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literature list on: Alien (1979)
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#1
Ahrens, Jörn: Imagologien des Ursprungs: Ridley Scotts Alien als Beispiel einer Mythologie der Moderne In: Deutsche Vierteljahrsschrift für Literaturwissenschaft und Geistesgeschichte 81. 2007. No. 3. [?D] pp. 440-474.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Alien (1979)
Mythologie ~ Mythology
#2
Alien. - Wien: ?V ?J. (= Neuer Filmkurier 261.)
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Alien (1979)
#3
Alien. - Nürnberg: Verlag Karin Stähle ?J. (= Super 8 Filmblätter.)
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Alien (1979)
#4
Alien - Das unheimliche Wesen aus einer fremden Welt. - Nürnberg: Filmverlag Peter Schmidl ?J. (= Phantopia-Filmprogramm 85.)
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Alien (1979)
#5
Alien - Das unheimliche Wesen aus einer fremden Welt. 2. Auflage. - Nürnberg: Filmverlag Peter Schmidl 1992. (= Phantopia-Filmprogramm 85.)
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Alien (1979)
#6
Alien. Edited by Richard J. Anobile. Screenplay by Dan O’Bannon. - New York: Avon 1979.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Alien (1979)
#7
Alien: The archive: The ultimate guide to classic movies. - London: Titan Books 2014.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Alien (1979)
#8
Alien. Zusammenstellung und Übersetzung von Raymond Silvani. In: Andrzej Wajda / Science Fiction. - Zürich: Filmstellen VSETH / VSU 1990. (= Dokumentation Sommer 1990.) pp. 154-159.
Description:
Collection of texts on the film.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Alien (1979)
Science Fiction ~ Science Fiction
#9
Alieni replicanti duellanti: Omaggio a Ridley Scott. A cura di Giulio Fedeli. - Milano: Centro Studi Cinematografici della Lombardia 1990.
Reviews:
Comuzio, Ermanno: [untitled] In: Cineforum 30. 1990. No. 7/8(296). [?D] p. 96.
Description:
Includes articles and a filmography with reprints of Italian film reviews.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Alien (1979)
Roboter ~ Robots
Aliens ~ Aliens
Italien ~ Italy
#10
Alpers, Hans Joachim: Alien. In: Enzyklopädie des phantastischen Films. 1. Ergänzungslieferung. - Meitingen: Corian-Verlag, Mai 1986.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Alien (1979)
#11
Ambrogio, Anthony: Alien: In space, no one can hear your primal scream. In: Eros in the mind’s eye. Edited by Donald Palumbo. - New York: Greenwood 1986. pp. 169-179.
Description:
Psychoanalytic analysis of the representation of sexuality in Ridley Scott’s Alien.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Alien (1979)
Weltraum ~ Space
Psychologie ~ Psychology
Sexualität ~ Sexuality
#12
Anderson, Craig: Alien. In: Anderson, Craig: Science fiction films of the seventies. - Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland 1985. pp. 217-224.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Alien (1979)
Science Fiction ~ Science Fiction
#13
Baird, Robert: The startle effect: Implications for spectator cognition and media theory. In: Film Quarterly 53. 2000. No. 3. [Spring] pp. 12-24.
Description:
Psychological analysis of the horror and thrillergenre. Discusses, among others, Ridley Scott’s Alien and Jacques Tourneur’s Cat People.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Tourneur, Jacques
Alien (1979)
Cat People (1942)
Thriller ~ Thriller
Horror ~ Horror
Psychologie ~ Psychology
Angst ~ Fear
#14
Baker, Robin: Computer technology and special effects in contemporary cinema. In: Future visions: New technologies of the screen. Edited by Philip Hayward and Tana Wollen. - London: British Film Institute Publishing 1993. pp. 31-45.
Description:
Discusses, among others, Ridley Scott’s Alien, Jetsons - The Movie by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, James Cameron’s Terminator II - Judgement Day, Steven Lisberger’s Tron and Robert Zemeckis’s Who Framed Roger Rabbit.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Hanna, William
Barbera, Joseph
Cameron, James
Lisberger, Steven
Zemeckis, Robert
Alien (1979)
Jetsons - The Movie (1990)
Terminator II - Judgement Day (1991)
Tron (1982)
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
Technik: Spezialeffekte ~ Technology: Special Effects
Technik: Computer ~ Technology: Computer
Utopie ~ Utopia
Technik ~ Technology
#15
Barnes, Jonathan / Kermode, Mark: What a carve up. In: Sight and Sound NS 13. 2003. No. 12. [December] pp. 12-16.
Description:
On contemporary remakes or new versions of classical horror films. Discusses, among others, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Alien: The Director’s Cut.
Index:
Hooper, Tobe
Nispel, Marcus
Scott, Ridley
Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The (1974)
Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The (2003)
Alien (1979)
Horror ~ Horror
#16
Barr, Marleen S.: Octavia Butler and James Tiptree do not write about zap guns: Positioning feminist science fiction within feminist fabulation. In: Barr, Marleen S.: Lost in space: Probing feminist science fiction and beyond. - Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press 1993. pp. 97-107.
Description:
Discusses, among others, Ridley Scott’s Alien.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Butler, Octavia E.
Tiptree Jr., James
Alien (1979)
Weltraum ~ Space
Frauen ~ Women
Science Fiction ~ Science Fiction
#17
Barsanti, Chris: The science fiction movie guide: The universe of film from Alien to Zardoz. - Canton, Michigan: Visible Ink Press 2014.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Boorman, John
Alien (1979)
Zardoz (1974)
Weltraum ~ Space
Science Fiction ~ Science Fiction
#18
Bell-Metereau, Rebecca: Woman: The other alien in Alien. In: Women worldwalkers: New dimensions of science fiction and fantasy. Edited by Jane B. Weedman. - Lubbock, Texas: Texas Tech Press 1985. pp. 9-24.
Description:
On the film by Ridley Scott.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Alien (1979)
Fantasy ~ Fantasy
Aliens ~ Aliens
Science Fiction ~ Science Fiction
Frauen ~ Women
#19
Belling, Catherine: "Where meaning collapses": Alien and the outlawing of the female hero. In: Literator 13. 1992. No. 3. [?D] pp. 35-49.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Alien (1979)
Helden ~ Heros
Frauen ~ Women
#20
Benson-Allott, Caetlin: Dreadful architecture: Zones of horror in Alien and Lee Bontecou’s wall sculptures. In: Journal of Visual Culture 14. 2015. No. 3. [December] pp. 267-278.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Bontecou, Lee
Alien (1979)
Horror ~ Horror
Architektur ~ Architecture
Kunst ~ Arts, The
#21
Berg, Mattias: Luftslott och optiska villor: Sa fick filmen sitt eget rum. In: Bonniers Litterara Magasin 64. 1995. No. 1. [?D] pp. 54-55.
Description:
On Ridley Scott’s Alien.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Alien (1979)
#22
Bick, Ilsa J.: Alien within, Aliens without: The primal scene and the return to the repressed. In: American Imago 45. 1988. No. 3. [?D] pp. 337-358.
Description:
Psychoanalytical interpretation.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Cameron, James
Alien (1979)
Aliens (1986)
Alien (Filmreihe)
Psychologie ~ Psychology
#23
Bilodeau, Francois: Godard, Wenders et Scott: L’Odysee ici-bas. In: Liberte 1988. No. 175. [?D] pp. 82-88.
Description:
Discusses, among others, Wim Wenders’s Der Himmel über Berlin and Ridley Scott’s Alien.
Index:
Godard, Jean-Luc
Wenders, Wim
Scott, Ridley
Himmel über Berlin, Der (1987)
Alien (1979)
#24
Bolich, Cecilia: Alien thoughts: Mind reading and spectatorial pleasure in Ridley Scott’s horror film. - Tampa, Florida: University of South Florida, M.F.A. 2011. [Abstract in: Masters Abstracts International 49. 2011. No. 5. (October)]
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Alien (1979)
Horror ~ Horror
Science Fiction ~ Science Fiction
#25
Bond, Jeff: Interstellar scares. In: Cinefantastique 35. 2003/2004. No. 6. [December/January] p. 64.
Description:
On Ridley Scott’s Alien.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Alien (1979)
#26
Bond, Jeff: Latent image in space, no one can hear you ... In: Cinefantastique 35. 2003. No. 5. [October/November] p. 80.
Description:
Cinematographer Derek Vanlint on plans for a Alien seqel.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Vanlint, Derek
Alien (1979)
Weltraum ~ Space
Technik: Kamera ~ Technology: Camera
#27
Brauerhoch, Annette: Mutter - Monster, Monster - Mutter: Vom Horror der Weiblichkeit und monströser Mütterlichkeit im Horrorfilm und seinen Theorien. In: Frauen und Film 1990. No. 49. [December] pp. 21-37.
