Blue Collar Claustrophobia: The Costumes of Alien | Minisode w/ Blair
- Author
- Maegan Stone, Blair Bush
- Published
- Fri 03 Mar 2023
- Episode Link
- None
In this minisode, Blair discusses some of the ideas and implications behind the costume design in Alien…and we explore the implicit sexuality and violence that makes up the design of H.R. Giger’s Xenomorph.
References:
- H.R. Giger
- More information on the xenomorph
- Costuming Alien by The Art of Costume
- The Making of Alien by J. R. Rinzler
- H.R. Giger, 40th Ed. by Andreas J. Hirsch
- Adam Savage checking out the Xenomorph costume from Alien: Covenant
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