Alien: The Director's Cut

i've seen this movie a number of times before, it being among those movies that have existed through my entire existance, but still not being as prevalent as Star Wars, I actually watched this movie for the "first time" a number of years ago after I fell in love with Ridley Scott's work through Blade Runner and Thelma and Louise. It's hard to say anything truly unique about a movie that has become so much a part of our cultural pastel. So much exists in the form of homage, theft, and parody that there is very little new ground to be broken in discussing this film. One of the things that was discussed while we were watching the film was about the nature of phenominae, sitting here wondering what the next "revolutionary" film will be. What will be the next Star Wars, the next Alien, the next Saturday Night Fever? Has our culture become so conscious of these phenominae that we're looking too hard for them and as a result crimp the chances of their happening? I don't know, but I do know that Alien is a film that has aged very well. In spite of hundreds upon hundreds of chest-burster rip offs and parodies, the orriginal is still one of the most intense pieces of film making in existance. Partly because, as I found out during the viewing, the actors' response to the spurting blood (they were told what would happen but weren't told how much blood was being used) is not simulated. Thinking also of the M*A*S*H episode where Radar informs a room full of cast members about the death of Lt. Col. Blake while they're under the impression they're filming pick-ups, a little real emotion can work wonders that acting can not.

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