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Memory: The Origins of Alien

An in-depth voyage into the sci-fi film "Alien" with the visionary filmmakers who created it. See how one of the most terrifying movies of all time came to life 40 years ago, inspired by ancient mythology and our universal fears.

Director

Alexandre O. Philippe

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Genre

documentary, biography, history

Box Office

$31,378

Production

Screen Media Films,Legion M,Dogwoof

Awards

2 nominations

Homepage

https://dogwoof.com/memory

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And I think "alien" is
certainly one of those films. - Memory: The Origins of Alien

And I think "alien" is certainly one of those film...

William linn: Tolkien talked
about the cauldron of stories, - Memory: The Origins of Alien

William linn: Tolkien talked about the cauldron of stories,

If you look at a somatics
experiment, what you're going - Memory: The Origins of Alien

If you look at a somatics experiment, what you're going

A myth is like something
that vibrated from something - Memory: The Origins of Alien

A myth is like something that vibrated from something

You see a major
curse in the form - Memory: The Origins of Alien

You see a major curse in the form

We're looking at a
story where there - Memory: The Origins of Alien

We're looking at a story where there

He was a wild man, unbounded
by conventional reality. - Memory: The Origins of Alien

He was a wild man, unbounded by conventional reality.

You couldn't call him an
iconoclast, because he - Memory: The Origins of Alien

You couldn't call him an iconoclast, because he

He could be very offensive,
and was frequently - Memory: The Origins of Alien

He could be very offensive, and was frequently

He was hot, you know,
emotionally hot, emotionally - Memory: The Origins of Alien

He was hot, you know, emotionally hot, emotionally

He was born and raised in rural
Missouri and had no television. - Memory: The Origins of Alien

He was born and raised in rural Missouri and had no televisi...

They didn't even have a
telephone till he was 10. - Memory: The Origins of Alien

They didn't even have a telephone till he was 10.

They lived in the middle
of nowhere on 24 acres. - Memory: The Origins of Alien

They lived in the middle of nowhere on 24 acres.

His mother used to send
off for boxes of books, - Memory: The Origins of Alien

His mother used to send off for boxes of books,

His mother always wanted
him to read good literature. - Memory: The Origins of Alien

His mother always wanted him to read good literature.

And his mother would
always say, you - Memory: The Origins of Alien

And his mother would always say, you

His father owned a curio
shop, it was called odd acres. - Memory: The Origins of Alien

His father owned a curio shop, it was called odd acres.

There was a sort of screwy
Louie room, you know, - Memory: The Origins of Alien

There was a sort of screwy Louie room, you know,

That was growing
up in odd acres. - Memory: The Origins of Alien

That was growing up in odd acres.

And Dan helped him, and then
he had the press out there, - Memory: The Origins of Alien

And Dan helped him, and then he had the press out there,

Reporter: Because in one moment
of history-making violence, - Memory: The Origins of Alien

Reporter: Because in one moment of history-making violence,

And he was always very
frightened, in a way, - Memory: The Origins of Alien

And he was always very frightened, in a way,

So these things really
gave him the creeps. - Memory: The Origins of Alien

So these things really gave him the creeps.

And he wanted to creep
everybody else out too. - Memory: The Origins of Alien

And he wanted to creep everybody else out too.

And when he was thinking
of his monsters, - Memory: The Origins of Alien

And when he was thinking of his monsters,

Before "alien," Dan had
written a screenplay called - Memory: The Origins of Alien

Before "alien," Dan had written a screenplay calle...

It's a version of
an alien creature - Memory: The Origins of Alien

It's a version of an alien creature

O'bannon has this
great line, says, - Memory: The Origins of Alien

O'bannon has this great line, says,

I stole from everybody." - Memory: The Origins of Alien

I stole from everybody."

