or dan, or the cast, or all the other people that worked on it, lol. it was a joint effort. the only person who didnt really contribute anything to it (despite being the guy who took all the credit) was ridley scott. in fact ridley remade the same film again twice, without all the other people and guess what? we ended up with prometheus and the bomb, alien covenant, a film that makes alien res look like a masterpiece y comparison.
Yes, his vision was so dark and disturbing! The xenomorph is on an inconceivably higher level than the googly-eyed fur suit science fiction monsters of the Fifties.
The great thing was the artist responsible for the music wasn't anonymous but was Joël Vandroogenbroeck. I doubt any of this music made it to record, but he did have a long career recording tons of library music albums, as well as a member of Brainticket who released several great albums from 1970 until as late as 2015.
I love this. Love the quirky late 70s electronica. And it really goes to show just how much of a professional Giger was. Absolutely a pivotal influence. The combination of H. R. Giger and Ridley Scott is one of the most fortunate creative marriages in the history of art.
The soundtrack to this is rough, unpolished, the polar opposite of the Alien score by Goldsmith. But it's absolutely awesome. It screams 70s. I love it. Warm, random synth...
To add to Lark's comment, it sounds a lot like IN SEARCH OF... with Leonard Nimoy. Or maybe even a proto TOMITA, who was originally going to do the soundtrack before Fox decided to go with Goldsmith (as they felt Tomita might have been a bit "too much").
Likely made by Peter Scherer with the swizz band Island, Giger did the album cover art for their album "pictures" from 1977. You should check it out, its insanely complex and interesting stuff, basically avant garde progressive rock, inspired by Emerson Lake and Palmer, Gentle Giant and Van der graaf Generator, heavily drivent by vintage analogue keyboard instruments (like the Hohner clavniet in this docu) Organs, Moog Taurs bass synthesizer.
I agree with Giger's stance that the alien design, as well as the Space Jockey, was over exposed by the franchise's over expansion and brought into the realm of the mundane. His work in Bio-mechanical remains, however, one of the most impressive series of paintings ever to emerge from the 20th century.
Damn, I have nothing to do with anything and it's hard for me to watch it just being torn down like garbage, I can only imagine what goes through these brilliant artists minds. all the careful attention to detail,work and love put into this and then having to sit there and watch it get demolished....Doesnt matter how seasoned they are, it must always hurt to some degree. Most of it belongs in a museum imo, not a dumpster on the back of the lot. Any of this stuff would be worth a fortune today.
It is very rare that we have true artistic geniuses, musical geniuses, etc, in this day and age. They only come around once in a lifetime. H. R. Giger was one such genius. You are truly missed my friend.
This entire masterpiece, will never be repeated. These times have gone. But what a project to peak such efforts and ideas. It must have been a true wonder, to be part of.
Having read, watched many hundreds of reviews and analysis of the film, owning the book to this piece, necronimicon 1 & 2, and many others, tattooing myself with the geniuses art, I'm not quite sure how i missed this. Art and craft taken to the N'th degree.
@3:01 anyone recognize the "egg silo" as the temple in Prometheus ??? the work this man created that didnt get into film still influenced film thru out his life time, it simply amazing the level of creativity and the ability to image these creature and design str8 from his head onto paper and then usually into a real practical effect/physical prop. you dont get this level of genius/creativity in most cinema today , at least not very often
The talent, heart, blood, sweat, tears that went into all this is amazing and admirable. The fact that now everything would be done so quickly with CGI makes me want to cry. A lost art, and we are all the poorer for it.
No, we still do this type of work. In the new Alien films by Ridley Scott, the same sets were built, using the same techniques and full costumes were created for the aliens. Did you know that practical costs 4 to 5 times more than CGI?
Just discovered this documentary, what a accidental find. I’m fascinated by film making and Alien is a masterpiece of sci-fi imagination and artistic visionary filmmaking. I always appreciate the work efforts put in, most audiences take it for granted by I have always been interested in the creative work behind the scenes. Giger is a master artist. 🎬👍
The Shepperton Studios technicians were such pros, & did justice to Giger's unique fantastic designs with their skillfully realized production prop renderings!
