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Memory: The Origins of Alien

So he found Dan and said,come work on "dune" with me

So he found Dan and said,
come work on "dune" with me

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So he found Dan and said, come work on "dune" with me.
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Timestamp in Movie
00:19:45
Uploaded
Jun 11, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography, history
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Screen Media Films,Legion M,Dogwoof

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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.
I think you have to go back to jodorowsky. - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:06
I think you have to go back to jodorowsky.
Not only is there a synchronicity that connects - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:10
Not only is there a synchronicity that connects
If "dune" is the tower of babel, "alien" is exactly what - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:06
If "dune" is the tower of babel, "alien"...
In the same way that "alien" is the response to prometheus - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:25
In the same way that "alien" is the response to pr...
Eventually, he... we said, you got to go. - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:05
Eventually, he... we said, you got to go.
So somehow, he wound up on Ron shusett's couch. - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:05
So somehow, he wound up on Ron shusett's couch.
I went back to storage, got my typewriter out, took it over - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:14
I went back to storage, got my typewriter out, took it over
Diane o'bannon: He made up a board game - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:06
Diane o'bannon: He made up a board game
In 1971, Dan was working on a story he called "memory." - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:12
In 1971, Dan was working on a story he called "memory.&...
I wanted to do a scary movie on a spaceship with a small number - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:05
I wanted to do a scary movie on a spaceship with a small num...
Diane o'bannon: Dan called it "memory," - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:08
Diane o'bannon: Dan called it "memory,"
Ron shusett: He says, ok, I'm going - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:07
Ron shusett: He says, ok, I'm going
29 pages was almost exactly like you saw in the final finished - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:05
29 pages was almost exactly like you saw in the final finish...
The key is how does the alien get on board? - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:04
The key is how does the alien get on board?
His concept was always it would come out of your stomach. - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:05
His concept was always it would come out of your stomach.
Dan had a very bad case of crohn's - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:11
Dan had a very bad case of crohn's
But it was an intestinal disorder - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:07
But it was an intestinal disorder
Linda and I would sometimes have to take him - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:07
Linda and I would sometimes have to take him
And at the same time, he'd been having conversations - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:10
And at the same time, he'd been having conversations
It was kind of all these things sort of come together and were - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:05
It was kind of all these things sort of come together and we...