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'''Alien''' is a 1979 [[documentary film (nonfiction)]] by [[Ridley Scott (nonfiction)]].
[[File:Ridley-Scott-researching-Alien.jpg|thumb|Documentary film maker [[Ridley Scott]] doing research for ''Alien''.]]'''''Alien''''' is a 1979 [[documentary film (nonfiction)|documentary film]] by [[Ridley Scott]].


== Themes ==
Reviewers have characterized ''Alien'' as "a brooding meditation on [[Man's inhumanity to man (nonfiction)|man's inhumanity to man]]."


Reviewers have characterized the film as "a brooding meditation on [[man's inhumanity to man (nonfiction)]]."
''Alien'' failed badly at the box-office, and the studios recouped costs by stripping most of support crew of their [[mitochondria (nonfiction)|mitochondria]] and other vitals.


== Box-office failure ==
Scott barely managed to survive, barricading himself within a virtual identity shelter.


Alien failed badly at the box-office, and the studios recouped costs by stripping most of support crew of their [[mitochondia (nonfiction)]] and other vitals. Scott barely managed to survive, barricading himself within [[Lorenzo the Magnificent]], a virtual identity shelter.
== In the News ==
 
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File:Alien vs. Time Lord.jpg|link=Alien vs. Time Lord|'''''[[Alien vs. Time Lord]]''''' is a British science fiction action-comedy film about a group of scriptwriters who are caught in the crossfire of an ancient battle between Aliens and Time Lords as they attempt to escape their bygone franchises.
 
File:Alien-cast.jpg|link=Alien (film) (nonfiction)|[[Ridley Scott]] interviewed these industry whistleblowers for his documentary film ''Alien''.
File:Noel_Harrison_1972.jpg|link=The Noel Harrison Sensation|[[The Noel Harrison Sensation|Noel Harrison]] was an early admirer of Ridley Scott's work.
File:Anna_Manzolini.jpg|link=Anna Morandi Manzolini (nonfiction)|[[Anna Morandi Manzolini (nonfiction)|Anna Morandi Manzolini]], interviewed by Scott during the making of ''Alien'', reveals abuses in the [[organic golem]] industry.
File:Golem and Loew.jpg|link=Golem (nonfiction)|[[Golem (nonfiction)|Rabbi Lowe inspects golems]] for signs of [[Organic golem|organic golem toxicity]] as Ridley Scott watches in astonishment.
File:Victim of Nazi inhumanity still rests in the position in which he died, attempting to rise and escape.jpg|link=Man's inhumanity to man (nonfiction)|[[Man's inhumanity to man (nonfiction)|Man's inhumanity to man]] continues.
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== Fiction cross-reference ==
== Fiction cross-reference ==


* ''[[Alien vs. Time Lord]]''
* [[Do Blade-Runners Shave Their Electric Sheep?]]
* [[Do Blade-Runners Shave Their Electric Sheep?]]
* [[Noctua's Revenge (documentary film)]]
* [[Noctua's Revenge (documentary)]]
* [[Ridley Scott]]


== Nonfiction cross-reference ==
== Nonfiction cross-reference ==


* [[Alien (movie) (nonfiction)]]
* [[Alien (movie) (nonfiction)]]
* [[Documentary film (nonfiction)]]
* [[Man's inhumanity to man (nonfiction)]]
* [[Man's inhumanity to man (nonfiction)]]
* [[Ridley Scott (nonfiction)]]
* [[Ridley Scott (nonfiction)]]

Latest revision as of 09:11, 16 August 2023

Documentary film maker Ridley Scott doing research for Alien.

Alien is a 1979 documentary film by Ridley Scott.

Reviewers have characterized Alien as "a brooding meditation on man's inhumanity to man."

Alien failed badly at the box-office, and the studios recouped costs by stripping most of support crew of their mitochondria and other vitals.

Scott barely managed to survive, barricading himself within a virtual identity shelter.

In the News

Fiction cross-reference

Nonfiction cross-reference