Description:
Feminist analysis on the horror film. Discusses, among others, Ridley Scott’s Alien and James Cameron’s Aliens.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Cameron, James
Alien (1979)
Aliens (1986)
Alien (Filmreihe)
Monster ~ Monster
Mutter ~ Mothers
Horror ~ Horror
Frauen ~ Women
#28
Brimmicombe-Wood, Lee: Aliens: Colonial marines technical manual. Edited by Dave Hughes. - New York: HarperPrism 1996.
Description:
On the three Alien films by Ridley Scott, James Cameron and David Fincher.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Cameron, James
Fincher, David
Alien (1979)
Aliens (1986)
Alien 3 (1992)
Alien (Filmreihe)
Aliens ~ Aliens
Technik ~ Technology
#29
Brooks, Xan: Fierce creatures. In: Post Magazine [South China Morning Post HK], November 1, 2009. pp. 26-28.
Description:
On the 30th anniversary of Ridley Scott’s Alien, the sequels and the follow-up’s by various directors.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Alien (1979)
Alien (Filmreihe)
#30
Bukatman, Scott Richard: Terminal identity: The virtual subject in postmodern science fiction. - New York: New York University, Ph.D. 1992. [Abstract in: Dissertation Abstracts International A 53. 1993. No. 8. (February) p. 2579A.]
Description:
Discusses also some fantastic films, among them David Cronenberg’s Videodrome and The Fly, Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner, Paul Verhoeven’s Robocop and the Terminator films by James Cameron as well as the Alien films by Ridley Scott and James Cameron.
Index:
Cronenberg, David
Scott, Ridley
Verhoeven, Paul
Cameron, James
Videodrome (1982)
Blade Runner (1982)
Fly, The (1986)
Robocop (1987)
Terminator, The (1984)
Terminator II - Judgement Day (1991)
Alien (1979)
Aliens (1986)
Alien (Filmreihe)
Terminator (Filmreihe)
Postmoderne ~ Postmodern
Cyberspace ~ Cyberspace
Science Fiction ~ Science Fiction
#31
Bukatman, Scott Richard: Terminal identity: The virtual subject in postmodern science fiction. - Durham, North Carolina; London: Duke University Press 1993.
Reviews:
Bonner, Frances: [untitled.] In: Foundation 1994. No. 60. [?D] pp. 108-112.
Byers, Thomas B.: [untitled.] In: American Literature 67. 1995. No. 2. [?D] pp. 424-425.
Clute, John: [untitled.] In: The Times Literary Supplement. October 1, 1993. p. 22.
Fischer, Norman: [untitled] In: Extrapolation 35. 1994. No. 3. [?D] pp. 257-259.
Gordon, Andrew: [untitled.] In: Science Fiction Studies 20. 1993. No. 3(61). [?D] pp. 444-448.
Hollinger, Veronica: [untitled.] In: Utopian Studies 6. 1995. No. 1. [?D] pp. 126-128.
Land, Nick: [untitled.] In: Textual Practice 9. 1995. No. 3. [?D] pp. 512-514.
Porush, David: [untitled.] In: Modern Fiction Studies 42. 1996. No. 1. [?D] pp. 224-227.
Rickman, Gregg: [untitled] In: Film Quarterly 49. 1995. No. 1. [Fall] pp. 60-61.
Russell, Catherine: [untitled.] In: Canadian Journal of Film Studies 5. 1996. No. 1. [?D] pp. 79-82.
Description:
Discusses also some fantastic films, among them David Cronenberg’s Videodrome and The Fly, Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner, Paul Verhoeven’s Robocop and the Terminator films by James Cameron as well as the Alien films by Ridley Scott and James Cameron.
Index:
Cronenberg, David
Scott, Ridley
Verhoeven, Paul
Cameron, James
Videodrome (1982)
Blade Runner (1982)
Fly, The (1986)
Robocop (1987)
Terminator, The (1984)
Terminator II - Judgement Day (1991)
Alien (1979)
Aliens (1986)
Alien (Filmreihe)
Terminator (Filmreihe)
Postmoderne ~ Postmodern
Cyberspace ~ Cyberspace
Science Fiction ~ Science Fiction
#32
Byers, Thomas B.: Commodity futures: Corporate state and personal style in three recent science-fiction movies. In: Science Fiction Studies 14. 1987. No. 3(43). [November] pp. 326-339.
Description:
On science fiction films seen as a reflex to recent social problems. Discusses especially Ridley Scott’s Alien and Blade Runner as well as Nicholas Meyer’s Star Trek II - The Wrath of Khan.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Meyer, Nicholas
Blade Runner (1982)
Alien (1979)
Star Trek II - The Wrath of Khan (1982)
Utopie ~ Utopia
Science Fiction ~ Science Fiction
#33
Byers, Thomas B.: Commodity futures. In: Alien zone: Cultural theory and contemporary science fiction cinema. Edited by Annette Kuhn. - London: Verso Books 1990. pp. 39-50.
Description:
On science fiction films seen as a reflex to recent social problems. Discusses especially Ridley Scott’s Alien and Blade Runner as well as Nicholas Meyer’s Star Trek II - The Wrath of Khan.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Meyer, Nicholas
Alien (1979)
Blade Runner (1982)
Star Trek II - The Wrath of Khan (1982)
Aliens ~ Aliens
Utopie ~ Utopia
Science Fiction ~ Science Fiction
#34
Byers, Thomas B.: Kissing becky: Masculine fears and misogynist moments in science fiction films. In: Arizona Quarterly 45. 1989. No. 3. [Autumn] pp. 77-95.
Description:
Discusses, among others, Fritz Lang’s Metropolis, Don Siegel’s Invasion of the Body Snatchers and Ridley Scott’s Alien and Blade Runner.
Index:
Lang, Fritz
Siegel, Donald
Scott, Ridley
Metropolis (1925/1926)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
Alien (1979)
Blade Runner (1982)
Männer ~ Men
Science Fiction ~ Science Fiction
Angst ~ Fear
#35
Cadé, Michel: Les testaments des étoiles: Les références chrétiennes dans le cinéma de science-fiction. In: Christianisme et cinéma. Dirigée par Guy Hennebelle. (= Cinémaction 1996. No. 80. [?D]) pp. 152-159.
Description:
On Christian motofs in science fiction film, especially in the Alien series.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Cameron, James
Fincher, David
Alien (1979)
Aliens (1986)
Alien 3 (1992)
Science Fiction ~ Science Fiction
Religion ~ Religion
#36
Caron, A.:Les archétypes chez Ridley Scott. In: Jeune Cinéma 1983. No. 149. [March] pp. 34-36.
Description:
On archetypical motifs in Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner and Alien.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Blade Runner (1982)
Alien (1979)
#37
Carveth, Donald / Gold, Naomi: The pre-oedipalizing of Klein in (North) America: Ridley Scott’s Alien re-analyzed. In: PsyArt 1999. No. 3. [?D] p. ?P.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Alien (1979)
USA (United States of America) ~ USA (United States of America)
Ödipus ~ Oedipus
#38
Chen, Peng Xiang / Lin, Jian Guo: Yi Xing. In: Chung Wai Literary Monthly 22. 1993. No. 3. [?D] pp. 73-91.
Description:
On the three Alien films by Ridley Scott, James Cameron and David Fincher.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Cameron, James
Fincher, David
Alien (1979)
Aliens (1986)
Alien 3 (1992)
Alien (Filmreihe)
Aliens ~ Aliens
#39
Christian, Roger: Cinema alchemist: Designing Star Wars & Alien: How I built the lightsaber and won an Oscar: A memoir. - London: Titan Books 2016.
Description:
Memoires of the set decorator and director.
Index:
Christian, Roger
Lucas, George
Scott, Ridley
Star Wars (Filmreihe)
Alien (1979)
Academy Award ~ Academy Award
Science Fiction ~ Science Fiction
#40
Clark, Mark: Pets or meat: Alien, Aliens, and the indifference of the Gods. In: Science fiction America: Essays on SF cinema. Edited by David J. Hogan. - Jefferson, North Carolina; London: McFarland 2006. pp. 233-245.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Cameron, James
Alien (1979)
Aliens (1986)
Religion ~ Religion
Aliens ~ Aliens
USA (United States of America) ~ USA (United States of America)
Science Fiction ~ Science Fiction
#41
Clemens, Anna Valdine: The return of the repressed: Gothic horror from The Castle of Otranto to Alien. - Winnipeg, Manitoba: University of Manitoba, Ph.D. 1994. [Abstract in: Dissertation Abstracts International A 55. 1995. No. 11. (May) p. 3501A.]
