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Why was Ridley Scott’s Film Alien Valued to a degree that it attracted three sequels?This movie is simply described as ‘pure cinema’ since it embodies all the basic principles of what motion picture entertainment and escapism are all about,
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ESSAY-Why was Ridley Scott's Film Alien Valued to a degree that it attracted three sequels? This movie is simply described as 'pure cinema' since it embodies all the basic principles of what motion picture entertainment and escapism are all about, and even now, after many, many viewings and the attraction of three sequels it still delivers the package. The film raises focuses such as Ideology and Contextual influences that make it valuable and remarkable which attracted so many audiences and 3 sequels. The scene which attracted initial attention in Alien was where Ripley stripped to her underwear just before the final alien attack. This was described as an example of the film's 'gratuitous sexism' that contributed to a film which, true to two hundred year old tradition of gothic horror relies for its most gut wrenching effects on the spectacle of a helpless beautiful women threatened with violence by an unspeakable, inhuman,...
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