EA legend turns 40: In 1979, Ridley Scott's horror science fiction classic «Alien» scared the audience and created an iconic monster that wrote film history. However, despite the popularity of the eerie being from another world, many sources and inspirations have remained hidden - until now.
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 HR Giger. In addition, fans can look forward to the original script called "Memory" from 1971. In addition, the documentary analyzes why some scenes have lost none of their horror even decades later.
Memory: The Origins of Alien - Official Trailer
Memory was a script that Dan O'Bannon started in 1971, abruptly hitting a wall at page 29. But after the idea gestated for several years, it ultimately took the form of Ridley Scott's masterpiece Alien.
Alexandre O. Philippe's documentaries — most recently 78/52, about Hitchcock's Psycho shower scene — have interrogated cinema's cultural ripples. If MEMORY — The Origins of Alien were only a comprehensive account of Alien's origins — ancient myths, comic books, HP Lovecraft, sci-fi movies, and parasitic wasps — it would still be fascinating. But how did Alien lodge itself so indelibly into our cultural imagination? Philippe's real interest lies in the deep resonance of myths and our collective unconscious. The strange symbiotic collaboration between Alien creators O'Bannon, Scott, and HR Giger suggests a greater synchronicity across history, art, and storytelling, a synchronicity that gives us the Furies, creatures of Renaissance painting, and even chest-bursting aliens.
Propelled by a pure joy of cinema (and sociology), the film is strewn with unearthed archival material, designs, and story notes. It's safe to say you'll never think of Alient the same way again.
The film will somehow appear digitally on October 4th and will be shown here and there in cinemas ...
Memory: The Origins of Alien - Official UK Trailer
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