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Walpole, Horace
Alien (1979)
Horror ~ Horror
Castle of Otranto, The (Literatur ~ Literature)
#42
Clemens, Valdine: The return of the repressed: Gothic horror from The Castle of Otranto to Alien. - Albany, New York: New York State University Press 1999. (= SUNY Series in Psychoanalysis and Culture.)
Reviews:
Williams, Anne: [untitled] In: Modern Fiction Studies 46. 2000. No. 3. [?D] pp. 789-799.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Walpole, Horace
Alien (1979)
Horror ~ Horror
Castle of Otranto, The (Literatur ~ Literature)
#43
Cobbs, John L.: Alien as an abortion parable. In: Literature/Film Quarterly 18. 1990. No. 3. [July] pp. 198-201.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Alien (1979)
Sexualität ~ Sexuality
#44
Colwell, C. Carter: Primitivism in the movies of Ridley Scott: Alien & Blade Runner. In: Retrofitting Blade Runner: Issues in Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner and Philip K. Dick’s Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?. Edited by Judith B. Kerman. - Bowling Green, Ohio: Bowling Green State University Popular Press 1991. pp. 124-131.
Index:
Dick, Philip K[indred]
Scott, Ridley
Alien (1979)
Blade Runner (1982)
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (Literatur ~ Literature)
#45
Combs, James: Pox-eclipse now: The dystopian imagination in contemporary popular movies. In: Crisis cinema: The apocalyptic idea in postmodern narrative film. Edited by Christopher Sharrett. - Washington, D.C.: Maisonneuve Press 1993. (= PostModernPositions 6.) pp. 17-35.
Description:
Discusses also a lot of fantastic films, among them the Die Hard series by John McTiernan and Renny Harlin as well as Sigorney Weaver’s role in the Alien films by Ridley Scott and James Cameron.
Index:
McTiernan, John Harlin, Renny
Weaver, Sigourney
Scott, Ridley
Cameron, James
Die Hard (1988)
Die Hard II (1990)
Alien (1979)
Aliens (1986)
Die Hard (Filmreihe)
Alien (Filmreihe)
Utopie ~ Utopia
Postmoderne ~ Postmodern
Politik ~ Politics
Religion: Apokalypse ~ Religion: Apocalypse
#46
Creed, Barbara: Alien and the monstrous-feminine. In: Alien zone: Cultural theory and contemporary science fiction cinema. Edited by Annette Kuhn. - London: Verso Books 1990. pp. 128-141.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Alien (1979)
Aliens ~ Aliens
Frauen ~ Women
Science Fiction ~ Science Fiction
#47
Davies, Michael: "What’s the story mother?": Abjection and anti-feminism in Alien and Aliens. In: Gothic Studies 2. 2000. No. 2. [August] pp. 245-256.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Cameron, James
Alien (1979)
Aliens (1986)
Mutter ~ Mothers
Frauen ~ Women
#48
de Turris, Gianfranco: Orrori di fine millennium: Viaggio nella dimensione dell’orrore, da H. P. Lovecraft a Stephen King, da X-Files a Millennium, da Alien a Dylan Dog. - Roma: Il Torchio 1998. (= La Bottega delle Meraviglie 9.)
Index:
Lovecraft, H[oward] P[hillips]
King, Stephen
Scott, Ridley
X-Files, The (TV)
Millennium (TV)
Alien (1979)
Horror ~ Horror
#49
Delson, James: Alien from the inside out: Part II. In: Ridley Scott: Interviews. Edited by Laurence F. Knapp and Andrea F. Kulas. - Jackson, Mississippi: University Press of Mississippi 2005. (= Conversations with filmmakers.) pp. 11 ff.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Alien (1979)
#50
Döring, Lutz: Erweckung zum Tod: Eine kritische Untersuchung zu Funktionsweise, Ideologie und Metaphysik der Horror- und Science-Fiction-Filme Alien 1-4. - Düsseldorf: Universität Düsseldorf, Dissertation 2005.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Cameron, James
Fincher, David
Jeunet, Jean-Pierre
Alien (1979)
Aliens (1986)
Alien 3 (1992)
Alien - Resurrection / Alien 4 (1997)
Alien (Filmreihe)
Tod ~ Death
Science Fiction ~ Science Fiction
Religion ~ Religion
Politik ~ Politics
Horror ~ Horror
#51
Döring, Lutz: Erweckung zum Tod: Eine kritische Untersuchung zu Funktionsweise, Ideologie und Metaphysik der Horror- und Science-Fiction-Filme Alien 1-4. - Würzburg: Königshausen und Neumann 2006.
Reviews:
Orth, Dominik: [untitled.] In: Medienwissenschaft 2006. No. 4. pp. 443-444.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Cameron, James
Fincher, David
Jeunet, Jean-Pierre
Alien (1979)
Aliens (1986)
Alien 3 (1992)
Alien - Resurrection / Alien 4 (1997)
Alien (Filmreihe)
Tod ~ Death
Science Fiction ~ Science Fiction
Religion ~ Religion
Politik ~ Politics
Horror ~ Horror
#52
Duvoli, John R.: What spawned Alien? In: Midnight Marquee 1986. No. 35. [Fall] pp. 26-31.
Description:
On the representation of the alien in horror films.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Alien (1979)
Aliens ~ Aliens
Horror ~ Horror
#53
Ebert, Roger: Alien. In: Ebert, Roger: The great movies II. - New York: Broadway Books 2005. p. ?P.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Alien (1979)
#54
Faulstich, Werner / Strobel, Ricarda: "Verbuchung" als medienästhetisches Problem: Eine Fallstudie zu Alien. - Siegen: Forschungsschwerpunkt Massenmedien und Kommunikation an der Universität-Gesamthochschule Siegen 1986. (= MuK 45.)
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Alien (1979)
#55
Flynn, John L.: Dissecting Aliens: Terror in space. - London: Boxtree 1995.
Description:
On the three Alien films by Ridley Scott, James Cameron and David Fincher.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Cameron, James
Fincher, David
Alien (1979)
Aliens (1986)
Alien 3 (1992)
Alien (Filmreihe)
Aliens ~ Aliens
Weltraum ~ Space
#56
Frome, Jonathan: "I wasn’t expecting that!": Cognition and shock in Alien’s (1979) chestburster scene. In: Film moments: Criticism, history, theory. Edited by Tom Brown and James Walters. - London: Palgrave Macmillan / British Film Institute 2010. p. ?P.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Alien (1979)
Angst ~ Fear
#57
Fulton, Elizabeth J.: Manmade women: Technology, femininity, and the cinema. - Edmonton, Alberta: University of Alberta, M.A. 1995. [Abstract in: Masters Abstracts International 34. 1996. No. 4. p. 1318.
Description:
Discusses Fritz Lang’s Metropolis, Ridley Scott’s Alien, James Cameron’s Aliens, David Fincher’s Alien 3 and Duncan Gibbins’s Eve of Destruction.
Index:
Lang, Fritz
Scott, Ridley
Cameron, James
Fincher, David
Gibbins, Duncan
Metropolis (1925/1926)
Alien (1979)
Aliens (1986)
Alien 3 (1992)
Eve of Destruction (1990)
Technik ~ Technology
Frauen ~ Women
#58
Gabbard, Glen O. / Gabbard, Krin: The science fiction film and psychoanalysis: Alien and Melanie Klein’s night music. In: Psychoanalytic approaches to literature and film. Edited by Maurice Charney and Joseph Reppen. - Rutherford, NJ: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press 1987. pp. 171-179.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Alien (1979)
Nacht ~ Night
Literatur ~ Literature
Psychologie ~ Psychology
Science Fiction ~ Science Fiction
Musik ~ Music
#59
Gabbard, Krin: Aliens and the new family romance. In: Post Script 8. 1988. No. 1. [Fall] pp. 29-42.
Description:
On the American horror film of the Reagan era. Compares especially James Cameron’s Aliens with Ridley Scott’s Alien.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Cameron, James
Reagan, Ronald
Alien (1979)
Aliens (1986)
USA (United States of America) ~ USA (United States of America)
Horror ~ Horror
Familie ~ Family
Aliens ~ Aliens
#60
Gigers Alien wird geboren: Tödlicher Eiertanz auf der Nostromo. In: Geheim. Hrsg. von Dirk Manthey und Jörg Altendorf. Autoren: Christian Hellmann, Artur Jung, Andreas Kern und Richard Pleuger. - Hamburg: Kino Verlag 1990. (= Cinema Filmbuch.) pp. 103-108.
