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The Making of Alien

Author : J. W. Rinzler

Publisher : National Geographic Books

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 23,61 MB

Release : 2019-07-23

Category : Performing Arts

ISBN : 1789090555

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A comprehensive and definitive volume telling the complete story of how Alien was made, featuring new interviews with Ridley Scott and other production crew, and including many rarely-seen photos and illustrations from the Fox archives. In 1979 a movie legend was born, as Twentieth Century-Fox and director Ridley Scott unleashed Alien - and gave audiences around the world the scare of their lives. To celebrate the movie's fortieth anniversary, author J.W. Rinzler (The Making of Star Wars) tells the whole fascinating story of how Alien evolved from a simple idea in the mind of writer Dan O'Bannon into one of the most memorable sci-fi horror thrillers of all time. With brand new interviews with Ridley Scott and other key members of the original production crew, and featuring many never-before-seen photographs and artworks from the archives, The Making of Alien is the definitive work on this masterpiece of popular cinema.



The Art and Making of Alien: Covenant

Author : Simon Ward

Publisher : National Geographic Books

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 47,63 MB

Release : 2017-05-23

Category : Performing Arts

ISBN : 1785653814

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Ridley Scott returns to the universe he created with Alien: Covenant, a new chapter in the groundbreaking Alien franchise. The crew of the colony ship Covenant discover what they think is an uncharted paradise, but it is actually a dark, dangerous world, whose sole inhabitant is the synthetic David, survivor of the doomed Prometheus expedition. Alien: Covenant – The Art of the Film reveals how the visual style of the film evolved, with breathtaking concept art accompanied by insight and interviews with key cast and crew. This official companion book explores all the major environments, creatures and technology that feature in this exciting new movie. It explores the intricate technology of the eponymous colony ship and its auxiliary vehicles, designs of the crew’s uniforms and weaponry, artwork of key locations and breathtaking alien art imagery in amazing detail. Packed with fascinating sketches, blueprints, diagrams, full-color artwork, final film frames and behind-the-scenes shots from the set, Alien: Covenant – The Art of the Film is the ultimate literary companion to this highly anticipated movie event. TM & © 2017 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. All rights reserved.



Making of Alien Resurrection

Author : Andrew Murdock

Publisher : Harper Paperbacks

Page : 144 pages

File Size : 45,58 MB

Release : 1997-11-28

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 9780061053788

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Alien Resurrection marks the fourth installment in the Alien science-fiction film series. The story takes us into deep space where the USS Auriga is the venue for clandestine scientific experiments in the name of medical advancement. The arrival of the Betty, a rock 'n' roll spacecraft with a cargo of live hosts and a volatile crew, plants the seeds for confirmation and conflict. Sigourney Weaver returns as the genetically corrupted Lieutenant Ripley, and is joined by Winona Ryder, as the auton robot Call and an eclectic crew of renegade space pirates in a quest to find meaning in a world that seeks to tamper with the lethal and mysterious alien life form. Director Jean-Pierre Jeuenet, who generated the abstract and visually arresting films Delicatessen and The City of Lost Children, takes creative license to establish another uniquely stylized futuristic vision. The Making of Alien Resurrection is a celebration of the creative process involved in the completion of a major feature film. Join the director, cinematographer, designers, editors, visual effects consultants, special effects technicians, artists, sculptors and a myriad of other talented people in a collaborative journey to fabricate an idiosyncratic perception of the future.



Alien Vault

Author : Ian Nathan

Publisher : White Lion Publishing

Page : 195 pages

File Size : 36,27 MB

Release : 2019-11-19

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ISBN : 1781319421

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Alien Vault is the ultimate tribute to a film that changed cinema forever.



The Book of Alien

Author : Paul Scanlon

Publisher :

Page : 12 pages

File Size : 12,59 MB

Release : 1979

Category : Alien (Motion picture)

ISBN : 9780930368432

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Alien: The Archive-The Ultimate Guide to the Classic Movies

Author : Titan Books

Publisher : National Geographic Books

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 38,72 MB

Release : 2014-10-28

Category : Performing Arts

ISBN : 1783291044

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Alien is one of the most original, thrilling, and beautiful franchises in cinema history. From Ridley Scott's elegant horror masterpiece and James Cameron's visceral and heart-pounding Aliens, to David Fincher's nihilistic Alien3, and Jean-Pierre Jeunet's twisted Alien Resurrection, these are the films that birthed a monster and a cultural phenomenon. Alien: The Archive is a beautiful celebration of these landmark films, delving deep into the process of how all four films were created. From the earliest script ideas to final cut, this book showcases the making of the series in exhaustive and exclusive detail. Featuring storyboards from Ridley Scott, exclusive concept designs from Ron Cobb and Syd Mead, behind-the-scenes imagery of the xenomorphs being created, deleted scenes, unused ideas, costumes, weapons, and much more. This must have retrospective also includes brand new interviews with Ridley Scott, Sigourney Weaver, H.R. Giger, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Jenette Goldstein, and those whose vision and originality created a cinema legend. This book is for all fans of Alien, art lovers, and cinema and science fiction historians. Alien:The Archive is the final word on the series and showcases the breathtaking creation of a terrifying and beautiful filmic nightmare. TM & © 2014 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. All Rights Reserved.



Alien Woman

Author : Ximena Gallardo C.

Publisher : A&C Black

Page : 262 pages

File Size : 41,58 MB

Release : 2004-05-21

Category : Social Science

ISBN : 9780826415707

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This text examines the construction of sex and gender in the four science-fiction films comprising the Alien saga (starring Sigourney Weaver). It will be useful to researchers and teachers in film, mass communication, women's studies, gender studies and genre studies.



The Chinese Must Go

Author : Beth Lew-Williams

Publisher : Harvard University Press

Page : 361 pages

File Size : 39,98 MB

Release : 2018-02-26

Category : History

ISBN : 0674976010

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Beth Lew-Williams shows how American immigration policies incited violence against Chinese workers, and how that violence provoked new exclusionary policies. Locating the origins of the modern American "alien" in this violent era, she makes clear that the present resurgence of xenophobia builds mightily upon past fears of the "heathen Chinaman."



The Art of Alien: Isolation

Author : Andy McVittie

Publisher : National Geographic Books

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 13,20 MB

Release : 2014-10-07

Category : Games & Activities

ISBN : 1781169314

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The Art of ALIEN: ISOLATION is a high-end art book featuring over 300 images from the latest game in the critically and commercially acclaimed Alien franchise. Taking players back to the survival horror atmosphere of the first film, ALIEN: ISOLATION features Amanda Ripley as the hero trying to survive on a decommissioned space station. The Art of ALIEN: ISOLATION is the ultimate gallery of the eagerly anticipated game, featuring extensive concept and development art, and creator and artist commentary throughout.



Impossible Subjects

Author : Mae M. Ngai

Publisher : Princeton University Press

Page : 411 pages

File Size : 21,64 MB

Release : 2014-04-27

Category : History

ISBN : 1400850231

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This book traces the origins of the "illegal alien" in American law and society, explaining why and how illegal migration became the central problem in U.S. immigration policy—a process that profoundly shaped ideas and practices about citizenship, race, and state authority in the twentieth century. Mae Ngai offers a close reading of the legal regime of restriction that commenced in the 1920s—its statutory architecture, judicial genealogies, administrative enforcement, differential treatment of European and non-European migrants, and long-term effects. She shows that immigration restriction, particularly national-origin and numerical quotas, remapped America both by creating new categories of racial difference and by emphasizing as never before the nation's contiguous land borders and their patrol. Some images inside the book are unavailable due to digital copyright restrictions.