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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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Ronald Shusett
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Roger Christian
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Ivor Powell
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Terry Rawlings
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Tom Skerritt
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Roger Corman
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Gary Sherman
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Clarke Wolfe
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Diane O'Bannon
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Ben Mankiewicz
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William Linn
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Henry Jenkins
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Axelle Carolyn
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Tim Boxell
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Bijan Aalam
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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 classic cinema nasty, was created through a vast melting pot of the different influences brought to the film by three preternaturally creative people. In regards to outlining the complexities of this origin story, O. Phillippe’s documentary is an unqualified success.
- Jake Watt
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https://www.maketheswitch.com.au/article/review-memory-the-origins-of-alien-three-men-and-a-xenomorph
maketheSWITCH10 Aug, 2019
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