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


== Themes ==
== Themes ==


Reviewers have characterized the film as "a brooding meditation on [[man's inhumanity to man (nonfiction)]]."
Reviewers have characterized ''Alien'' as "a brooding meditation on [[man's inhumanity to man (nonfiction)]]."


== Box-office failure ==
== Box-office failure ==


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


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

Revision as of 14:32, 28 May 2016

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

Themes

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

Box-office failure

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

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

Fiction cross-reference

Nonfiction cross-reference