Description:
On the work of H. R. Giger for Ridley Scott’s Alien.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Giger, H[ans] R[üdi]
Alien (1979)
#61
Goldsmith, Jeff: Lost scenes. In: Creative Screenwriting 10. 2003. No. 5. [?D] p. 16.
Description:
On Ridley Scott’s Alien.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Alien (1979)
#62
Greenberg, Harvey Roy: Aliens’ intentions. In: Journal of Popular Film and Television 15. 1988. No. 4. [?D] pp. 165-171.
Description:
On the Alien films by James Cameron and Ridley Scott.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Cameron, James
Alien (1979)
Aliens (1986)
Aliens ~ Aliens
#63
Greenberg, Harvey Roy: Reimagining the gargoyle: Psychoanalytic notes on Alien and the contemporary "cruel" horror film. In: Greenberg, Harvey Roy: Screen memories: Hollywood cinema on the psychoanalytic couch. - New York: Columbia University Press 1993. pp. 145-168.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Alien (1979)
Psychologie ~ Psychology
Horror ~ Horror
Hollywood ~ Hollywood
#64
Greenberg, Harvey Roy: Reimagining the gargoyle: Psychoanalytic notes on Alien. In: Camera Obscura 1986. No. 15. [Fall] pp. 86-109.
Description:
Psychoanalytic examination of Ridley Scott’s Alien.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Alien (1979)
Psychologie ~ Psychology
#65
Greenberg, Harvey Roy: Reimagining the Gargoyle: Psychoanalytic notes on Alien. In: Close encounters: Film, feminism, and science fiction. Edited by Janet Bergstrom, Elisabeth Lyon, Constance Penley and Lynn Spigel. - Minneapolis, Minnesota; Oxford: University of Minnesota Press 1991. (= Camera Obscura Book.) pp. 83-104.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Alien (1979)
Psychologie ~ Psychology
Frauen ~ Women
Science Fiction ~ Science Fiction
#66
Greenberg, Harvey Roy: Screen memories: Hollywood cinema on the psychoanalytic couch. - New York: Columbia University Press 1993.
Reviews:
D’Andrade, Kendall: [untitled] In: Film Quarterly 47. 1994. No. 4. [Summer] pp. 55-56.
Greenberg, Harvey Roy: BeauKhoo exceptions. In: Film-Philosophy 2. 1998. No. 20. [July] p. ?P. [Reply to Olivia Khoo]
Khoo, Olivia: Lounging with a Big Mac in one hand and Freud by my side. In: Film-Philosophy 2. 1998. No. 18. [July] p. ?P.
Shary, Timothy: [untitled] In: Post Script 14. 1995. No. 3. [Summer] pp. 75-77.
Description:
Collection of essays on various films, among them Hitchcock’s Psycho, Ridley Scott’s Alien and Spielberg’s Always.
Index:
Hitchcock, Alfred
Scott, Ridley
Spielberg, Steven
Psycho (1960)
Alien (1979)
Always (1989)
Psychologie ~ Psychology
Hollywood ~ Hollywood
#67
Gross, Michael / Scanlon, Paul: La storia di Alien. - Milano: Mursia 1979. (= Cine Special.)
First edition:
[The book of Alien. - London: Star Books 1979]
Description:
On the Ridley Scott film.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Alien (1979)
#68
Gross, Michael / Scanlon, Paul: The book of Alien. Edited by Charles Lippincott. - London: London: Star Books 1979.
Description:
On the Ridley Scott film.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Alien (1979)
#69
Gross, Michael / Scanlon, Paul: The book of Alien. Edited by Charles Lippincott. - London: Titan Books 1993.
First edition:
[London: Star Books 1979]
Description:
On the Ridley Scott film.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Alien (1979)
#70
Gruteser, Michael: Alien - Das unheimliche Wesen aus einer fremden Welt. In: Filmgenres: Science Fiction. Hrsg. von Thomas Koebner. - Stuttgart: Reclam Verlag 2003. (= Reclams Universalbibliothek 18401.) pp. 322 ff.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Alien (1979)
Science Fiction ~ Science Fiction
#71
Gundlach, Thies: Das Böse in Film: Beobachtungen zur theologischen Kompetenz Hollywoods. In: Pastoraltheologie 87. 1998. No. 1o. [?D] pp. 425-441.
Description:
Discusses, among others, Ridley Scott’s Alien and David Fincher’s Se7en.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Fincher, David
Alien (1979)
Se7en (1995)
Hollywood ~ Hollywood
Böse, Das ~ Evil, The
Religion ~ Religion
#72
Gutierrez, Osiel: The horrifying transformation of the female monster. - San José, California: San José State University, M.A. 2001. [Abstract in: Masters Abstracts International 39. 2001. No. 5. (October) p. 1269.]
Description:
Discusses, among others, Ridley Scott’s Alien, Brian De Palma’s Carrie, William Friedkin’s The Exorcist, Robert Rodriguez’s From Dusk Till Dawn, Roger Donaldson’s Species and Lover’s Vow, an episode from the TV series Tales from the Darkside.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
De Palma, Brian
Friedkin, William
Rodriguez, Robert
Donaldson, Roger
Alien (1979)
Carrie (1976)
Exorcist, The (1973)
From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)
Species (1995)
Tales from the Darkside (TV)
Monster ~ Monster
Frauen ~ Women
Fernsehen ~ Television
#73
Gutiérrez, Osiel: The horrofying transformation of the female monster. - San José, California: San José State University, M.A. 2001. [Abstract in: Masters Abstracts International 39. 2001. No. 5. p. 1269.]
Description:
Discusses Ridley Scott’s Alien, Brian De Palma’s Carrie, William Friedkin’s The Exorcist, Robert Rodriguez’s From Dusk Till Dawn and Roger Donaldson’s Species.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
De Palma, Brian
Friedkin, William
Rodriguez, Robert
Donaldson, Roger
Alien (1979)
Carrie (1976)
Exorcist, The (1973)
From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)
Species (1995)
Monster ~ Monster
Frauen ~ Women
#74
Hansen, Miriam Bratu: Gewaltwahrnehmung und feministische Filmtheorie: Benjamin, Kracauer und der neue "Gewalt-Frauenfilm". In: Frauen und Film 1995. No. 56/57. [?D] pp. 25-38.
Description:
On films with a violent female hero. Discusses, among others, the three Alien films by Ridley Scott, James Cameron and David Fincher, the two Terminator films by James Cameron and David Lynch’s Blue Velvet.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Cameron, James
Fincher, David
Cameron, James
Scott, Ridley
Lynch, David
Alien (1979)
Aliens (1986)
Alien 3 (1992)
Terminator, The (1984)
Terminator II - Judgement Day (1991)
Blue Velvet (1986)
Alien (Filmreihe)
Terminator (Filmreihe)
Helden ~ Heros
Gewalt ~ Violence
Frauen ~ Women
#75
Hocker Rushing, Janice: Evolution of "The new frontier" in Alien and Aliens: Patriarchal co-optation of the feminine archetype. In: Screening the sacred: Religion, myth, and ideology in popular American film. Edited by Joel W. Martin and Conrad E. Ostwald Jr. - Boulder, Colorado; San Francisco, California; Oxford: Westview Press 1995. pp. 94-117.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Cameron, James
Alien (1979)
Aliens (1986)
USA (United States of America) ~ USA (United States of America)
Politik ~ Politics
Frauen ~ Women
Mythologie ~ Mythology
Religion ~ Religion
#76
Horror-Thriller. In: Thriller: Kino, das an den Nerven zerrt: Verhängnisvolle Affären, manische Psychopathen und ultracoole Cops. Hrsg. von Dirk Manthey und Jörg Altendorf. Redaktion: Willy Loderhose. Autoren: Adolf Heinzelmeier und Tilo Knops. - Hamburg: Kino Verlag 1991. (= Cinema Filmbuch.) pp. 86-93.
Description:
Discusses, among others, Adrian Lyne’s Jacob’s Ladder, Alan Parker’s Angel Heart, the Alien films by Ridley Scott, James Cameron and David Fincher as well as the Cat People films by Paul Schrader and Jacques Tourneur.
Index:
Lyne, Adrian
Parker, Alan
Scott, Ridley
Cameron, James
Fincher, David
Tourneur, Jacques
Schrader, Paul
Jacob’s Ladder (1990)
Angel Heart (1987)
Alien (1979)
Aliens (1986)
Alien 3 (1992)
Cat People (1942)
Cat People (1982)
Alien (Filmreihe)
Cat People (Filmreihe)
Psychologie ~ Psychology
Thriller ~ Thriller
#77
Hurley, Kelly: Reading like an alien: Posthuman identity in Ridley Scott’s Alien and David Cronenberg’s Rabid. In: Posthuman bodies. Edited by Judith Halberstam and Ira Livingston. - Bloomington: Indiana University Press 1995. (= Unnatural Acts.) pp. 203-224.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Cronenberg, David
Alien (1979)
Rabid (1976)
Körper ~ Bodies
Aliens ~ Aliens
#78
Immortal, invisible: Lesbians and the moving image. Edited by Tamsin Wilton. - New York; London: Routledge 1995.
