Memory: The Origins of Alien

Before Alien, there was Starbeast. Before Starbeast, there was… Memory.

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2019 / 95min.

Rating6.346

Genres

Documentary

Synopsis

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.

Directors

Alexandre O. Philippe

Actors

Terry Rawlings

Tom Skerritt

Clarke Wolfe

Veronica Cartwright

Roger Corman

Ben Mankiewicz

Axelle Carolyn

Adam Egypt Mortimer

Carmen Scheifele-Giger

Mickey Faerch

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