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Memory: The Origins of Alien

Giger talks aboutintentionally drawing imagery from his own dreams,that means coming from...

Giger talks about
intentionally drawing imagery from his own dreams,
that means coming from a place where
he didn't have agency over what came to him

Full Transcript

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Giger talks about intentionally drawing imagery
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from his own dreams, that means coming
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from a place where he didn't have
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agency over what came to him.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
26
Timestamp in Movie
00:37:13
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.
When he painted, he was in this sort of trance. - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:06
When he painted, he was in this sort of trance.
He was possessed, like a seer, a blind seer. - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:06
He was possessed, like a seer, a blind seer.
Would go like that, and like in a polaroid, - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:10
Would go like that, and like in a polaroid,
Diane o'bannon: Giger's images existed in a universe - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:06
Diane o'bannon: Giger's images existed in a univer...
And they really found their place in space, the xenomorph - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:08
And they really found their place in space, the xenomorph
Giger's images really found a home in "alien." - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:16
Giger's images really found a home in "alien."...
Ian Nathan: You can see the medieval dragon, - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:09
Ian Nathan: You can see the medieval dragon,
It was a synthesis that happened in the cauldron of stories - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:06
It was a synthesis that happened in the cauldron of stories
This is a character with which all three of these artists - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:05
This is a character with which all three of these artists
And because they all resonated with this pattern, - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:07
And because they all resonated with this pattern,
Ian Nathan: Such a brilliant choice that in the end, - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:15
Ian Nathan: Such a brilliant choice that in the end,
Nicholas cull: In the hands of perhaps an aficionados who - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:10
Nicholas cull: In the hands of perhaps an aficionados who
Diane o'bannon: The triptych of Dan - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:09
Diane o'bannon: The triptych of Dan
And they were all thinking about this - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:08
And they were all thinking about this
This was just as much an exploration - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:09
This was just as much an exploration
"Alien" is a symbiosis of a few people - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:06
"Alien" is a symbiosis of a few people
When a story comes from multiple people - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:10
When a story comes from multiple people
If Dan had gone off and been in charge, - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:05
If Dan had gone off and been in charge,
It would have had more of the "dark star." - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:18
It would have had more of the "dark star."
The audience didn't ever question - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:09
The audience didn't ever question