Filmmaker Alexandre O. Philippe is no stranger to creating compelling documentaries that not only celebrate cultural moments and films that have helped shape the landscape of genre cinema, but also shed some new light on just why these things continue to resonate today. With his previous efforts on Doc of the Dead and 78/52: Hitchcock’s Shower Scene, Philippe thoughtfully delivered up his examination of everything from the influence of zombies on modern horror movies to what a watershed moment Marion Crane’s brutal shower slashing became upon its release in 1960.
And for his latest, Memory – The Origins of Alien, Philippe goes back to where it all started for Ridley Scott’s landmark horror/sci-fi film, which began years prior to the film’s 1979 debut, when Dan O’Bannon found himself struggling with a script entitled They Bite, and from there, history was made once co-writer Ronald Shusett, acclaimed visionary H.R. Giger,...
And for his latest, Memory – The Origins of Alien, Philippe goes back to where it all started for Ridley Scott’s landmark horror/sci-fi film, which began years prior to the film’s 1979 debut, when Dan O’Bannon found himself struggling with a script entitled They Bite, and from there, history was made once co-writer Ronald Shusett, acclaimed visionary H.R. Giger,...
- 1/26/2019
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