The art of this movie is just incredible, the retro futuristic elements, the alien itself, the ship. It’s clear that the makers gave it their all to create the most groundbreaking movie that they could. Well mission accomplished, because it is a masterpiece of a horror film on nearly every level.
As I said, it's a personal comment. Watch the film, look at the drawings, realise what had been before and what else was happening at the time. A truly great concept, brilliantly executed.
Perfect time to dive into this fantastic Alien université as we are all waiting for the Alien Romulus to be available in movie theaters this summer! I highly recommend visiting the Giger museum in Switzerland. Thanks for this video, however the soundtrack was really unnerving to me….
Seeing everything get torn down towards the end there brings to mind a comment by Adam Savage that often comes up when talking about original film prop; that more often than not due to the nature of the industry these amazing props weren't built with any intention to be preserved - they were built to do what they needed to do onscreen and no more than that. Especially the further back we go, any thing that does remain from an iconic film can be considered a treasure unto itself.
I love this documentary, watched it a couple of times in my life.🤓👽👾 You really take movies for granted, especially fantasies , Sci-fi and horror ! Then you watch something like this and realise how much work and time goes into making one little alien let alone the time ,work , and patience needed to make everything in the movie, like landscape, craft and the alien creatures ! When you see the finished product it must be a very proud moment for them ! I doubt it couldn’t be done though without H.R. his eye and artistry is what made this a classic, well to me anyway, cant see anyone else producing such realistic yet out of this world , dark , scary, creatures with the details he gives it! 💟🏴
Wow, I had no idea of how much involvement Giger had in Alien. Sure, his design is up front and center, I just wasn't aware he had worked in the production of the film. The music in this documentary, combined with the monotone voice of the narrator is really off putting, but that actually adds to the mood.
When you visit Switzerland sometime, go to Gruyères (Greyerz), he has a museum right in the Castle of the town. The feeling in his dark museum was unreal/real and the castle is also very beautiful. :)
These realizations of Giger's concepts are so faithful that, in beholding them, I am stunned, as though I were gazing upon Giger's nightmarish airbrush artwork!
OMG imagine pulling apart and destroying the flight bridge, corridors, mess hall and so on of the amazing set piece that was the Nostromo? I just could not do it! They destroyed something that probably compares to ancient ruins in its wonder?
This is an amazing video to watch and see the whole process. Giger was an amazing artist . I was saddened to hear of his untimely death years ago. I never get tired of watching this film. Now I see all the beautiful artistic work that went into making the sets and creature. It is truly a labor of love. I was saddened to see the destruction of all the sets at the end but I understand why. Thank you so much for posting .
The monotony of the narrator is both 'lanorious' yet, soothing. The music seems also discordant but really compliments the atmosphere the document sets out
Using Giger for all the alien related stuff and Ron Cobb as designer for all the human-made tech was such a great decision as the totally contrasting styles made the alien parts really look like they were from another world. Sadly both Giger and Cobb are no longer with us now.
Seeing full uncut scenes of alien....So glad that the alien was edited to only see Close ups.. Made it so much more horrifying ... Left to our own mind ..perfection.
Man, that's a lot of aluminum foil. Remember in school I made Alien out of playdoh, my teacher loved it but fellow classmates either hated it or freaked out. haha
He was bound to the franchise obviously as one of the designers with higher responsibility, however he were doing different concept art for each movie and not just "reusing" old stuff... for example the deacon in prometheus its not based directly on Alien 1 xenomorph, but on a dozen of different concepts made by giger about the deacon, that later were again modified by another designer (example, the deacon was meant to be white, not black) I think I saw the original concept being exploited on Alien covenant trailer.
