A complete record of the months of work that went into the design of the alien in the popular film. The book is written by the horror designer himself and illustrated throughout in integrated full colour with sketches, original paintings, photographs and scenes from the film.
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Alien,
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This review is from: Giger's Alien (Hardcover)
Readers will be pleased with this book if they are interested with the design of the Alien film not so much the theme of the film or Giger's art. The book is set up in pseudo biographical form that records the chain of events that led up to the production of the Alien film, through the eyes of Giger. While it does contain many of Giger's paintings they are not the center of the book rather than a means of describing film design and offering a contrast between Giger's vision and the outcome of the film. C.J.
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An excellent companion book to a classic film.,
This review is from: Giger's Alien (Paperback)
Giger's Alien is an excellent companion book to a classic film. It is written from Giger's diaries about his experience on the production of the film. It also has many behind the scene photographs. A very entertaining behind the scenes book about a classic film.
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As another reviewer pointed out, this book is a wonderful companion piece to the film. If you are interested in the film design process from Giger's point of view, this is your book. My complaint with the book is the lack of attention the book pays to the full grown xenomorph. Don't get me wrong, the book has much about the derelict vessel on LV-426, the "Space Jockey", the egg chamber, and the face hugger. However, it is light on the chestburster (the chestburster only has 2 pages in the book) and the actual adult ALIEN.
Giger didn't even include the panel "Necronomicon IV" from H. R. Giger's Necronomicon which Ridley Scott wanted Giger to base the creature off of. I just don't understand how a book titled Giger's Alien only has 14 pages dedicated to the life size Alien. Hardcore Alien fans like myself should pick this up. However, if you are just a casual fan of the movie I would't recommend it. You won't learn much more than you would from the special feature documentary of Alien (The Director's Cut).
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July 1977 I get an entirely unexpected telephone call from Dan O'Bannon in Hollywood. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
actual scene, entrance passage, colour film Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Shepperton Studios, Twentieth Century Fox, Alien Ill, Giger's Necronomicon, King's Head, Lexington Street New!
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- Occult Experience by Nevill Drury in Back Matter
- Species Design by H. R. Giger in Back Matter
- The Dark Horse (Tumbleweed) by Will James in Back Matter
- Images of Horror and Fantasy by Gert Schiff in Back Matter
- All Aboard: Year 1, Term 2 Fiction - Traditional Tales by M. Hughes in Back Matter
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- H. R. Giger's Biomechanics by H. R. Giger on 5 pages
- H. R. Giger's Retrospective: 1964-1984 by H. R. Giger on 5 pages
- Giger (Basic Art) by Gaby Falk on 4 pages
- Species Design by H. R. Giger on 4 pages
- H. R. Giger's Necronomicon by H. R. Giger on page 69, and page 70
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