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Everyone was a bit worried about it for sure
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Memory: The Origins of Alien

Everyone was a bitworried about it for sure, because a, it'd neverbeen done before, and...

Everyone was a bit
worried about it for sure, because a, it'd never
been done before, and there was so much
preparation around it

Full Transcript

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Everyone was a bit worried about it for sure,
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because a, it'd never been done before,
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and there was so much preparation around it.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
34
Timestamp in Movie
01:14:39
Uploaded
Jun 11, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography, history
Production
Screen Media Films,Legion M,Dogwoof

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Movie Summary

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.
Ian Nathan: Like much of the design work for the film, - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:06
Ian Nathan: Like much of the design work for the film,
I think the egg and the facehugger - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:05
I think the egg and the facehugger
You'd have the kind of witch's fingers element - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:07
You'd have the kind of witch's fingers element
But the chestburster was difficult, because it - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:04
But the chestburster was difficult, because it
It had to be able to come out of his chest, - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:06
It had to be able to come out of his chest,
So in a way, the design of the chestburster was governed most, - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:16
So in a way, the design of the chestburster was governed mos...
Giger had a go at the chestburster, - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:05
Giger had a go at the chestburster,
I did some design they looked like chicken, something like... - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:04
I did some design they looked like chicken, something like.....
And then build up the thing, and it - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:08
And then build up the thing, and it
Ian Nathan: It had versions that kind of looked like a Turkey - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:05
Ian Nathan: It had versions that kind of looked like a Turke...
They couldn't come up with something that was genuinely - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:05
They couldn't come up with something that was genuinely
Roger Christian: Roger dicken went away - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:05
Roger Christian: Roger dicken went away
And they had, like, they said, and we're - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:09
And they had, like, they said, and we're
I mean, they were so excited, these puppeteer people. - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:04
I mean, they were so excited, these puppeteer people.
Ian Nathan: The fundamental math of the chestburster sequence - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:05
Ian Nathan: The fundamental math of the chestburster sequenc...
We knew that there was going to be a chestburster scene, - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:06
We knew that there was going to be a chestburster scene,
Roger Christian: John hurt obviously knew, - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:07
Roger Christian: John hurt obviously knew,
They knew they were relying on his Patience - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:09
They knew they were relying on his Patience
The atmosphere on the set had a certain frisson, - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:09
The atmosphere on the set had a certain frisson,
I don't think anybody had any idea that it would - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:05
I don't think anybody had any idea that it would