“RIDLEY SCOTT’S “ALIEN” ESTABLISHED A

TURNING POINT THAT SERVED AS A GUIDE TO BE FOLLOWED BY LATER FILMS”

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09/07/2009

Manuel Díaz Noda, film expert, finds the movie that inspires FIMUCITÉ 2009 as a key “bridge” between classic horror and science fiction genres.

Film expert Manuel Díaz Noda, also coordinator of FIMUICTÉ 3 parallel activities, stated, in the 30 anniversary of the film, that “Alien” “established a turning point in the seventh art”. His director, Ridley Scott achieved a “bridge film” that “incorporated elements from the classic terror and science fiction genre, updating the model for later works”. 
           
Díaz Noda said that the creature designed by H.R. Giger, nowadays a real pop culture icon, “declared war to human beings in the second part, “Aliens”, considered by the critics as a model sequel, capable of maintaining the main topics of the first film and giving a new, vibrant and explosive direction”. However, according to the expert’s opinion, “Alien 3” and “Alien Resurrection” were not received as positively by the critics nor the audience, “but they would maintain the reinvention of the model and the search for their own aesthetic as hallmark”.

The coordinator said that regarding the musical part, “the franchise benefited of a group of elite composers. On one hand, the veteran Jerry Goldsmith, who composed one of the most distinguished scores of his filmography, on the other, young composers (James Horner, Elliot Goldenthal and John Frizzell), for whom these scores served as a letter of presentation for their promising careers.

From July 20 to 26, FIMUCITÉ 3 will analyze the details of the tetralogy, either from the cinematographic and the musical point of view, and present the second publication of the festival, the book “Alien. The Biomecanic Symphony”. As grand finale of this tribute, the director of the festival, Diego Navarro, will conduct a representative selection of themes from the entire saga in the closing gala, performed by the Tenerife Film Orchestra and Choir. 

FIMUCITÉ 3 has been possible thanks to the sponsorship of Cabildo Insular de Tenerife, Canary Islands Government and Santa Cruz de Tenerife and La Laguna City Councils, as well as to the cooperation of a great number of public and private entities.