Reviews:
Tasker, Yvonne: Girlie schow. In: Sight and Sound NS 5. 1995. No. 5. [May] p. 37.
Description:
Discusses, among others, Ridley Scott’s Alien and Richard Fleischer’s Red Sonja.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Fleischer, Richard
Alien (1979)
Red Sonja (1985)
Sexualität: Homosexualität ~ Sexuality: Homosexuality
Tod ~ Death
Frauen ~ Women
#79
Interview mit Alien-Regisseur Ridley Scott. In: Science Fiction Times 22. 1980. No. 1(148). [January-March] pp. 41-42.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Alien (1979)
#80
Jeffords, Susan: "The battle of the big mamas": Feminism and the alienation of women. In: Journal of Amererican Culture 10. 1987. No. 3. [Fall] pp. 73-84.
Description:
Feminist analysis of the alien motif in the films by Ridley Scott and James Cameron.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Cameron, James
Alien (1979)
Aliens (1986)
Aliens ~ Aliens
Frauen ~ Women
#81
Jeffords, Susan: Hard bodies: Hollywood masculinity in the Reagan era. - New Brunswick, New Jersey; London: Rutgers University Press 1994.
Reviews:
Dowell, Pat: [untitled] In: Cineaste 22. 1996. No. 3. [?D] pp. 49-51.
Tomasulo, Frank P.: [untitled] In: Film Quarterly 49. 1995. No. 1. [Fall] pp. 47-49.
Description:
Discusses many horror and science fiction films; among them Ridley Scott’s Alien, the three Back to the Future films by Robert Zemeckis, Tim Burton’s Batman, John McTiernan’s Die Hard, Steven Spielberg’s Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade and Raiders of the Lost Ark, Ivan Reitman’s Kindergarten Cop, Richard Donner’s Lethal Weapon and Lethal Weapon II, Paul Verhoeven’s Robocop, George Lucas’s Star Wars and the two Terminator films by James Cameron. Discusses also the key role of Arnold Schwarzenegger for the action film of the Reagan epoch.
Index:
Reagan, Ronald
Scott, Ridley
Zemeckis, Robert
Burton, Tim
McTiernan, John
Spielberg, Steven
Reitman, Ivan
Donner, Richard
Verhoeven, Paul
Lucas, George
Cameron, James
Schwarzenegger, Arnold
Alien (1979)
Back to the Future (1985)
Back to the Future II (1989)
Back to the Future III (1990)
Batman (1989)
Die Hard (1988)
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
Kindergarten Cop (1990)
Lethal Weapon (1986)
Lethal Weapon II (1988)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1982)
Robocop (1987)
Star Wars Episode IV - A New Hope / Star Wars (1977/1997)
Terminator, The (1984)
Terminator II - Judgement Day (1991)
Terminator (Filmreihe)
Back to the Future (Filmreihe)
Körper ~ Bodies
Action ~ Action
Männer ~ Men
Science Fiction ~ Science Fiction
Horror ~ Horror
Hollywood ~ Hollywood
#82
Kavanagh, James H.: Feminism, humanism and science in Alien. In: Alien zone: Cultural theory and contemporary science fiction cinema. Edited by Annette Kuhn. - London: Verso Books 1990. pp. 73-81.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Alien (1979)
Wissenschaft ~ Science
Aliens ~ Aliens
Frauen ~ Women
Science Fiction ~ Science Fiction
#83
Keller, Felix: Die Entstellung künftiger Welten: Über das Mensch-Maschinen-Kontinuum in der Science Fiction. In: Cinema [Zürich] 1996. No. 42. [?D] pp. 97-107.
Description:
Discusses especially Ridley Scott’s Alien and Blade Runner as well as Robert Longo’s Johnny Mnemonic.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Longo, Robert
Alien (1979)
Blade Runner (1982)
Johnny Mnemonic (1995)
Science Fiction ~ Science Fiction
Roboter ~ Robots
#84
Konow, David: Alien: Twenty-five years later. In: Creative Screenwriting 11. 2004. No. 5. [?D] pp. 70-73.
Description:
Interview with screenwriter Dan O’Bannon.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
O’Bannon, Dan
Alien (1979)
#85
Larsen, E.: Hi-Tech horror. In: Jump Cut 1979. No. 21. [November] p. ?P.
Description:
On disaster scenario in George A. Romero’s Dawn of the Dead and Ridley Scott’s Alien.
Index:
Romero, George A.
Scott, Ridley
Dawn of the Dead (1979)
Alien (1979)
Katastrophen ~ Disasters
Horror ~ Horror
#86
Larson, Ernest: Alien - Dawn of the Dead - High-tech horror. In: Jump Cut 1979. No. 21. [?D] pp. 1, 12, 30.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Romero, George A.
Alien (1979)
Dawn of the Dead (1979)
Horror ~ Horror
#87
Lev, Peter: 1979: Movies and the end of an era. In: American cinema of the 1970s: Themes and variations. Edited by Lester D. Friedman. - New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press 2007. (= Screen decades.) pp. 228-249.
Description:
Discusses, among others, Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now and Ridley Scott’s Alien.
Index:
Coppola, Francis Ford
Scott, Ridley
Apocalypse Now (1976-1979)
Alien (1979)
USA (United States of America) ~ USA (United States of America)
#88
Lev, Peter: Whose future? Star Wars, Alien and Blade Runner. In: Literature/Film Quarterly 26. 1998. No. 1. [January] pp. 30-37.
Description:
On mythological and political issues in the three science fiction films.
Index:
Lucas, George
Scott, Ridley
Star Wars Episode IV - A New Hope / Star Wars (1977/1997)
Alien (1979)
Blade Runner (1982)
Science Fiction ~ Science Fiction
Politik ~ Politics
Mythologie ~ Mythology
Utopie ~ Utopia
#89
Leyland, Matthew: Something in our spaceship. In: Sight and Sound NS 14. 2004. No. 2. [February] p. 68.
Description:
On a DVD edition of the four Alien films.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Cameron, James
Fincher, David
Jeunet, Jean-Pierre
Alien (1979)
Aliens (1986)
Alien 3 (1992)
Alien - Resurrection / Alien 4 (1997)
Alien (Filmreihe)
Weltraum ~ Space
DVD ~ DVD
#90
Lohr, Matt R. / O’Bannon, Dan: Dan O’Bannon’s guide to screenplay structure: Inside tips from the writer of Alien, Total Recall and Return of the Living Dead. - Studio City, California: Michael Wiese Productions 2013.
Index:
O’Bannon, Dan
Scott, Ridley
Verhoeven, Paul
Alien (1979)
Total Recall (1990)
Return of the Living Dead (1985)
#91
Luckhurst, Roger: Alien. - London: Palgrave Macmillan / London: British Film Institute / New York: Palgrave Macmillan 2014. (= BFI film classics.)
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Alien (1979)
#92
Marijaq, Jan: The nature of the female hero in Alien. In: Heroes, monsters and values: Science fiction films of the 1970s. Edited by Michael Berman and Rohit Dalvi. - Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars 2011. pp. 29 ff.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Alien (1979)
Helden ~ Heros
Frauen ~ Women
Science Fiction ~ Science Fiction
#93
Matheson, T. J.: Marcuse, Ellul, and the science fiction film: Negative responses to technology. In: Science Fiction Studies 19. 1992. No. 3(?N). [November] pp. 326-339.
Description:
Discusses especially Fred McLeod Wilcox’s Forbidden Planet, Joseph Sargent’s Colossus: The Forbin Project and Ridley Scott’s Alien.
Index:
Marcuse, Herbert
Ellul, Jacques
Wilcox, Fred McLeod
Sargent, Joseph
Scott, Ridley
Forbidden Planet (1956)
Colossus - The Forbin Project / Forbin Project, The / Day the World Changed Hands, The (1969)
Alien (1979)
Technik ~ Technology
Science Fiction ~ Science Fiction
#94
Matheson, T. J.: Triumphant technology and minimal man: The technological society, science fiction films, and Ridley Scott’s Alien. In: Extrapolation 33. 1992. No. 3. [Fall] pp. 215-229.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Alien (1979)
Technik ~ Technology
Science Fiction ~ Science Fiction
#95
McEachern, Martin: Creature feature. In: Computer Graphics World 27. 2004. No. 10. [October] pp. 34-38.
