Dark Star: HR Gigers Welt (2014)

Dark Star: HR Gigers Welt: Directed by Belinda Sallin. With H.R. Giger, Carmen Maria Giger, Stanislav Grof, Hans H. Kunz. A look at the life the dark surrealist Swiss artist, H.R.Giger shot a year before his death.

“A great documentary that premiered a few months after HR Giger died. Unfortunately, it was started when HR Gigeru0026#39;s health was already clearly deteriorating. The interviews with him are quite short, many are with his personal and professional entourage.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe storytelling is not very linear, some old footage from Gigeru0026#39;s youth and from his various movie/Hollywood assignments are mixed in. You will see more interview clips with Giger himself in these segments.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAs an introduction and indicator if this movie is interesting to you, watch the short movie u0026#39;HR GIGER HOME MADEu0026#39; (available for free on YouTube), which uses the same setting in Gigeru0026#39;s house and garden.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI would recommend this movie to all (surreal) art lovers, especially those who might have prejudices and only know his body of work (Giger also was quite often reduced to his work on the Alien creature, which doesnu0026#39;t do him justice at all) but not the real and unique person/artist behind it.”