Making of Alien Resurrection: Making of Alien Resurrection

By Andrew Murdock

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0061053783
• ISBN13: 9780061053788
• Release Date: November 1997
• Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 1.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.0" x 0.5" x 8.8"

Customer Reviews

AN INTERESTING READ ABOUT BEHIND THE SCENES

I THINK THAT ANDREW MURDOCK AND RACHEL ABERLY DO A GOOD JOB OF SHOWING THE READER ALL THE SETS, COSTUMES, SFX AND MODELS THAT ARE USED IN THIS MOVIE. THE BOOK IS PACKED WITH DRAWINGS, SKETCHES AND PHOTOS THAT SHOW US HOW SOME OF THE GREAT SETS AND EFFECTS ARE BROUGHT TO THE BIG SCREEN. ALOT OF THE INTERVIEWS ARE WITH THE TECHNICAL PEOPLE WHO USE SOME SHOP TALK TO DESCRIBE HOW THE LIGHTING, CAMERA ANGLES, ATMOSPHERIC COLOR AND MOODS ARE CREATED. I MOSTLY ENJOYED THE PHOTOS AND DRAWINGS OF THE NEWBORN AND HOW IT WAS SO SUCESSFULLY USED IN THE MOVIE. I HAVE READ THE MAKING OF MANY OTHER MOVIES AND THIS BOOK IS ONE OF THE BETTER ONES. HOPEFULLY SOME DAY ANOTHER ALIEN MOVIE WILL BE MADE WITH SIGOURNEY WEAVER WHO SUCH A WONDERFUL ACTRESS PLAYING RIPLEY. I WOULD LIKE TO THE LAST MOVIE REVOLVE AROUND THE HUMANS ATTEMPT TO ERADICATE THE ALIENS ONCE AND FOR ALL ON THE ALIEN'S HOME WORLD IN ALL OUT WAR FOR SURVIVAL. THE WINNER TAKES ALL.

If you liked the movie ...

Not everyone liked this movie, although I thought it was a step up on Aliens 3.The book is full of great color pictures, especially of the monsters themselves - ideal for model makers or anyone like me who is occasionally frustrated that I don't get a better look at the aliens during the movie.Better than most "the making of the movie" type of books, I'd recommend to all monster movie fans, especially those of the Alien movies.

Great!!!

I really don't know how else to put it: this book is just great! It contains lots of terrific behind-the-scenes-material: interviews with the creative personnel behind the camera and the actors in front of it, photographs, drawings, story board, ...! If you liked the movie "ALIEN: RESURRECTION" you have to buy this book!!! It'll make you see how much great work and effort was necessary to make Ripley's return possible! Having read this book you'll be able to enjoy the movie even more! This is the best of all the "ALIEN: RESURRECTION"-books!