Memory: The Origins of Alien

Memory: The Origins of Alien (2019)

January 24th, 20191h 35min

Documentary
63%

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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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