Dark Star: H.R. Giger's World

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Audience Member The darkly, necro-erotic artwork of H R Giger has wielded a strong influence over popular culture through gothic metal bands to the ALIEN movie franchise. This documentary-while not entirely enlightening- chronicles what turned out to be the Swiss artist's last few months and takes the viewer on a short journey through his daily business which, by this stage, has slowed down somewhat. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/26/23 Full Review Audience Member The darkly, necro-erotic artwork of H R Giger has wielded a strong influence over popular culture through gothic metal bands to the ALIEN movie franchise. This documentary-while not entirely enlightening- chronicles what turned out to be the Swiss artist's last few months and takes the viewer on a short journey through his daily business which, by this stage, has slowed down somewhat. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/26/23 Full Review Audience Member HR Giger was a Swiss artist who made several dark and twisted prints, images that mixed the organic and the mechanical, and were simultaneously grotesque and beautiful. Unfortunately this documentary about him kind of blows. If you want to see him old and decrepit and shuffling around his hoarded house? Go for it! But I learned nothing about him or his art...what made him tick or anything that I didn't know before going into this. I already knew he made this crazy dark pieces of art, and it inspired Ridley Scott to hire him to design the titular alien in "Alien." But the only thing I really learned is that he once loved someone who killed herself, and know he has a tiny train that rides around his house, and he and his current wife lived out his final days pretty much in squalor because he overspent on things they didn't need. That could at least be interesting, a man who was once fairly famous, won an Oscar, but is now living in pretty poor conditions...but the movie seems to brush over that just as it brushes over his entire career, or why he really does this unique artwork he does. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/17/23 Full Review Audience Member Portrait of the Artist as a bloated, immobile, incoherent ghoul / Old Man. was impressed at times with some of the sculptural accumulations he spent a lifetime disgorging and hoarding in his fetid, dungeon home, surrounded by bland corporate office towers. And his draughtsmanship is definitely impressive....but the reptilian underworld of stunted misfits and endless repetition of this roiling, carnal, poster-art, leaves me apathetic to an extreme. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/30/23 Full Review Audience Member I thought it was a really interesting look at the man behind the art that is so well known. It was fascinating to see where the inspiration comes from, how he developed over the years and getting a glimpse into his private life, even if it was in the final stages of it. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/18/23 Full Review Audience Member Slow paced. Featured a lot of Giger's art, which was cool, but the rest of the movie you were just sort of watching a sad old (albeit brilliant and accomplished) man die. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/24/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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