Description:
On several techniques in the creation of monster characters in film following Ridley Scott’s SF horror classic Alien.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Alien (1979)
Technik ~ Technology
Science Fiction ~ Science Fiction
Monster ~ Monster
Horror ~ Horror
Animation ~ Animation
#96
Mehls, Robert: In history no one can hear you scream: Feminism and the horror film 1974-1996. - Boulder, Colorado: University of Colorado at Boulder, M.A. 2015. [Abstract in: Masters Abstracts International 55. ?J. No. 3. [?D]]
Description:
Discusses especially Tobe Hooper’s The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Brian De Palma’s Carrie, Ridley Scott’s Alien, Sean S. Cunningham’s Friday the 13th, James Cameron’s Aliens, Jonathan Demme’s The Silence of the Lambs, and Wes Craven’s A Nightmare on Elm Street, Wes Craven’s New Nightmare, and Scream.
Index:
Hooper, Tobe
De Palma, Brian
Scott, Ridley
Cunningham, Sean S.
Craven, Wes
Cameron, James
Demme, Jonathan
Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The (1974)
Carrie (1976)
Alien (1979)
Friday the 13th (1979)
Nightmare on Elm Street, A (1984)
Wes Craven’s New Nightmare (1994)
Aliens (1986)
Silence of the Lambs, The (1990)
Scream (1996)
Horror ~ Horror
Frauen ~ Women
#97
Mehring, Frank: "Molto forzando e feroce": Die musikalische Dimension des Grauens. In: Film-Dienst 56. 2003. No. 23. [November 4] pp. 38-39.
Description:
On the meaning of music for the horror film. Discusses, among others, Dan Wyman’s score for John Carpenter’s Halloween, Jerry Goldsmith’s score for Ridley Scott’s Alien, Benett Salvay’s score for Victor Salva’s Jeepers Creeper II, Graeme Revell’s score for Ronny Yu’s Freddy vs. Jason and Alan Silvestri’s score for James Mangold’s Identity.
Index:
Wyman, Dan
Carpenter, John
Goldsmith, Jerry
Scott, Ridley
Salvay, Benett
Salva, Victor
Revell, Graeme
Yu, Ronny
Silvestri, Alan
Mangold, James
Halloween (1978)
Alien (1979)
Jeepers Creepers II (2003)
Freddy vs. Jason (2003)
Identity (2003)
Musik ~ Music
Horror ~ Horror
Angst ~ Fear
#98
Metzler, Mike: Die Stunde des Biomechanoiden: H. R. Giger zu seinem Traumprojekt. In: Moviestar 4. 1996. No. 17. [February] pp. 20-22.
Description:
Interview with Swiss surrealist who became famous for his monster design for Ridley Scott’s Alien.
Index:
Giger, H[ans] R[üdi]
Scott, Ridley
Alien (1979)
Schweiz ~ Switzerland
Monster ~ Monster
Traum ~ Dreams
Surrealismus ~ Surrealism
#99
Mulhall, Stephen: Kane’s son, Cain’s daughter: Ridley Scott’s Alien. In: Mulhall, Stephen: On film. Third edition. - New York: Routledge 2016. p. ?P.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Alien (1979)
#100
Mulhall, Stephen: Kane’s son, Cain’s daughter: Ridley Scott’s Alien. In: Mulhall, Stephen: On film. - London; New York: Routledge 2002. (= Thinking in action.) p. ?P.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Alien (1979)
#101
Mulhall, Stephen: Kane’s son, Cain’s daughter: Ridley Scott’s Alien. In: Mulhall, Stephen: On film. 2nd edition. - London; New York: Routledge 2008. p. ?P.
Description:
On science fiction film.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Alien (1979)
Science Fiction ~ Science Fiction
#102
Nagula, Michael: "Abgefuckte Landschaft - ziemlicher Schrott": Ein Gespräch mit H. R. Giger. In: Atomic Avenue: Cyberpunk - Stories und Fakten. Hrsg. von Michael Nagula. Aus dem Amerikanischen und Englischen von Isabella Bruckmaier [et al.]. - München: Heyne Verlag 1990. (= Heyne Science Fiction und Fantasy 4704.) pp. 508-513.
Description:
On the designer and his work for Ridley Scott’s Alien, Brian Gibson’s Poltergeist 2 and David Lynch’s Dune.
Index:
Giger, H[ans] R[üdi]
Scott, Ridley
Gibson, Brian
Lynch, David
Alien (1979)
Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986)
Dune (1983)
Natur ~ Nature
Punk ~ Punk
Atom ~ Nuclear
Cyberspace ~ Cyberspace
#103
Nathan, Ian: Alien vault: The definitive story of the making of the film. - Minneapolis, Minnesota: Voyageur Press 2011.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Alien (1979)
#104
Neale, Stephen: Issues of difference: Alien and Blade Runner. In: Fantasy and the cinema: A reader. Edited by James Donald. - London: British Film Institute 1989. pp. 213-225.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Alien (1979)
Blade Runner (1982)
#105
Neale, Steve: Hollywood strikes back: Special effects in recent American cinema. In: Screen 21. 1980. No. 3. [?D] pp. 101-105.
Description:
Discusses, among others, the
Star Trek and Star Wars films as well as Steven Spielberg’s Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Gary Nelson’s The Black Hole, Ridley Scott’s Alien and Richard Donner’s Superman.
Index:
Lucas, George
Spielberg, Steven
Nelson, Gary
Scott, Ridley
Donner, Richard
Star Trek (Filmreihe)
Star Wars (Filmreihe)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
Black Hole, The (1979)
Alien (1979)
Superman (1978)
USA (United States of America) ~ USA (United States of America)
Technik: Spezialeffekte ~ Technology: Special Effects
Technik ~ Technology
Hollywood ~ Hollywood
#106
Newman, Kim: Prometheus unbound. In: Sight and Sound NS 22. 2012. No. 7. [July] pp. 28-31.
Description:
On Ridley Scott’s "inofficial" Alien sequel.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Prometheus (2012)
Alien (1979)
#107
Newton, Judith: Feminism and anxiety in Alien. In: Alien zone: Cultural theory and contemporary science fiction cinema. Edited by Annette Kuhn. - London: Verso Books 1990. pp. 73-81.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Alien (1979)
Aliens ~ Aliens
Frauen ~ Women
Science Fiction ~ Science Fiction
#108
Norton, Bill / Shay, Don: Aliens:The special effects. - London: Titan Books 1997.
Description:
On the special effects for Ridley Scott’s Alien, James Cameron’s Aliens and David Fincher’s Alien 3.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Cameron, James
Fincher, David
Alien (1979)
Aliens (1986)
Alien 3 (1992)
Alien (Filmreihe)
Technik: Spezialeffekte ~ Technology: Special Effects
#109
O’Bannon, Dan: Alien: The complete illustrated screenplay: Story by Dan O’Bannon and Ronald Shusett: Screenplay by Dan O’Bannon. Edited by Paul M. Sammon. - London: Orion Media 2000.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Alien (1979)
#110
Operation Höllenfahrt: Astronautin gegen Alien. In: Der Horror-Film. Hrsg. von Dirk Manthey und Jörg Altendorf. Band 2. Autoren: Peter Clasen, Joachim Müller und Kerstin Schlemmer. - Hamburg: Kino Verlag 1991. (= Cinema Filmbuch.) pp. 32-41.
Description:
On the Alien films by Ridley Scott and James Cameron.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Cameron, James
Alien (1979)
Aliens (1986)
Alien (Filmreihe)
Aliens ~ Aliens
Religion: Hölle ~ Religion: Hell
Horror ~ Horror
#111
Overstreet, Jeffrey: Making darkness visible. In: Overstreet, Jeffrey: Through a screen darkly. - Ventura, California: Regal Books 2007. p. ?P.
Description:
Discusses, among others, Ridley Scott’s Alien and Scott Derrickson’s The Exorcism of Emily Rose.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Derrickson, Scott
Alien (1979)
Exorcism of Emily Rose, The (2005)
Religion ~ Religion
#112
Paul, William: Alien: Confusing body parts. In: Film Comment 30. 1994. No. 6. [November/December] p. 82.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Alien (1979)
Körper ~ Bodies
#113
Peary, Danny: Directing Alien and Blade Runner: An interview with Ridley Scott. In: Ridley Scott: Interviews. Edited by Laurence F. Knapp and Andrea F. Kulas. - Jackson, Mississippi: University Press of Mississippi 2005. (= Conversations with filmmakers.) pp. 42 ff.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Alien (1979)
Blade Runner (1982)
#114
Pohlmeyer, Markus: Science Fiction: Filmisch-literarisches Exil des Göttlichen. - Hamburg: Igel-Verlag 2014. (= Flensburger Studien zu Literatur und Theologie 1.)
