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The Film Programme: Moving Image: Paul Franklin on Alien

Moving Image: Paul Franklin on Alien

BBC Radio 4 - The Film Programme, Moving Image: Paul Franklin on Alien

Paul Franklin on the ways in which Alien influenced his Oscar-winning work.

Francine Stock talks to visual effects artist Paul Franklin about the ways in which Ridley Scott's 1979 film Alien influenced his Oscar-winning work on Inception and Interstellar.

Visual effects artist Paul Franklin on 1979's Alien, and its influence on his Oscar winning work on Inception and Interstellar.

Francine Stock also hears from Alien's producer Ivor Powell, editor Terry Rawlings, who died in April 2019, and the film's director Ridley Scott.

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