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Memory: The Origins of Alien

It wouldn't havebeen the magic it was without the chestburster scene

It wouldn't have
been the magic it was without the chestburster scene

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It wouldn't have been the magic it was
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without the chestburster scene.
Duration
5 seconds
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21
Timestamp in Movie
00:56:31
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.
Everything rested on that scene from beginning to end, - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:11
Everything rested on that scene from beginning to end,
It's that moment we finally assert - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:06
It's that moment we finally assert
It's continuous with the directions - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:06
It's continuous with the directions
Horror is moving toward body horror, - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:06
Horror is moving toward body horror,
It's part of the texture of a film - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:07
It's part of the texture of a film
The sense of goo and grime, of things - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:09
The sense of goo and grime, of things
There is a tendency to think about the chestburster sequence - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:07
There is a tendency to think about the chestburster sequence
The nostromo moving in. - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:04
The nostromo moving in.
It's funny, isn't it, how all these, you know, - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:09
It's funny, isn't it, how all these, you know,
You know, when you think about "2001," how gob-smacking that - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:07
You know, when you think about "2001," how gob-sma...
Narcissus and nostromo are both words - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:13
Narcissus and nostromo are both words
By allusion to the works of Conrad, - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:13
By allusion to the works of Conrad,
In the case of Conrad, he's thinking - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:09
In the case of Conrad, he's thinking
At the same moment that Ridley Scott is making "alien," - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:20
At the same moment that Ridley Scott is making "alien,&...
"Alien" directs our attention or reminds us - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:16
"Alien" directs our attention or reminds us
I hate to bring this up, but this is a commercial ship, not - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:06
I hate to bring this up, but this is a commercial ship, not
Michael peppiatt: The 1970s was a time of economic downturn, - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:08
Michael peppiatt: The 1970s was a time of economic downturn,
Michael peppiatt: Particularly the - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:05
Michael peppiatt: Particularly the
People had doubts, were feeling isolated, - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:06
People had doubts, were feeling isolated,
This is a consequence of the political corruption in Europe. - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:04
This is a consequence of the political corruption in Europe.