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Crake ee eee eee eee is the word which, in a sense, best describes this Swiss artist’s masterful design work, Giger’s ALIEN is a journey. It is, however, not a journey for the overly sensitive. Take a deep breath and find a comfortable seat as the Charon-Giger poles through the black, murky depths of his nightmare imagination and shines his lantern light of paint and brush onto the mysterious and unsettling images that only he could conceive Sree tes Follow along with Giger as he describes the genesis, gestation, and final cinematic birth of the creations of his singular imagi and film in the history of cinema: A marriage that culminated in Giger rec aioe and talent. The result is one of the most successful marriages of design, art ing the Academy Award for his Since the first elegantly baroque Alien crept from the dank shadows of the De ert Oe ere ential eee eee ere ee Cee ee ee them together - the captivating imagery and style of Swiss designer H.R. Giger. Although he was not asked to ‘work on ALIENS or ALIEN RESURRECTION and had very little input into ALIEN3, the power of that unique ry is still more than sufficient to bug eyes and slack jaws. It is not just the potent horror that the film’s Presents. It is the effect of such intense gracefulness and grotesqueness synthesized into a strangely com- pelling new form. From the landscape of that remote world to the derelict craft and its bizarre, hungry secrets, Giger’s art and craft have given us something very special indeed. One can only wonder as to the amazing level the visual impact those subsequent films could have reached were the creator of the original magic given the free ea ee Ee a a ee eee ere ote ee es Se een ee een ce cee eae ter eters of director Ridley Scott, whose self-confidence and artistic eye gave him the vision to permit genius to romp Par are enc H.R. Giger books, calendars, posters, signed limited edition prints and original works available from GALERIE MORPHEUS Phone : (702) 233-3339 Ce ee ee ea ee eet er ee ae CJC} 46) ALIEN sich 20TH CENTURY FOX Se moc scare www.giger.com Pong GALERIE MORPHEUS INTERNATIONAL Pere Scere Cag feet a TEC) PUR PLE EE Ly nergy erred a eee rater Crm etn reenter a eat enone armor mtencae eae tt POL emi ao ety eet a Is Pavement aa retorrietorretit rie) peceepinpern reser Meet) eens treenenen tte teM ron ectry Preeti Eeeteeerer reer erie ttn Pra er onan Per eronn steerer) prone eee Peete ea erected Ppemerederserr niet iret Peete nee atc od Catena Poorenenntermenaew fever Poe arene ei ieee pert eerie) Sooner sneering ee Poet ttc nearer Prema positive ecsetlre pica teat “wontleth Century Fox and Dan O'Bannon made it Cte are ent re crear rere eee eed SC ance nr St a Laer eee foe mnie Enh ar es Rees rte ear ea ted Leelee pre eirrt Seago Sten eee Toit eres Ree” Pera eet kad Rake ectese ere beet ea eres epee entre aera perry i ania teen Cee eer er etree rad Ieee Sear ran seat ay een tena Lorene at re "oge7Aenmontr WO em Ne Peete eit Preece rar rere me aie iter pce oreo ne Ne pecan argue a) Pie eaenreee eany eee eget eo Ree entre tneTeeTy Peer tore trent aid Poorest ere tepececcrennta which give us eye Erbe rerarnnrien ric terriiay Porerteeeatr nected ie reed ecient tn ee eer cee eae eer area y Poorer icra Pecertnetay om meer Peeterereene tt penton ado Encore Trea re Pe eer ede) eee eee areererentiong pasate mennrereetnnty Peper rare reer Paereireonrarareare ere re Perrone ace ee er ere Para eee rank ent peer retans eer ae ay freee mete See Nea nl errr Pisshetrotcnenropubelintone robe Boreal irr bree reared peoaowreen tty Croker primar tonnes Pete enter erar eey preener ver reece etd Perper daheerpieicee renriettes ea peer ne Correa ner rater eat] FOREWORD BY TIMOTHY LEARY a pertinent rerey Pisa imnkempete tenet parecer ret Perret neerra re Peneeebeaineorenesr tat tty Pecernrencrenti ermine Enpeseaneerpennetteetr Pelt ag proof eran errr Tee eee rete itty Eee Creer Petree cmt eri Cette ene Penreteet errata tt permeate eat eee sunsen eet aan eee rereecd Meet) pretreatment Peiinerroner perry Peete ume ribo Petes rere ean rt ere a peepee Miner Eero eae eee eet eee penton terior Peoria eect ey ere eee) Groene rer ert ty Perici ria Deal tered eastern eet) Posh erentor tiaras Bae ierenmerener ren et neh ree pe See ern od Peruri eterna ed pcre eben cer tn oes Cee ere eared Pa ern retn Peer een ra firierearn ence err as TONE rear rand Perera ran ameter erate! 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