Wow! A "making of" type doc. that is truly interesting and informative. No "interviewing" actors. Who invariably say, "It was just so great to work with X, and it was just so great to work with Y. I learned so much. It was so collaborative. It was so great." Actors. Right? Who cares. They say lines. "Makin of" docs should talk to the people who make the damn things. Giger is so factual. He is so focused on how all his designs were realized for the film. It is quickly evident how straight forward and practical he is. No Moods. No balls about Creative Processes. He's at work each morning at 830. They've got their cow viscera and condoms to hand for constructing eggs and alien facial musculature. As one does. I suppose it is because of the aura of his work, one interviewer asks Scott, "what was it like working with Giger" "Incredibly easy". You can see this. Down to earth, working away, getting his hands REALLY dirty. Penises and vaginas all over the shop. Literally. Happy as Larry. Day at the coal face. Bob's your uncle.
What's funny about the music in the b.g throughout this doc, is that it reminds me of the music in the "Norfair" stage of the first "Metroid" videogame on the original Nintendo videogame system. I wonder if the makers of that game saw this doc. and got the idea for th music from it.
Best alien design ever.
Without Giger Alien wouldn't have worked
or dan, or the cast, or all the other people that worked on it, lol. it was a joint effort. the only person who didnt really contribute anything to it (despite being the guy who took all the credit) was ridley scott. in fact ridley remade the same film again twice, without all the other people and guess what? we ended up with prometheus and the bomb, alien covenant, a film that makes alien res look like a masterpiece y comparison.
Yes, Alien would have sat around collecting gov't checks, watching Jerry Springer, eating cold hot dogs from the pack ...
Yes, his vision was so dark and disturbing! The xenomorph is on an inconceivably higher level than the googly-eyed fur suit science fiction monsters of the Fifties.
Don't forget Moebius!
@@crossface5710 who are you to say that?
the music in this documentary is perfect for it. moody. electronic depressing...
This one of the music giger did the album cover th-cam.com/video/AYBLp7GUglU/w-d-xo.html
The great thing was the artist responsible for the music wasn't anonymous but was Joël Vandroogenbroeck. I doubt any of this music made it to record, but he did have a long career recording tons of library music albums, as well as a member of Brainticket who released several great albums from 1970 until as late as 2015.
Alien is an absolute masterpiece. It was so original and groundbreaking, one of the first sci-fi horror films.
olentangy74 THE first sci- fi horror film in my opinion. What's better ? 2001?
John Carpenter's The Thing is the only one that comes even close imo.
Breen Machine yes
Well, there was Frankenstein, Creature from The Black Lagoon, The Invisible Man, This Island Earth, Planet of The Vampires, Fiend Without a Face, etc.
Juan Borjas Yeah those were monster movies and sci- fi , and none of them were not really that scary. Alien WAS.
I love this. Love the quirky late 70s electronica. And it really goes to show just how much of a professional Giger was. Absolutely a pivotal influence. The combination of H. R. Giger and Ridley Scott is one of the most fortunate creative marriages in the history of art.
The soundtrack to this is rough, unpolished, the polar opposite of the Alien score by Goldsmith. But it's absolutely awesome. It screams 70s. I love it. Warm, random synth...
Reminds me of Vangelis and Tangerine Dream
To add to Lark's comment, it sounds a lot like IN SEARCH OF... with Leonard Nimoy. Or maybe even a proto TOMITA, who was originally going to do the soundtrack before Fox decided to go with Goldsmith (as they felt Tomita might have been a bit "too much").
@AquaCF69 nope. Definitely not.
Likely made by Peter Scherer with the swizz band Island, Giger did the album cover art for their album "pictures" from 1977. You should check it out, its insanely complex and interesting stuff, basically avant garde progressive rock, inspired by Emerson Lake and Palmer, Gentle Giant and Van der graaf Generator, heavily drivent by vintage analogue keyboard instruments (like the Hohner clavniet in this docu) Organs, Moog Taurs bass synthesizer.
@@snuppssynthchannel very cool, the end credits say VDB Joel, aka Joel Vandroogenbroeck. Was he in the swizz band..? Will definitely check it out.
A very calm and pleasant documentary about creating the ultimate nightmare fuel.
TJ Hastie right on the money, TJ.
