Memory: The Origins of Alien (Movie)

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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1. The Beast Within: Making 'Alien' (2003) (Movie) (9)
   

   Ridley Scott...Self

   

   Tom Skerritt...Self

   

   Veronica Cartwright...Self

   

   H.R. Giger...Self

   

   Dan O'Bannon...Self

   

   Ronald Shusett...Self

   

   Ivor Powell...Self

   Roger Christian...Self

   

   Terry Rawlings...Self
2. The Alien Legacy (1999) (Movie) (5)
   

   Ridley Scott...Self

   

   H.R. Giger...Self

   

   Dan O'Bannon...Self

   

   Ronald Shusett...Self

   

   Ivor Powell...Self
3. HR Giger Revealed (2010) (Movie) (3)
   Bijan Aalam...

   

   H.R. Giger...

   Carmen Scheifele-Giger...
4. Jodorowsky's Dune (2013) (Movie) (3)
   

   H.R. Giger...Self

   Diane O'Bannon...Self

   

   Dan O'Bannon...Self (voice) (archive footage)
5. Moebius Redux: A Life in Pictures (2007) (Movie) (3)
   

   Dan O'Bannon...Himself

   

   H.R. Giger...

   

   Dan O'Bannon...
6. AGFA MYSTERY MIXTAPE #1 (2020) (Movie) (2)
   

   Dan O'Bannon...Himself

   

   Roger Corman...Himself
7. Alien (1979) (Movie) (2)
   

   Tom Skerritt...Arthur Koblenz Dallas

   

   Veronica Cartwright...Joan Marie Lambert
8. Creating a Myth... the Memories of 'Legend' (2002) (Movie) (2)
   

   Ridley Scott...Himself

   

   Terry Rawlings...Himself
9. Film, the Living Record of our Memory (2021) (Movie) (2)
   

   Ben Mankiewicz...Ben Mankiewicz

   

   Ridley Scott...Ridley Scott
10. Giger's Alien (1979) (Movie) (2)
    

    H.R. Giger...Self

    

    Ridley Scott...Self
11. One Man's Way (1964) (Movie) (2)
    

    Veronica Cartwright...Mary

    

    Tom Skerritt...Leonard Peale, Grown
12. Tales of the Uncanny (2020) (Movie) (2)
    

    Roger Corman...Self

    

    Gary Sherman...Self
13. The Arrival (2017) (Movie) (2)
    

    Rhoda Pell...Wedding Guest

    

    Rhoda Pell...Grandma
14. The Horror Hall of Fame (1990) (Movie) (2)
    

    Roger Corman...Himself

    

    Tom Skerritt...Himself
15. The Perfect Scary Movie (2005) (Movie) (2)
    

    Veronica Cartwright...Herself

    

    Roger Corman...Himself
16. Wisdom (1986) (Movie) (2)
    

    Tom Skerritt...Lloyd Wisdom

    

    Veronica Cartwright...Samantha Wisdom
17. Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³' (2003) (Movie) (2)
    

    H.R. Giger...Self

    

    Terry Rawlings...Self (archive footage)