'Alien' turns 40 this month. Take a closer look at the artist who brought one of the most iconic monsters in human imagination to life:
As Giger came of age during the Cold War, the threats of atomic warfare loomed.
"He started with exhibitions at galleries or at bars or social spaces," Hirsch said."But he quickly somehow developed beyond the confines of the art world." Director Ridley Scott encountered the"Necronomicon" when he saw a copy laying on a desk at the offices of 20th Century Fox, just after he signed on to"Alien."Starlog, a monthly science-fiction magazine, in 1979,"and I've never been so sure of anything in my life. I was convinced I'd have to have him on the film."
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