I agree with Giger's stance that the alien design,
as well as the Space Jockey, was over exposed
by the franchise's over expansion and brought
into the realm of the mundane.
His work in Bio-mechanical remains, however,
one of the most impressive series of paintings
ever to emerge from the 20th century.
Anime Freak Yes. Overexposed and overexplained.
I think that would have happened regardless if it was a one off movie or not, it might not even have become so popular without the sequel Aliens
@@Wyrm7774 you are correct, in my opinion
Just think- those guys working with such skills and patience, has made a franchise that has lasted for decades.
These people are real artisans.
The level of work and effort to bringing this to life is truly unmatched.
As a big fan of the Alien films, seeing the Xenomorph chilling on set waiting for the next take is kind of surreal.
Damn, I have nothing to do with anything and it's hard for me to watch it just being torn down like garbage, I can only imagine what goes through these brilliant artists minds. all the careful attention to detail,work and love put into this and then having to sit there and watch it get demolished....Doesnt matter how seasoned they are, it must always hurt to some degree. Most of it belongs in a museum imo, not a dumpster on the back of the lot. Any of this stuff would be worth a fortune today.
so true!
I love the music used in this video.
It is very rare that we have true artistic geniuses, musical geniuses, etc, in this day and age. They only come around once in a lifetime.
H. R. Giger was one such genius. You are truly missed my friend.
This entire masterpiece, will never be repeated. These times have gone. But what a project to peak such efforts and ideas. It must have been a true wonder, to be part of.
Having read, watched many hundreds of reviews and analysis of the film, owning the book to this piece, necronimicon 1 & 2, and many others, tattooing myself with the geniuses art, I'm not quite sure how i missed this. Art and craft taken to the N'th degree.
Alien design was Necronom IV
@@RBPhantomTilt I have both books, always something new to notice.
Have you read the darkhorse comic??
@3:01 anyone recognize the "egg silo" as the temple in Prometheus ??? the work this man created that didnt get into film still influenced film thru out his life time, it simply amazing the level of creativity and the ability to image these creature and design str8 from his head onto paper and then usually into a real practical effect/physical prop.
you dont get this level of genius/creativity in most cinema today , at least not very often
what amount of passion in this piece, never wonder why this movie was so different and has aged quite well, a work of dark art at the fullest.
"The next producer is already waiting at the door...with his contract" ...what a poignant line...
The talent, heart, blood, sweat, tears that went into all this is amazing and admirable. The fact that now everything would be done so quickly with CGI makes me want to cry. A lost art, and we are all the poorer for it.
No, we still do this type of work. In the new Alien films by Ridley Scott, the same sets were built, using the same techniques and full costumes were created for the aliens. Did you know that practical costs 4 to 5 times more than CGI?
The cheery music at 15:00 when the alien egg opens takes it to a new level!!! lol
Giger was a genius of bizarre creative talent.
The amount of work in the landscape design was crazy!
Just discovered this documentary, what a accidental find. I’m fascinated by film making and Alien is a masterpiece of sci-fi imagination and artistic visionary filmmaking. I always appreciate the work efforts put in, most audiences take it for granted by I have always been interested in the creative work behind the scenes. Giger is a master artist. 🎬👍
The aliens mouth movement was achieved through condoms... Cool :D
too bad that Kane didn't have a condom to prevent the face-hugger from making its deposit!
The Shepperton Studios technicians were such pros, & did justice to Giger's unique fantastic designs with their skillfully realized production prop renderings!
The art of this movie is just incredible, the retro futuristic elements, the alien itself, the ship. It’s clear that the makers gave it their all to create the most groundbreaking movie that they could. Well mission accomplished, because it is a masterpiece of a horror film on nearly every level.
The greatest film ever made
It so surreal this was from the era of funk and disco. A bit ahead of it's time.
MASTERFUL WORK! Wish he where still alive and healthy RIP GIGER.
Unbelievable. The most incredibly realized concept-art I have ever seen. Truly a master draughtsman and painter.
Genius design...
Robert Hurst It looks great buy why is it considered genius?
