Memory: The Origins of Alien (2019)

6.4/10 95 min 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.

Cast

Ronald Shusett

Self

Ivor Powell

Self

Terry Rawlings

Self

Tom Skerritt

Self

Veronica Cartwright

Self

Roger Corman

Self

Gary Sherman

Self

Clarke Wolfe

Self

Adam Egypt Mortimer

Self

Ben Mankiewicz

Self

Axelle Carolyn

Self

Tim Boxell

Self

Rhoda Pell

Furies

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