Affiliate Link – Alien the Archive: The Ultimate Guide to the Classic Movies
I’m not quite sure how I missed this, but Alien the Archive: The Ultimate Guide to the Classic Movies* released last month and sounds like exactly the sort of thing all of us need. The book’s listed as 320-pages and is slightly oversized, meaning it’s a hefty coffee table book and, I hope, packed with photos and info that will make all of us happy. The book’s description sure makes it sound like a great Christmas gift idea.
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.
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Even decades later, that Xenomorph design is profoundly unsettling.