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Veronica Cartwright: We started to shoot the scene
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Memory: The Origins of Alien

Westarted to shoot the scene, and I was told I'd geta little blood on me

Veronica Cartwright: We
started to shoot the scene, and I was told I'd get
a little blood on me

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Veronica Cartwright: We started to shoot the scene,
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and I was told I'd get a little blood on me.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
01:18:52
Uploaded
Jun 10, 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.
Ian Nathan: And then what happens is brilliant. - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:04
Ian Nathan: And then what happens is brilliant.
There's just this splat, almost like a bullet has hit him. - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:05
There's just this splat, almost like a bullet has hit h...
He puts a pause in. - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:04
He puts a pause in.
You've got to kind of give the audience a chance - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:05
You've got to kind of give the audience a chance
And there was a cut to the other side - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:08
And there was a cut to the other side
His t-shirt pulled you know, tightly on it, - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:10
His t-shirt pulled you know, tightly on it,
So we start to roll, and then all of a sudden, - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:05
So we start to roll, and then all of a sudden,
Well, we found ourselves leaning in to see - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:05
Well, we found ourselves leaning in to see
Roger Christian: Second time, it still didn't go through, - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:08
Roger Christian: Second time, it still didn't go throug...
So it was a stroke of genius that it went wrong. - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:06
So it was a stroke of genius that it went wrong.
They still didn't know what was coming. - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:05
They still didn't know what was coming.
Ridley just said to Nick allder and to Roger dicken, - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:06
Ridley just said to Nick allder and to Roger dicken,
And they added more blood, more pipelines. - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:05
And they added more blood, more pipelines.
Roger Christian: When it went through, - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:06
Roger Christian: When it went through,
It was just this absolutely immediate visceral response. - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:05
It was just this absolutely immediate visceral response.
When it happened, of course, it stills you. - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:05
When it happened, of course, it stills you.
So that's how it manifests, huh? - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:06
So that's how it manifests, huh?
Veronica Cartwright: I had leaned into a blood jet. - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:05
Veronica Cartwright: I had leaned into a blood jet.
That little blood shot me square in the face. - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:04
That little blood shot me square in the face.
And that's when I jumped back and I went, oh my god. - Memory: The Origins of Alien 00:05
And that's when I jumped back and I went, oh my god.