptian mythologies, and the unsettling depths of Dan O'Bannon and H.R. Giger's minds. Candid interviews reveal the complexity of collaborative filmmaking projects as well as the influence of both myth and the shared subconscious workings of the human mind on the creative process as a whole. Written and directed by Alexandre O. Philippe.
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- UPC: 814838015866
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