Roger Christian was the art director in charge, amonst other aspects, of the 'Nostromo' environment during the shooting of 'Alien' at Shepperton studios in 1978. - Ed
"It was with some trepidation that I placed the Alien Blu Ray into my player and pushed play. I wondered if the superior quality and sharpness might show up the sets in a different light, and expose the underpinnings of scrap..."
It is amazing to me how thirty years vanish in an instant the moment the opening credits of Alien begin, and that evocative music connects to an inner memory of haunting fear. Even having worked on every frame of the film, watching the movie again, it instils the same tension-building thrill as the first time. I think this is indicative of the amazing power this movie has, and its enduringly unique quality.
The seventies and early eighties were a period of revolution in creative arts,...
"It was with some trepidation that I placed the Alien Blu Ray into my player and pushed play. I wondered if the superior quality and sharpness might show up the sets in a different light, and expose the underpinnings of scrap..."
It is amazing to me how thirty years vanish in an instant the moment the opening credits of Alien begin, and that evocative music connects to an inner memory of haunting fear. Even having worked on every frame of the film, watching the movie again, it instils the same tension-building thrill as the first time. I think this is indicative of the amazing power this movie has, and its enduringly unique quality.
The seventies and early eighties were a period of revolution in creative arts,...
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- Shadowlocked
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