"Exceptional intellectual or creative power or other natural ability"
Each to their own
Robert Hurst But why is this alien design considered genius?
As I said, it's a personal comment.
Watch the film, look at the drawings, realise what had been before and what else was happening at the time.
A truly great concept, brilliantly executed.
Robert Hurst True. The Predator is good but not as brilliant as this.
I love this documentary.
ALIEN is the masterpiece of film making.
I never knew this documentary existed, Thanks for uploading!🏆
That magnificent creature is so realistic and terrifying, all it takes for this thing to come alive is a divine breath.
That's what I would like to see again today: a serious documentary around fantasy and science-fiction with nostalgic music and less geekery.
love this stuff. giger is a god hahaha. his work is amazing.
one of the most underrated artist of this century !
Perfect time to dive into this fantastic Alien université as we are all waiting for the Alien Romulus to be available in movie theaters this summer! I highly recommend visiting the Giger museum in Switzerland.
Thanks for this video, however the soundtrack was really unnerving to me….
Seeing everything get torn down towards the end there brings to mind a comment by Adam Savage that often comes up when talking about original film prop; that more often than not due to the nature of the industry these amazing props weren't built with any intention to be preserved - they were built to do what they needed to do onscreen and no more than that. Especially the further back we go, any thing that does remain from an iconic film can be considered a treasure unto itself.
I love this documentary, watched it a couple of times in my life.🤓👽👾
You really take movies for granted, especially fantasies , Sci-fi and horror !
Then you watch something like this and realise how much work and time goes into making one little alien let alone the time ,work , and patience needed to make everything in the movie, like landscape, craft and the alien creatures !
When you see the finished product it must be a very proud moment for them !
I doubt it couldn’t be done though without H.R. his eye and artistry is what made this a classic, well to me anyway, cant see anyone else producing such realistic yet out of this world , dark , scary, creatures with the details he gives it!
💟🏴
Waited so long to watch this.
This is simply amazing. So much work has gone into this every piece of it is an amazing work of art.
This is a fantastic find! Thank you for sharing this piece of history I never knew existed.
I love the 70s
Wow, I had no idea of how much involvement Giger had in Alien. Sure, his design is up front and center, I just wasn't aware he had worked in the production of the film.
The music in this documentary, combined with the monotone voice of the narrator is really off putting, but that actually adds to the mood.
I wonder what those panels they were tearing down at the end would be worth on the collector's market today
must find soundtrack . this is giving me comfortable chills. still have this mans posters i bought in 95, on my studio wall.
When you visit Switzerland sometime, go to Gruyères (Greyerz), he has a museum right in the Castle of the town.
The feeling in his dark museum was unreal/real and the castle is also very beautiful. :)
Thank you for this. I felt i was back in the 70´s again, specially because of the music.
Thank you for sharing.
Fantastic documentary. Had read about it but never seen. Many thanks for the upload!
These realizations of Giger's concepts are so faithful that, in beholding them, I am stunned, as though I were gazing upon Giger's nightmarish airbrush artwork!
thank you for posting this it will really help me with my alien costume
Hi been looking around the channel and really enjoyed your content; especially this this documentary!! Thanks for your posts, brilliant!!
Giger=legend ❤❤❤
OMG imagine pulling apart and destroying the flight bridge, corridors, mess hall and so on of the amazing set piece that was the Nostromo?
I just could not do it!
They destroyed something that probably compares to ancient ruins in its wonder?
80,000 of these views are Adam Savage.
This is an amazing video to watch and see the whole process. Giger was an amazing artist . I was saddened to hear of his untimely death years ago. I never get tired of watching this film. Now I see all the beautiful artistic work that went into making the sets and creature. It is truly a labor of love. I was saddened to see the destruction of all the sets at the end but I understand why. Thank you so much for posting .
Probably the best Sci fi movie ever Giger what an artist rest in peace.
True genius. Rip giger
1:00 I like the nice pleasant Windows-esque noise when the thing opens.
This music is awesome. Reminds me of the Tara the Singing Android vids, super creepy.