It starts on an
aircraft carrier, - Memory: The Origins of Alien

It starts on an aircraft carrier,

And there are three
Navy guys on the ship, - Memory: The Origins of Alien

And there are three Navy guys on the ship,

One of them's called peach pit,
and he likes to put peach pits - Memory: The Origins of Alien

One of them's called peach pit, and he likes to put pea...

The Navy surgeon
takes a scalpel, - Memory: The Origins of Alien

The Navy surgeon takes a scalpel,

And then it literally
scamper across the deck - Memory: The Origins of Alien

And then it literally scamper across the deck

And they go, well, we're
never going to see that again. - Memory: The Origins of Alien

And they go, well, we're never going to see that again.

Tim boxell: The origin
of "death rattle" was - Memory: The Origins of Alien

Tim boxell: The origin of "death rattle" was

The story itself is
some sort of astronaut - Memory: The Origins of Alien

The story itself is some sort of astronaut

It's the kind of statuary
that you might see in a temple - Memory: The Origins of Alien

It's the kind of statuary that you might see in a templ...

In the process of sending
it back, he drops it, - Memory: The Origins of Alien

In the process of sending it back, he drops it,

He is attacked by this thing
that gets into his body. - Memory: The Origins of Alien

He is attacked by this thing that gets into his body.

He is effectively raped. - Memory: The Origins of Alien

He is effectively raped.

His eyes are gouged out and
something goes into his head. - Memory: The Origins of Alien

His eyes are gouged out and something goes into his head.

And from that point
on, he becomes - Memory: The Origins of Alien

And from that point on, he becomes

Something is
transforming a person - Memory: The Origins of Alien

Something is transforming a person

As a healthy young kid growing
up in the midwest in the 1950s - Memory: The Origins of Alien

As a healthy young kid growing up in the midwest in the 1950...

Television was very
safe and cleaned up, - Memory: The Origins of Alien

Television was very safe and cleaned up,

Dan o'bannon drew
upon his experiences - Memory: The Origins of Alien

Dan o'bannon drew upon his experiences

The midwest may seem tranquil
and civilized and so forth, - Memory: The Origins of Alien

The midwest may seem tranquil and civilized and so forth,

The Midwest may seem tranquil and civilized and so forth - Memory: The Origins of Alien

The Midwest may seem tranquil and civilized and so forth

It's like we're all, you
know, one cough, one kiss, - Memory: The Origins of Alien

It's like we're all, you know, one cough, one kiss...

Diane o'bannon: The
influence of lovecraft on Dan - Memory: The Origins of Alien

Diane o'bannon: The influence of lovecraft on Dan

The eggs lying dormant
on the planetoid - Memory: The Origins of Alien

The eggs lying dormant on the planetoid

Creatures coming out of
the ground after being - Memory: The Origins of Alien

Creatures coming out of the ground after being

I think that's a pretty
straight line between the two. - Memory: The Origins of Alien

I think that's a pretty straight line between the two.

St joshi: Lovecraft,
in his own day, - Memory: The Origins of Alien

St joshi: Lovecraft, in his own day,

More specifically, his brand of horror fiction, which he

He felt that the essence
of horror is the unknown, - Memory: The Origins of Alien

He felt that the essence of horror is the unknown,

Many of the features
of "alien" have a lot - Memory: The Origins of Alien

Many of the features of "alien" have a lot

And it's something
that he'd wanted - Memory: The Origins of Alien

And it's something that he'd wanted

An expedition from
Massachusetts goes down there, - Memory: The Origins of Alien

An expedition from Massachusetts goes down there,

St joshi: In the
course of this novel, - Memory: The Origins of Alien

St joshi: In the course of this novel,

They cannot be defined by normal
human or terrestrial biology. - Memory: The Origins of Alien

They cannot be defined by normal human or terrestrial biolog...

