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Memory: The Origins of Alien

6.2 95 mins Documentary   2019
Screen Media Films   Legion M   Dogwoof  
Director(s): Alexandre O. Philippe

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.

Casts of Memory: The Origins of Alien

Ronald Shusett

as Self

Roger Christian

as Self

Ivor Powell

as Self

Terry Rawlings

as Self

Tom Skerritt

as Self

Roger Corman

as Self

Gary Sherman

as Self

Clarke Wolfe

as Self

Diane O'Bannon

as Self

Ben Mankiewicz

as Self

William Linn

as Self

Henry Jenkins

as Self

Axelle Carolyn

as Self

Tim Boxell

as Self

Bijan Aalam

as Self

Linda Rich

as Furies

Rhoda Pell

as Furies

Mickey Faerch

as Greek-speaking Furie

Shannon Muchow

as (voice)

Ridley Scott

as Self (archival footage)

Dan O'Bannon

as Self (archival footage)

H. R. Giger

as Self (archival footage)

Francis Bacon

as Self - Artist (archive footage)

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