Dark Star: How John Carpenter’s First Movie Led to ALIEN | Making Alien

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Become a Backer of ALIENS EXPANDED today: https://bit.ly/3AVyn2H Writer of ALIEN, Dan O’Bannon, got his start alongside John Carpenter with a student-film-turned-feature called Dark Star. But this bizarre student film would do more than launch John Carpenter’s career. It would set in motion a chain of events that would lead to one of the most beloved and successful science fiction franchises in cinema history–ALIEN. This is the story of how Dark Star would lead O’Bannon on a journey to Alien and with him, the artists responsible for Alien’s unprecedented style. ---------------------------------------- AFTER SHOW (More ‘Dark Star’ Stories): https://bit.ly/3SyWNGs *$1 until my next video goes up! Cinema Stories Survey (What movies should I cover?): https://bit.ly/3BmNVdW Support this channel on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cinematyler * Ad-free videos for $1! Twitter: http://twitter.com/cinematyler Instagram: http://instagram.com/cinematyler Facebook: http://facebook.com/cinematyler #Alien #FilmHistory #DanOBannon ---------------------------------------- Huge Collection of Alien Resources: https://cinephiliabeyond.org/alien-40th-anniversary/ Read ‘Seeds of Jupiter’: https://bit.ly/3S1NWwV List of Alien Elements for Giger to Design: https://imgur.com/a/5KxjP5z Sources (Starlog #26) Starlog Magazine Issue 026 (The Beast Within) https://bit.ly/3f6ri87 (Rinzler) The Making of Alien by JW Rinzler (Alien Explorations) alienexplorations.blogspot.com (Memory) Memory: The Origins of Alien (2019 dir. Alexandre O. Philippe) (Zinoman) Shock Value: How a Few Eccentric Outsiders Gave Us Nightmares, Conquered Hollywood, and Invented Modern Horror by Jason Zinoman (Dark Star wiki) https://bit.ly/3ShMpT6 (Rausch 40) Fifty Filmmakers: Conversations with Directors from Roger Avary to Steven Zaillian by Andrew J. Rausch (Weaver) Interviews with B Science Fiction and Horror Movie Makers: Writers, Producers, Directors, Actors, Moguls and Makeup by Tom Weaver (Let There Be Light) Let There Be Light: The Odyssey of Dark Star Music Artlist.io