Description:
Includes chapters on Stanley Kubrick’s 2001 - A Space Odyssey, Ridley Scott’s Alien and Prometheus, and the TV series Battlestar Galactica and Star Wars: The Clone Wars.
Index:
Kubrick, Stanley
Scott, Ridley
2001 - A Space Odyssey (1968)
Alien (1979)
Prometheus (2012)
Battlestar Galactica (TV)
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (TV)
Science Fiction ~ Science Fiction
Religion ~ Religion
Fernsehen ~ Television
#115
Pohlmeyer, Markus: Science Fiction: Filmisch-literarisches Exil des Göttlichen. 2. durchgesehene Auflage. - Hamburg: Igel-Verlag 2014. (= Flensburger Studien zu Literatur und Theologie 1.)
Description:
Includes chapters on Stanley Kubrick’s 2001 - A Space Odyssey, Ridley Scott’s Alien and Prometheus, and the TV series Battlestar Galactica and Star Wars: The Clone Wars.
Index:
Kubrick, Stanley
Scott, Ridley
2001 - A Space Odyssey (1968)
Alien (1979)
Prometheus (2012)
Battlestar Galactica (TV)
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (TV)
Science Fiction ~ Science Fiction
Religion ~ Religion
Fernsehen ~ Television
#116
Polihronis, A.: Reclaiming the popular: Perception and reception of Hollywood film. - Kent: University of Kent, Ph.D. 1999. [Abstract in: Index to Theses with Abstracts 49. 2000. No. 6. p. 1962(49-12041).]
Description:
Discusses, among others, Hitchcock’s Vertigo, King Vidor’s Gilda and Ridley Scott’s Alien.
Index:
Hitchcock, Alfred
Vidor, King
Scott, Ridley
Vertigo (1958)
Gilda (1946)
Alien (1979)
Hollywood ~ Hollywood
#117
Preußer, Heinz-Peter: Arterhaltung, Hybridisierung, Verschmelzung: Das imaginierte Böse in den Alien-Filmen von Ridley Scott bis Jean-Pierre Jeunet. In: Preußer, Heinz-Peter: Transmediale Texturen: Lektüren zum Film und angrenzenden Künsten. - Marburg: Schüren 2013. (= Schriftenreihe zur Textualität des Films 3.) pp. 257-279.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Jeunet, Jean-Pierre
Alien (Filmreihe)
Alien (1979)
Alien - Resurrection / Alien 4 (1997)
Böse, Das ~ Evil, The
Aliens ~ Aliens
#118
Reisack, Jana: Das Frauenbild im Science Fiction-Film am Beispiel der Hauptfigur Ellen Ripley aus dem Film Alien. - München: GRIN Verlag 2005.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Alien (1979)
Science Fiction ~ Science Fiction
Frauen ~ Women
#119
Ridley (Alien) Scott strikes again, this time with Harrison Ford as a 21st-century gumshoe. In: Film Comment 18. 1982. No. 4. [July/August] p. 64.
Description:
On Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Ford, Harrison
Blade Runner (1982)
Alien (1979)
#120
Riera, Jorge: Alien: Terror en el espacio. - Valencia: Midons 1997. (= Cult Movies 2.)
Description:
On the film by Ridley Scott.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Alien (1979)
#121
Rushing, Janice Hocker: Evolution of "The New Frontier" in Alien and Aliens: Patriarchal co-optation of the feminine archetype. In: The Quarterly Journal of Speech 75. 1989. No. 1. [February] pp. 1-24.
Description:
On the motif of the border crossing in the Alien films by James Cameron and Ridley Scott.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Cameron, James
Alien (1979)
Aliens (1986)
Alien (Filmreihe)
Aliens ~ Aliens
Frauen ~ Women
#122
Schäfli, Roland / Stauffer, Frank: Zwei Farben - eine Seele: H. R. Giger. In: Splatting Image 1992. No. 9. [March] pp. 11-14.
Description:
Article on and interview with the artist who worked, among others, for Ridley Scott’s Alien, David Lynch’s Dune and Tobe Hooper’s Poltergeist.
Index:
Giger, H[ans] R[üdi]
Scott, Ridley
Lynch, David
Hooper, Tobe
Alien (1979)
Dune (1983)
Poltergeist (1982)
Kunst ~ Arts, The
#123
Schechter, Harold: The bosom serpent: Folklore and popular art. - Iowa City, Iowa: University of Iowa Press 1988.
Reviews:
Browne, Ray B.: [untitled] In: Journal of Popular Culture 23. 1989. No. 2. [?D] pp. 177-178.
Clover, Carol J.: [untitled] In: Film Quarterly 43. 1989/1990. No. 2. [Winter] pp. 46-50.
Description:
On the horror and fantasy film. Discusses, among others, Jack Arnold’s The Incredible Shrinking Man and Ridley Scott’s Alien.
Index:
Arnold, Jack
Scott, Ridley
Incredible Shrinking Man, The (1957)
Alien (1979)
Horror ~ Horror
Fantasy ~ Fantasy
Schlangen ~ Snakes
#124
Schechter, Harold: The bosom serpent: Folklore and popular art. In: The Georgia Review 39. 1985. No. 1. [?D] pp. 93-108.
Description:
On the horror and fantasy film. Discusses, among others, Jack Arnold’s The Incredible Shrinking Man and Ridley Scott’s Alien.
Index:
Arnold, Jack
Scott, Ridley
Incredible Shrinking Man, The (1957)
Alien (1979)
Horror ~ Horror
Fantasy ~ Fantasy
Schlangen ~ Snakes
#125
Schmidt, Dietmar: Soundtrack: Alien. In: Enzyklopädie des phantastischen Films. 33. Ergänzungslieferung. - Meitingen: Corian-Verlag, Februar 1994.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Alien (1979)
Musik ~ Music
#126
Schreger, C.: Les recettes d’Alien: Devorées par les comptables de la Fox. In: Filméchange 1980. No. 12. [?D] pp. 31-38.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Alien (1979)
#127
Shay, Don: Creating an alien ambience. In: Cinefex 1980. No. 1. [March] pp. 34-71.
Description:
On the special effects for Alien.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Alien (1979)
Technik: Spezialeffekte ~ Technology: Special Effects
Aliens ~ Aliens
#128
Slattery, Dennis Patrick: Demeter-Persephone and the Alien(s) cultural body. In: New Orleans Review 19. 1992. No. 1. [Spring] pp. 30-35.
Description:
On the mythological mother child motif in the Alien films by James Cameron and Ridley Scott.
Index:
Cameron, James
Scott, Ridley
Aliens (1986)
Alien (1979)
Alien (Filmreihe)
Jugend ~ Youth
Persephone ~ Persephone
Demeter ~ Demeter
Aliens ~ Aliens
Körper ~ Bodies
Mythologie ~ Mythology
Mutter ~ Mothers
#129
Stecher, Marcella: Der weibliche Körper als/im Sciece Fiction: Diskursive Voraussetzungen einer Dekonstruktion von Ridley Scotts Alien. - Klagenfurt: Institut für Interdisziplinäre Forschung und Fortbildung der Universitäten Innsbruck, Klagenfurt und Wien 1997. (= Klagenfurter Beiträge zur Technikdiskussion 81.)
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Alien (1979)
Frauen ~ Women
Körper ~ Bodies
#130
Steininger, Jutta: Viel Kult um Alien: Ein Ungenügen am Horrorvergnügen. In: Science-Fiction-Kultfilme. Hrsg. von Angela Fabris und Jörg Helbig. - Marburg: Schüren 2016. (= Marburger Schriften zur Medienforschung 70.) pp. 105 ff.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Alien (1979)
Horror ~ Horror
Science Fiction ~ Science Fiction
#131
Stroh, Philipp: Eine Reise durch den Horrorfilm: Teil 1: Von Dr. Caligari (1920) bis Alien (1979). - München: GRIN & Movie Verlag 2013.
Index:
Wiene, Robert
Scott, Ridley
Cabinet des Dr. Caligari, Das (1919)
Alien (1979)
Horror ~ Horror
#132
Suchsland, Rüdiger: Alien - Das unheimliche Wesen aus einer fremden Welt: Director’s Cut. In: Film-Dienst 56. 2003. No. 22. [October 21] pp. 36-37.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Alien (1979)
#133
Symposium on Alien. Edited by Charles Elkins. In: Science Fiction Studies 7. 1980. No. 3(?N). [November] pp. 278-304.
