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Memory: The Origins of Alien

He was tracking aroundthe ship, and there were eerie littlethings going on, the pecking...

He was tracking around
the ship, and there were eerie little
things going on, the pecking birds that I
put in there for Ridley, and everyone said,
you can't do that

Full Transcript

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He was tracking around the ship, and there
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were eerie little things going on,
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the pecking birds that I put in there for Ridley,
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and everyone said, you can't do that.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
29
Timestamp in Movie
00:42:56
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.
The annoying thing, yeah, that was a Ridley realism, - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:05
The annoying thing, yeah, that was a Ridley realism,
You know, America had dice hanging and stuff, - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:06
You know, America had dice hanging and stuff,
How do you illustrate that this thing is just carrying on, - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:09
How do you illustrate that this thing is just carrying on,
And that quite kind of going around the ship - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:08
And that quite kind of going around the ship
Perhaps he'll forgive me saying... the scientific logic - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:11
Perhaps he'll forgive me saying... the scientific logic
Having worked on "2001," where everything - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:08
Having worked on "2001," where everything
A thing that we got from Ben burtt, - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:09
A thing that we got from Ben burtt,
Ivor Powell: It was almost like a breathing, - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:07
Ivor Powell: It was almost like a breathing,
And I think it gave a kind of, just a kind - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:07
And I think it gave a kind of, just a kind
Roger Christian: And then the computer - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:11
Roger Christian: And then the computer
Everything that Ridley built up was - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:08
Everything that Ridley built up was
Everybody's now waiting for something to happen, - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:05
Everybody's now waiting for something to happen,
When I started working on the film, - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:04
When I started working on the film,
This film was going to be virtually in slow motion. - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:06
This film was going to be virtually in slow motion.
Everything was slow, except for these stabs that you've - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:07
Everything was slow, except for these stabs that you've
And you thought, how can I sort of push someone - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:10
And you thought, how can I sort of push someone
[Vor Powell: There was a lot of, I think, - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:09
[Vor Powell: There was a lot of, I think,
And hits John hurt on the... on the old visage. - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:05
And hits John hurt on the... on the old visage.
That really was its strength, to be - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:07
That really was its strength, to be
They all found it very hard to cope with that. - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:04
They all found it very hard to cope with that.