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

Ivor Powell

Terry Rawlings

Tom Skerritt

Veronica Cartwright

Roger Corman

Gary Sherman

Clarke Wolfe

Adam Egypt Mortimer

Ben Mankiewicz

Self

Axelle Carolyn

Tim Boxell

Self

Rhoda Pell

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