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Memory: The Origins of Alien

There was "robby the robot,"there was "barbarella." It's both very tangible, anda...

There was "robby the robot,"
there was "barbarella." It's both very tangible, and
a completely different world at the same time

Full Transcript

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There was "robby the robot," there was "barbarella."
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It's both very tangible, and a completely different world
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at the same time.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
28
Timestamp in Movie
00:40:23
Uploaded
Jun 12, 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.
There's something almost perennial about the way - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:15
There's something almost perennial about the way
I place the hub of the wheel at Ridley, - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:22
I place the hub of the wheel at Ridley,
Ridley shot, yeah, a good 80% of the film, - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:05
Ridley shot, yeah, a good 80% of the film,
He wanted... he wanted anamorphic on purpose. - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:05
He wanted... he wanted anamorphic on purpose.
We were contained in a space, and that wide-angle lens - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:08
We were contained in a space, and that wide-angle lens
The costume designer who worked with Ridley - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:07
The costume designer who worked with Ridley
He knows where to put the camera automatically. - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:07
He knows where to put the camera automatically.
When your hand-held, your breathing with the actors, - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:07
When your hand-held, your breathing with the actors,
I think that's one of the best operated films ever seen. - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:05
I think that's one of the best operated films ever seen...
Ian Nathan: There's a great opening sequences where - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:10
Ian Nathan: There's a great opening sequences where
Even though they're all in their cryo chambers, - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:05
Even though they're all in their cryo chambers,
But it's a haunted quality that flutter in the frame. - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:04
But it's a haunted quality that flutter in the frame.
And he talks a lot about the fact - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:10
And he talks a lot about the fact
And even around the scenes where they're kind of just - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:14
And even around the scenes where they're kind of just
He's getting the heartbeat - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:07
He's getting the heartbeat
Roger Christian: The reason he wanted the ship in one path - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:09
Roger Christian: The reason he wanted the ship in one path
He was tracking around the ship, and there - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:10
He was tracking around the ship, and there
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,