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There is a tendency to think about the chestburster sequence
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Memory: The Origins of Alien

There is a tendency to thinkabout the chestburster sequence as a scene or even a moment

There is a tendency to think
about the chestburster sequence as a scene or even a moment

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There is a tendency to think about the chestburster sequence
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as a scene or even a moment.
Duration
7 seconds
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24
Timestamp in Movie
00:57:17
Uploaded
Jun 11, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography, history
Production
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.
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.
And I think that that uncertainty - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:08
And I think that that uncertainty
Drew Morton: If you look at '78, you get Ted Bundy's captured, - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:08
Drew Morton: If you look at '78, you get Ted Bundy'...
So there's this kind of new phenomenon - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:06
So there's this kind of new phenomenon
There's this kind of idea that there's - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:07
There's this kind of idea that there's
And there's no reasoning with it, - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:05
And there's no reasoning with it,
At no point in the "alien" movies, - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:09
At no point in the "alien" movies,
I admire its purity, a survivor, - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:20
I admire its purity, a survivor,