
Memory: The Origins of Alien
2019 • 95 minutes
Documentary
The untold origin story behind Ridley Scott's Alien - rooted in Greek and Egyptian mythologies, underground comics, the art of Francis Bacon, and the dark visions of Dan O'Bannon and H.R. Giger. A contemplation on the symbiotic collaborative process of movie-making, the power of myth, and our collective unconscious.

Ronald Shusett
Self
Roger Christian
Self

Ivor Powell
Self

Terry Rawlings
Self

Tom Skerritt
Self

Veronica Cartwright
Self

Roger Corman
Self

Gary Sherman
Self
Carmen Scheifele-Giger
Self

Clarke Wolfe
Self
Diane O'Bannon
Self

Adam Egypt Mortimer
Self

Ben Mankiewicz
Self
William Linn
Self
Henry Jenkins
Self

Axelle Carolyn
Self

Tim Boxell
Self
Bijan Aalam
Self
Linda Rich
Furies

Rhoda Pell
Furies

Mickey Faerch
Greek-speaking Furie
Shannon Muchow
(voice)