The monotony of the narrator is both 'lanorious' yet, soothing. The music seems also discordant but really compliments the atmosphere the document sets out
Using Giger for all the alien related stuff and Ron Cobb as designer for all the human-made tech was such a great decision as the totally contrasting styles made the alien parts really look like they were from another world. Sadly both Giger and Cobb are no longer with us now.
Seeing full uncut scenes of alien....So glad that the alien was edited to only see
Close ups.. Made it so much more horrifying ... Left to our own mind ..perfection.
Great documentary. Enjoyed that. Thanks for posting. I'm going to talk in slow motion the rest of the day.
Giger was a once every few Century artist, his work will live for thousands of years.
Man, that's a lot of aluminum foil.
Remember in school I made Alien out of playdoh, my teacher loved it but fellow classmates either hated it or freaked out. haha
Giger was such a creative genius very ahead at his time. A great artist of the century.
It’s like the universe iligned to make this movie happen! 😮
This is amazing.
Amazing documentary
i really feel that some guy at Lego got the inspiration for 'Bionicle' name from Giger's work.
great documentary
Love the music
Masterpiece
Brilliant doc focusing on Giger. I have the Alien Quadrilogy 9 disc Box Set and this aint in it!
The painter, who changed the art painting, the cine, the airbrushing and the tattooing, and the horror genre at all
this is masterpiece!!! and I am so proud that I saw it as a child!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have the book that goes with this documentary. It's amazing!
Best thriller I've ever seen
crazy how prometheus used this guys creations from 1979
Ridley Scott was basically revisiting his old project.
I liked how everything looked in that movie, except the xenomorph at the end.
but what dad is now a days movies relay sooo much on special effects. which kills the movie.. what this guy is doing is true art!!!!
It was only a first evolution of the xenomorph in alien
He was bound to the franchise obviously as one of the designers with higher responsibility, however he were doing different concept art for each movie and not just "reusing" old stuff... for example the deacon in prometheus its not based directly on Alien 1 xenomorph, but on a dozen of different concepts made by giger about the deacon, that later were again modified by another designer (example, the deacon was meant to be white, not black) I think I saw the original concept being exploited on Alien covenant trailer.
Back then, i was terrified (13 yrs). Even now I find it very disturbing (30 yrs), but also fascinating.
The most brutal part of the documentary, watching all of that beautiful work getting torn down at the end. 😞
Wow! A "making of" type doc. that is truly interesting and informative.
No "interviewing" actors. Who invariably say, "It was just so great to work with X, and it was just so great to work with Y. I learned so much. It was so collaborative. It was so great."
Actors.
Right?
Who cares. They say lines.
"Makin of" docs should talk to the people who make the damn things.
Giger is so factual. He is so focused on how all his designs were realized for the film.
It is quickly evident how straight forward and practical he is. No Moods. No balls about Creative Processes.
He's at work each morning at 830. They've got their cow viscera and condoms to hand for constructing eggs and alien facial musculature. As one does.
I suppose it is because of the aura of his work, one interviewer asks Scott, "what was it like working with Giger" "Incredibly easy". You can see this. Down to earth, working away, getting his hands REALLY dirty.
Penises and vaginas all over the shop. Literally. Happy as Larry. Day at the coal face. Bob's your uncle.
This is exactly why, you can stick CGI in the toilet !
Thank you Ridley Scott & RIP H.R. Giger
love it
What's funny about the music in the b.g throughout this doc, is that it reminds me of the music in the "Norfair" stage of the first "Metroid" videogame on the original Nintendo videogame system. I wonder if the makers of that game saw this doc. and got the idea for th music from it.
Genius, creating the scariest creature of all movies
Great Work 😍 😍 😍
master class
様々なアイデアや 技術が凝縮された
最高の映画🎬✨✨✨✨✨
I gotta say the actor for the Alien was good looking, tall and handsome. What? I like tall men
With Alien, we finally got a monster that lived up to the build-up.
Best creature design ever created
It's real craftsmanship !
Circus people, unbelievable!