Everything about Alien (film)
1979 film by Ridley Scott
Alien is a 1979 science fiction horror film directed by Ridley Scott and written by Dan O'Bannon, based on a story by O'Bannon and Ronald Shusett. It follows a commercial starship crew who investigate a derelict space vessel and are hunted by a deadly extraterrestrial creature. The film stars Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, John Hurt, Ian Holm, and Yaphet Kotto. It was produced by Gordon Carroll, David Giler, and Walter Hill through their company Brandywine Productions and was distributed by 20th Century-Fox. Giler and Hill revised and made additions to the script; Shusett was the executive producer. The alien creatures and environments were designed by the Swiss artist H. R. Giger, while the concept artists Ron Cobb and Chris Foss designed the other sets. Wikipedia →
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- Read the overview: Alien (film)A 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Ezoterizm ve Film Eleştirisi: Dört Katmanlı Edebi Tefsir Yöntemiyle Alien: Covenant ÇözümlemesiInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: On FilmThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: “Game Over, Man. Game Over”: Looking at the Alien in Film and VideogamesCited 7 times
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🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
“Game Over, Man. Game Over”: Looking at the Alien in Film and Videogames
Alien Ways of Thinking, on Stephen Mulhall On Film
Is Film the Alien Other to Philosophy?
Sounding alien, touching the future: beyond the sonorous limit in science fiction film
Is Film the Alien Other to Philosophy?, on Stephen Mulhall On Film
On Alien and On Film
Alien di Lokapasar Agama: Peninjauan pada Film PK
THE BLUE ALIEN IN KOI MIL GAYA FILM: POPULAR LITERATURE
🆕 Influential since 2022
📚 Books worth reading
- 📕On FilmStephen Mulhall · 2002
Star wars, star pilotLaura Buller, Tori Kosara · 2005
Ambassador Morgenthau's storyMorgenthau, Henry · 1918- 📕Alien ChicNeil Badmington · 2004
On filmStephen Mulhall · 2001
Re-takesJohn Mowitt · 2005
The Book of AlienPaul Scanlon, Michael Gross · 1979
Howard the DuckEllis Weiner · 1986
Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.
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