With the US trailer for Alexandre O. Philippe’s documentary feature film Memory: The Origins of Alien (read our review) dropping just a few days ago, the incubation period for the British Xenomorph has come to cinematic term a little sooner than it’s North American cousin.
Starting this Friday the documentary can be seen on the big screen at the following venues:
FROM 30 AUGUST
London – DocHouse
London – Prince Charles Cinema
Birmingham – Mockingbird Cinema and Kitchen
Dublin – Lighthouse
Glasgow – Film Theatre
Manchester – HOME
FROM 6 SEPTEMBER
Dundee – Contemporary Arts (DCA)
FROM 20 SEPTEMBER
Edinburgh – Filmhouse
FROM 25 OCTOBER
Eastbourne – Towner Art Gallery
Memory uncovers the largely untold origin story behind Ridley Scott’s cinematic masterpiece, rooted in Greek and Egyptian mythology, underground comics, parasitology, H.P. Lovecraft, the art of Francis Bacon, and the symbiotic genius of Dan O’Bannon and H.R. Giger. Revealing a treasure trove of never-before-seen materials from the O’Bannon and Giger estates, including original story notes, rejected designs and storyboards, exclusive behind-the-scenes footage, and Dan’s original 29 page script from 1971, titled Memory.
Bridging the ancient world with Ridley Scott’s complex futuristic universe through a mix of distinctly low-fi VHS aesthetic and stunning 4k Cinemascope aspect ratio footage, Memory boldly goes where no film essay has gone before, to deliver a revealing and wholly original take on one of Hollywood’s most beloved and iconic shockers.
