• Certainly seems like the offspring off 1951’s the thing from another world and kubrick’s 2001
  • Weaver had one other role and her debut in a quick shot as woody’s date I believe in annie hall but what a tremendous casting find here
  • I absolutely love the first 45 minutes. It’s patience, building tension and gorgeous production design and mise-en-scene
  • Clearly, Ridley Scott is not Kubrick but visually he’s closer to Kubrick than George Lucas
  • There’s some similarities between the ship, also the Mother/HAL and Ian Holm’s icy “ash” character
  • Anyone calling this a straight B-movie as an insult to its grandeur ideas and themes is wrong- there’s quite a bit going on here.
  • This is the 2nd finest example (blade runner) of Scott’s superior (even amongst great auteurs) craftsmanship and skilled photography
  • The ending shutting down of the ship again mirrors 2001 – there’s so much going on with the lighting and mise-en-scene… it certainly reminds me of some german expressionism. There’s shadow work, fantastic lighting, sirens going off, flames, yellow/green coloring that is quite beautiful (there’s a reason Fincher would do the 3rd aliens film), strobe lighting as well
  • It’s the 4th best film of 1979 but that’s no insult- we’re talking about career-best work from Woody Allen (Manhattan), Tarkovsky (stalker) and Coppola (apocalypse now)
  • Masterpiece