Alien: The Story Behind MAKING the ‘Derelict Sequence’ | Making ALIEN

When Dallas, Kane, and Lambert step out of the Nostromo’s airlock in Ridley Scott’s Alien, they are not only led into a foreboding alien world, they are entering the nightmarish mind of one of the greatest dark surrealist artists who’s ever lived–HR Giger. This whole sequence is like stepping into...

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