I have confirmed that
he's got an outer layer - Memory: The Origins of Alien

I have confirmed that he's got an outer layer

Has funny habit of
shedding his cells - Memory: The Origins of Alien

Has funny habit of shedding his cells

St joshi: In fact, the
explorers find this immense city - Memory: The Origins of Alien

St joshi: In fact, the explorers find this immense city

There are these
alien creatures that - Memory: The Origins of Alien

There are these alien creatures that

Classical science
is based on the idea - Memory: The Origins of Alien

Classical science is based on the idea

And this is true throughout
western consciousness, - Memory: The Origins of Alien

And this is true throughout western consciousness,

Space is empty and quiet. - Memory: The Origins of Alien

Space is empty and quiet.

And I think "alien" is
very much the nightmare - Memory: The Origins of Alien

And I think "alien" is very much the nightmare

And you see this in the
coptic jars where they move. - Memory: The Origins of Alien

And you see this in the coptic jars where they move.

And you see this when you get
out into the depths of space - Memory: The Origins of Alien

And you see this when you get out into the depths of space

St joshi: I cannot think of
a film out there that comes - Memory: The Origins of Alien

St joshi: I cannot think of a film out there that comes

That planetoid
where the ship lands - Memory: The Origins of Alien

That planetoid where the ship lands

It is a place completely
uncharted by human expeditions. - Memory: The Origins of Alien

It is a place completely uncharted by human expeditions.

No big budget studio wanted
to put a lot of money - Memory: The Origins of Alien

No big budget studio wanted to put a lot of money

It drew on a whole heritage
of American science fiction. - Memory: The Origins of Alien

It drew on a whole heritage of American science fiction.

You could make the
argument that "alien" - Memory: The Origins of Alien

You could make the argument that "alien"

A crew of 10 goes to Mars
to recover the lone survivor - Memory: The Origins of Alien

A crew of 10 goes to Mars to recover the lone survivor

Edward carothers:
Today, of all my crew, - Memory: The Origins of Alien

Edward carothers: Today, of all my crew,

The alien stows away on
the ship and starts picking - Memory: The Origins of Alien

The alien stows away on the ship and starts picking

Nicholas cull: "The
thing" from 1951 - Memory: The Origins of Alien

Nicholas cull: "The thing" from 1951

You can go to the 60s and look
at "planet of the vampires," - Memory: The Origins of Alien

You can go to the 60s and look at "planet of the vampir...

One of the films that "alien"
draws quite heavily from - Memory: The Origins of Alien

One of the films that "alien" draws quite heavily ...

Nicholas cull: An alien distress
signal is received by earth. - Memory: The Origins of Alien

Nicholas cull: An alien distress signal is received by earth...

Astronauts go out to find
the source of the signal. - Memory: The Origins of Alien

Astronauts go out to find the source of the signal.

They find a dead alien
sitting in a chair, - Memory: The Origins of Alien

They find a dead alien sitting in a chair,

And at the end of the film, the
humans are left quite literally - Memory: The Origins of Alien

And at the end of the film, the humans are left quite litera...

Is this the beginning
of the end for humanity? - Memory: The Origins of Alien

Is this the beginning of the end for humanity?

Ian Nathan: John carpenter
roped in Dan o'bannon - Memory: The Origins of Alien

Ian Nathan: John carpenter roped in Dan o'bannon

Memory: The Origins of Alien poster

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An in-depth voyage into the sci-fi film "Alien" with the visionary filmmakers who created it. See how one of the most terrifying movies of all time came to life 40 years ago, inspired by ancient mythology and our universal fears.

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Director: Alexandre O. Philippe

Writer: Alexandre O. Philippe

Production: Screen Media Films,Legion M,Dogwoof

Genre: documentary, biography, history

Year: 2019

MetaScore: 70/100

ImdbRating: 6.8

BoxOffice: $31,378

Released: 04 Oct 2019

Awards: 2 nominations

Homepage: https://dogwoof.com/memory

Also watch: Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling, Auggie, Wonder Boys, The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot, Streets of Fire, Honey Boy, Mank, All the Money in the World, Pet Sematary, The Golden Compass, Amadeus, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, Apocalypse Now, John Wick, Parasite