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MEMORY - THE ORIGINS OF ALIEN

• Director: Alexandre O. Philippe
• USA / 2019 / DCP / Colour / 93’ / English; Turkish s.t.

• Screenplay: Alexandre O. Philippe
• Director of Photography: Robert Muratore
• Editing: Chad Herschberger
• Music: Jon Hegel
• Producer: Kerry Deignan Roy
• Production Co.: Exhibit A Pictures
• World Sales: Indie Sales

Directed by Alexandre O. Philippe whose documentaries (most recently 78/52, The People vs. George Lucas) delve into the secrets of cinema, Memory - The Origins of Alien reveals the exclusive untold origin story behind Ridley Scott’s cinematic masterpiece. Memory was a script that Dan O’Bannon started in 1971, abruptly hitting a wall at page 29. But after the idea gestated for several years, it ultimately took the form of Ridley Scott’s masterpiece, the beloved cult film Alien. A contemplation on the symbiotic collaborative process of moviemaking, the power of myth, and the collective unconscious, Memory - The Origins of Alien reveals a treasure trove of never-before-seen materials from the O’Bannon and Giger archives - including original story notes, rejected designs and storyboards, exclusive behind-the-scenes footage. You’ll never think of Alien the same way again.

This film was a Meetings on the Bridge participant.