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Giger's Alien

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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.

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.

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).

This was my first introduction to the artwork of one of my favorite artists in the world, H.R. Giger (Geeger, not Geiger). This book is a perfect blend of a fascinating look at the creative process of moviemaking and a first rate art book. Most people are familiar with Giger's art through his Oscar winning work on Alien. This book tells it all, from how he was discovered by the filmmakers to the final product and all the twisting alleys in between. If this is all you know about Giger, check out this book to see some truly groundbreaking work in cinema (remember, this was the mid 70s) in sci-fi and horror. There are gorgeous reproductions of Giger's finished art from his production designs as well as showing the creative process of bringing the world's scariest special effect into existence. This is not an exhaustive exploration of the movie Alien. Start with the Alien Vault for that. But this is a great telling of the story of the central character, the Alien. You will learn a lot. Check it out.

Book came quickly and was in great condition. The artwork highlighted in this book is phenomenal (as is with all of his work). So excited to have this book back in our collection! This book appeals to art lovers and Sci Fi buffs as well.

This book is spectacular, it shows all the artwork he created 4 Alien and he tells abou his experiences everyday that he worked on the film. It saddened me to know that most of his work was not realized in the film, but what do you expect from the Hollywood machine. I got tears in my eyes when his longtime love Mia wrote the last paragraph about him winning the oscar (Acadamy Award) for his work. The Alien films would have never worked out if it wasnt for Gigers work in the first film. It really ticked me off to find out that the studio and film crew treated Giger the way they did. They ripped him off on the first film because he didnt even get a fair mention in the credits which sucks because in my eyes it was his film, not Ridley Scotts. Maybe someday someone will make a film Giger wants to make to the fullest. I Love U Giger you are the greatest artist in my generation no doubt about it.

This book is a must have for anyone who is a fan of Giger's work or the movie's. Beutiful on all levels.

When you first open this book, you have to control yourself from shaking and your knees from buckling. Giger's biomechanical Aliens, have what I have come to love the most, from the greatest creator of art and imagination, this force fed, silver spooned world, has ever seen. You won't look at any other art the same, ever again. Welldone H.R. Giger!

Fantastic book, I really recommend this one, it is of really good quality and it was fast delivered.

If you liked the movie then you'll want to own this book.