‘H. R. Giger’s Necronomicon and the making of Alien’ is the rare documentary on the artist H. R. Giger that was directed by J. J. Wittmer and H. R. Giger himself. It was filmed in 1975-78 and had a very limited release overseas on VHS and LaserDisc. You are taken inside his studio to watch him create one of his famous pieces, carving a mountain of clay into the famous Alien from the movie of the same name. You will also see him designing the Alien Eggs and the Derelict ship and interior use in the movie, as well as rare deleted scenes from the movie itself.
Starlog Magazine Issue 26: ‘H. R. Giger: Behind the Alien Forms.’
Reads/Watches/Listens:
- ‘Alien’ home movies from 1978-79
- Starlog Magazine Issue 26
- Making of Ridley Scott’s ‘Alien’
- Audio commentary by Ridley Scott, Sigourney Weaver, Dan O’Bannon, Ron Shusett, Tom Skerritt, Veronica Cartwright, and Harry Dean Stanton
- Out-of-print number 1 edition of Cinefex from March 1980
- ‘Alien’ editing script, owned by Terry Rawlings
- How H.R. Giger’s brilliant madness helped make Alien ‘erotic’
- Alien Vault: The Definitive Story of the Making of the Film (Amazon)
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