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Giger's Alien

  • 1979
  • 34m
IMDb RATING
8.1/10
107
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Giger's Alien (1979)
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Documentary about Giger's work for the movie Alien (1979).Documentary about Giger's work for the movie Alien (1979).Documentary about Giger's work for the movie Alien (1979).

  • Directors
    • H.R. Giger
    • J.J. Wittmer
  • Stars
    • H.R. Giger
    • Ridley Scott
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  • IMDb RATING
    8.1/10
    107
    YOUR RATING
    • Directors
      • H.R. Giger
      • J.J. Wittmer
    • Stars
      • H.R. Giger
      • Ridley Scott
    • 1User review
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    H.R. Giger
    H.R. Giger
    • Self - Narrator
    Ridley Scott
    Ridley Scott
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      • H.R. Giger
      • J.J. Wittmer
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    8braniki

    The Self-Portrait of the Artist

    Very aware of being part of an important project, the modern artist H.R.Giger made a short film out of his work on the settings and the costumes of Ridley's Scott's classic. As a result, he gives us an essential document focusing on the artistic aspect of movie-making. We are so much used to the standard "making of" concept focused on the director and the actors that we get kind of unsettled by this unusual angle.

    So much the better, however! We got a bit tired of those conventional featurettes full of expected self-indulging interviews of stars and movie makers. It's kind of refreshing just to watch the artist working. His own comments just guide us with no pretentious attitude whatsoever. He never tries to "sell" his product either and takes time to explain every details of the process.

    Great fun! Very instructive!

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      Self - Narrator: The cosmic incubation has begun.

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      Edited into The 'Alien' Saga (2002)

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    • Country of origin
      • Switzerland
    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • Shepperton Studios, Shepperton, Surrey, England, UK
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      • Twentieth Century-Fox Productions
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