Description:
A marxist analysis of the film, especially on the humanoid robot "Ash", on the bord computer "Mother" and on the biomechanical spaceship itself.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Alien (1979)
Schiffe ~ Ships
Technik: Computer ~ Technology: Computer
Roboter ~ Robots
Mutter ~ Mothers
#134
Tappe, Andreas: Alien - Kein Schmunzelmonster. In: Science Fiction Times 22. 1980. No. 1(148). [January-March] pp. 38-40.
Description:
On the film by Ridley Scott.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Alien (1979)
Monster ~ Monster
#135
Tautkus, Marjorie Roberts: Salvation at the cinema: Religious references in American science fiction films of the 1980’s. - Norfolk, Virginia: Old Dominion University, M.A. 1992. [Abstract in: Masters Abstracts International 31. 1993. No. 4. p. 1413.]
Description:
Discusses especially Steven Spielberg’s E.T. - The Extra-Terrestrial, Ridley Scott’s Alien, James Cameron’s Aliens, the Star Trek films, Irvin Kershner’s The Empire Strikes Back and the Alien Nation series.
Index:
Spielberg, Steven
Scott, Ridley
Cameron, James
Kershner, Irvin
E.T. - The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Alien (1979)
Aliens (1986)
Star Trek (Filmreihe)
Star Wars Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back / Empire Strikes Back, The (1980/1997)
Alien Nation (Filmreihe)
USA (United States of America) ~ USA (United States of America)
Science Fiction ~ Science Fiction
Religion ~ Religion
#136
Thompson, Kristin: Storytelling in the New Hollywood: Understanding classical narrative technique. - Cambridge, Massachusetts; London: Harvard University Press 1999.
Reviews:
Kraus, Matthias: [untitled] In: Medienwissenschaft 2000. No. 3. pp. 359-361.
Plantinga, Carl: [untitled] In: Film Quarterly 54. 2000/2001. No. 2. [Winter] pp. 61-62.
Description:
Discusses, among others, Jonathan Demme’s The Silence of the Lambs, Ridley Scott’s Alien, Robert Zemeckis’s Back to the Future, Harold Ramis’s Groundhog Day and John McTiernan’s The Hunt for Red October.
Index:
Demme, Jonathan
Scott, Ridley
Zemeckis, Robert
Ramis, Harold
McTiernan, John
Silence of the Lambs, The (1990)
Alien (1979)
Back to the Future (1985)
Groundhog Day (1993)
Hunt for Red October, The (1990)
Hollywood ~ Hollywood
#137
Torry, Robert: Awakening to the other: Feminism and the ego ideal in Alien. In: Women’s Studies 23. 1994. No. 4. [September] pp. 343-363.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Alien (1979)
Frauen ~ Women
#138
Traube, Elizabeth G.: Dreaming identities: Class, gender and generation in 1980s Hollywood movies. - Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press 1992.
Reviews:
Thomas, Paul: [untitled] In: Film Quarterly 47. 1994. No. 3. [Spring] pp. 52-53.
Description:
Discusses, among others, Sigourney Weaver’s roles in Ridely Scott’s Alien and David Fincher’s Alien 3.
Index:
Weaver, Sigourney
Scott, Ridley
Fincher, David
Alien (1979)
Alien 3 (1992)
Traum ~ Dreams
Sexualität ~ Sexuality
Hollywood ~ Hollywood
#139
Tremonte, Colleen: Recasting the western hero: Ethos in high-tech science fiction. In: Journal of The American Studies Association of Texas 1989. No. 20. [October] pp. 94-100.
Description:
On the representation of the hero in Peter Hyams’s Outland, Ridley Scott’s Alien and James Cameron’s Aliens.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Hyams, Peter
Cameron, James
Alien (1979)
Outland (1981)
Aliens (1986)
Helden ~ Heros
Science Fiction ~ Science Fiction
#140
Vaughn, Thomas: Voices of sexual distortion: Rape, birth, and self annihilation metaphors in the Alien trilogy. In: The Quarterly Journal of Speech 81. 1995. No. 4. [November] pp. 423-425.
Description:
On the three Alien films by Ridley Scott, James Cameron and David Fincher.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Cameron, James
Fincher, David
Alien (1979)
Aliens (1986)
Alien 3 (1992)
Alien (Filmreihe)
Aliens ~ Aliens
Geburt ~ Birth
Vergewaltigung ~ Rape
Sexualität ~ Sexuality
#141
Vohl, Thomas: "Color is against the forces of my work" (H. R. Giger): Anmerkungen zu den Alien-Filmen. In: Fantastisches Forum 3. 1993. No. 11. [June] pp. 24-32.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Cameron, James
Fincher, David
Giger, H[ans] R[üdi]
Alien (1979)
Aliens (1986)
Alien 3 (1992)
Alien (Filmreihe)
Aliens ~ Aliens
#142
Wenk, Christian: Abjection, madness and xenophobia in gothic fiction. - Berlin: wvb 2008.
Description:
Includes chapters on the motif of alienation in Ridley Scott’s Alien, on the representation of madness in Stanley Kubrick’s Shining and on the filmings of Richard Matheson’s vampire novel I am Legend.
Index:
Matheson, Richard
Scott, Ridley
Kubrick, Stanley
Alien (1979)
Shining, The (1980)
Wahnsinn ~ Madness
Vampire ~ Vampires
Horror ~ Horror
Aliens ~ Aliens
I am Legend (Literatur ~ Literature)
#143
Wenk, Christian: Abjection, madness and xenophobia in gothic fiction. - Salzburg: Universität Salzburg, Dissertation 2008.
Description:
Includes chapters on the motif of alienation in Ridley Scott’s Alien, on the representation of madness in Stanley Kubrick’s Shining and on the filmings of Richard Matheson’s vampire novel I am Legend.
Index:
Matheson, Richard
Scott, Ridley
Kubrick, Stanley
Alien (1979)
Shining, The (1980)
Monster ~ Monster
Wahnsinn ~ Madness
Vampire ~ Vampires
Horror ~ Horror
Aliens ~ Aliens
I am Legend (Literatur ~ Literature)
#144
Whittington, William: Alien: Audio-biomechanics. In: Whittington, William: Sound design & science fiction. - Austin, Texas: University of Texas Press 2007. p. ?P.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Alien (1979)
Musik ~ Music
Science Fiction ~ Science Fiction
Technik ~ Technology
#145
Whittington, William Brian: Sound design and science fiction. - Los Angeles, California: University of Southern California, Ph.D. 1999. [Abstract in: Dissertation Abstracts International A 60. 1999. No. 6. (December) p. 1806A.]
Reviews:
King, Douglas: [untitled.] In: Scope [Nottingham] 2008. No. 12. [?D] pp. ?P.
Wright, Benjamin: Sound partner. In: Film & History 38. 2008. No. 1. [Spring] pp. 96-97.
Zuberi, Nabeel: [untitled.] In: Science Fiction Film and Television 3. 2010. No. 1. [Spring] pp. 145-148.
Description:
Discusses, among others, Stanley Kubrick’s 2001 - A Space Odyssey, George Lucas’s THX 1138 and Star Wars, Ridley Scott’s Alien and Blade Runner as well as James Cameron’s Terminator II - Judgement Day.
Index:
Kubrick, Stanley
Lucas, George
Scott, Ridley
Cameron, James
2001 - A Space Odyssey (1968)
THX 1138 (1971)
Star Wars Episode IV - A New Hope / Star Wars (1977/1997)
Alien (1979)
Blade Runner (1982)
Terminator II - Judgement Day (1991)
Science Fiction ~ Science Fiction
Musik ~ Music
#146
Wood, Robert E.: Cross talk: The implications of generic hybridization in the Alien films. In: Studies in the Humanities 15. 1988. No. 1. [June] pp. 1-12.
Description:
On the alien motif in science fiction film; especially in the films of Ridley Scott and James Cameron.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Cameron, James
Alien (Filmreihe)
Alien (1979)
Aliens (1986)
Science Fiction ~ Science Fiction
#147
You still don’t understand what you’re dealing with, do you?: Alien. In: The movie book. Contributors: Louis Baxter, John Farndon, Kieran Grant, Damon Wise. Consultant editor: Danny Leigh. - New York: DK Publishing 2016. (= Big ideas simply explained.) p. ?P.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Alien (1979)
#148
Zwinger, Lynda: Blood relations: Feminist theory meets the uncanny alien bug mother. In: Hypatia [Bloomington] 7. 1992. No. 2. [Spring] pp. 74-90.
Description:
Feminist analysis of Ridley Scott’s Alien and James Cameron’s Aliens.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Cameron, James
Alien (1979)
Aliens (1986)
Aliens ~ Aliens
Mutter ~ Mothers
Blut ~ Blood
Frauen ~ Women
Angst ~ Fear
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