Memory: The Origins Of Alien

2019 • 93 minutes

About this movie

In 2019, Ridley Scott’s Alien celebrates the 40th Anniversary of its theatrical release. Memory reveals the chilling, untold origins of Ridley Scott’s cinematic masterpiece Alien, rooted in Greek and Egyptian mythology, underground comics, parasitology, H.P. Lovecraft’s weird fiction, the art of Francis Bacon, and the symbiotic genius of Dan O’Bannon (writer), H.R. Giger (designer), and, of course, Ridley Scott. Uncovering a treasure trove of unreleased materials from the O’Bannon and Giger estates, MEMORY boldly goes where no film essay has gone before, to deliver an entrancingly cinematic and wholly original take on one of Hollywood’s most beloved and iconic shockers.

Ratings and reviews

Worth a look if you are a fan, especially as it delves into the influences on Dan O'Bannon (writer), and goes into the chemistry between Scott, O'Bannon and H.R Giger which resulted in the film becoming such a landmark. Overall it suffers because there are interviews with random people who's opinions add nothing. If they had managed to get insights from Scott and Sigourney Weaver or others more closely connected to the film it would have been so much better. Devotes and large chunk of time to explaining the chest burster scene.

Liked the start, didn't like the second half. Seems to be bogged down on the chest burster scene and just repeating what it is saying in slightly different and silly ways. Not worth the price.