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Ridley Scott's Original Storyboards For 'Alien' Are Gorgeous

By Petr Navovy | Miscellaneous | May 24, 2016 |

By Petr Navovy | Miscellaneous | May 24, 2016 |


The original Alien is one of those miraculous blends where the characterisation, writing, thematic resonance, and sheer visceral thrills are all top-notch and combine into one near-perfect whole.

As we learned not long ago from another near-perfect slice of cinematic heaven, Mad Max: Fury Road, a good set of storyboards can often be the first step towards creating a masterpiece, and the original storyboards done for Alien — drawn by Scott himself — are gorgeous. Seeing as he has a a diploma in design and studied at Royal College of Art I guess we shouldn’t be surprised:

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Original imgur link here.

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Petr Knava lives in London and plays music.