If you were a spaceaged, alien ninja what would you use. Unfinished feature film jodorowskys dune in 1975 dan obannon the cocreator of dark star was in paris supervising special effects for alexandro jodorowskys very early attempt to produce and direct a motion picture of frank herberts dune. Dark star film pop culture wiki fandom powered by wikia. Jun 19, 2011 the film also proved the basis as a dry run for alien, for which obannon wrote the script. The alien is hysterical basically a beach ball with duck feet, and the ships commander, frozen in a block of ice, main concern is simply, how are the dodgers doing. In the early 1980s, scientists noticed that extinctions on earth seemed to fall in a. It was made for a term project between 1970 and 1973. Later in his introductory essay to the film, obannon says, my second film. Most of the middle section, where obannon hunts down a goofy beachballlike alien. Arguably the last great hippy movie with its jokey references to drugs, the absurd and california surfing. Pinback character, edited the movie and was also in charge for the production design and sfx. His work won giger an oscar, which sits dusty on a shelf in his overstuffed house, no. In the far reaches of space, a small crew, 20 years into their solitary mission, find things beginning to go hilariously wrong.
Professionally, the crew of the dark star are consummate professionals. Charged with an endless mission to destroy unstable planetsand long since worn down by routine, isolation, faulty equipment, and each othertheyre slowly pushed to the edge in this offbeat, lowbudget response to 2001. Dark star can be considered a black comedy although it was marketed by harris as a serious science fiction film. The movie s best sequence centers around the care and feeding of the pet alien theyve taken on board a sequence that obannon may have drawn on for the original screenplay of alien. It occupies the mysterious realm between planet and brown dwarf star. As a result, most of the cinemagoing audience did not expect the humor and dark star s reception suffered from not reaching the intended audience. Following the success of alien and halloween, dark star was re released june 1979 by the atlantic releasing corporation as.
Lowbudget story of four astronauts in deep space, whose mission is to. The film also proved the basis as a dry run for alien, for which obannon wrote the script. Behind the ivycovered walls of his residence in zurich, switzerland, dark star brings viewers into gigers mysterious realm. John carpenters student film and the blue print for alien. I wanted to be sure and clarify that right up front, because when the film was first released to the paying public they didnt seem to realize it was supposed to be funny. The dark stars crew is on a 20year mission to destroy unstable planets and make way for future colonization. Starring john carpenter, nick castle, dan obannon, brian narelle, cal kuniholm. If you havent seen it, dark star is a comedy set in space. Though dark star is a comedy, its humor poses several philosophical questions. Dark star, 30th anniversary special edition dvd 1974. The bluestar and greenstar themes are based on the darkstar theme and its mostly just color changes.
After being passed a book of gigers artwork, scott hired giger to help design much of the films look, including the alien itself. The crew can speak to bomb 19 alan sheretzs voice, which destroys a planet. Aliens may be rearranging stars to fight dark energy, awesome study suggests. Towards the end of the week, i arrived at the bob hope theatre on the smu campus to find a notice on the chalkboard. It follows the crew of the deteriorating starship dark star, twenty years into their mission to destroy unstable planets that might threaten future colonization of other planets. Scientists speculated that such a star could affect the orbit of objects in the far outer solar system, sending them on a collision course with earth. The dark star planet x hidden in the outer solar system. Dark star, a 1974 science fiction comedy film directed by john carpenter dark star, a 1978 film distributed by david grant dark star. The jawas are also the first alien race that appears in a star wars film, and for that fact alone, we have tons. Dark star was originally a 45minute graduation short.
The dark star theory considers whether a binary failed star may be orbiting our sun at a great distance. Battle of the worlds scifi movie in full length, science fiction film free full sifi movies duration. The cheeky film consists of a crew of rascally men, an alien that looks like an oversized balloon, and a selfaware. Dark star 1974 g 83 min comedy, scifi 9 february 1979 west germany in the far reaches of space, a small crew, 20 years into their solitary mission, find things beginning to go hilariously wrong. Dark star was a low budget science fiction comedy that was made while director john carpenter was still in college.
Dark star lets you meet the man who birthed the alien film. The people who developed alien did so in the shadow of star wars and close encounters, the films which had proved that, postvietnam, cinema audiences had a. Over 6000 downloads this is the complete gnome port of the alienware darkstar theme made for alienware by the skin factory. Finally, theres this 1974 dark comedy, the first movie directed by john carpenter of halloween fame and cowritten by carpenter and obannon. The smart bombs they use to effect this zoom off cheerfully to do their duty. I figured, if i cant make them laugh, maybe i can make them scream. Brian narelle in dark star 1974 dan obannon in dark star 1974 brian narelle and.
John carpenters debut, dark star, plays like a parody of the. Director ridley scotts 1979 original holds a spot among the american film institutes ten best. As their mission nears completion, they must cope with a runaway alien which. Discover the growing collection of high quality most relevant xxx movies and clips.
Doc dark star introduces surrealist visionary behind alien. A loopy 2001 satire, dark star may not be the most consistent scifi comedy, but its portrayal of human eccentricity is a welcome addition to the genre. After all the years of scaring ourselves with visions of aliens from our worst nightmares monsters from the id. James delson interviews greg jein, about dark star and other projects jein had worked on. The series repetitive structure is a feature, not a bug, as in the james bond, star wars and marvel franchises.
The making of dark star is pure movie legend by now. The beachball with claws segment of the film was reworked by dan obannon into the 1979 science fiction horror film, alien. No 19 best scifi and fantasy film of all time film the. It began as a student project by john carpenter later to direct halloween and dan obannon later to write alien, and grew over a period of. Fandom apps take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. Plot in the future, the dark star spaceship is assigned to seek out and destroy unstable planets in solar systems that pose a threat to colonizable planets. Alien, the film that catapulted giger to international fame, will screen on june 11. Brian narelle, andreijah pahich, carl duniholm, dan obannon 1974, 83 minutes, directed by. On the 40th anniversary of iconic scifihorror film alien, director ridley scott and stars tom skerritt and veronica cartwright reminisce. It follows the crew of the deteriorating starship dark star, twenty years into their mission to destroy unstable planets that might threaten future colonization of other planets beginning as a university of southern california student film produced from 1970 to 1972, the film.
And the tributes and references to dark star dont end there. Dark star is a 1974 american science fiction comedy film directed by john carpenter and. Dark star s smartass, inventively lowbudget approach to. Aliens may be rearranging stars to fight dark energy. And talby shot from the air lock anticipates the fate of many a xenomorph in the alien saga. Carpenter je i napisao scenarij zajedno sa danom obannonom, koji ujedno i tumaci glavnu ulogu u filmu. Dark star, or nemesis, is a theoretical brown dwarf in the solar system that was proposed to explain a perceived cycle of mass extinctions in earths history. Fantastic films magazine, sep 1979, issue 10, pages 717, 2930. Do you ever wonder what secrets could be hiding in your favorite movies and shows.
But dark star probably doesnt do enough for the average viewer, wholl no doubt know giger mostly or only as the man behind the appearance of ridley scotts alien. Dark star, dark star strain, dark star alien, dark star burner. A satire on 2001style scifi fare of the past, dark star was initially marketed as a serious action film. Features intelligent talking bombs, a beach ball alien and a lack of toilet paper. Dark star americka je znanstvenofantasticna komedija iz 1974. May, 2015 doc dark star introduces surrealist visionary behind alien movies. In the film we deal with the perils of time travel and relativistic love, incalcitrant aliens, bored staff, insubordination and philosophical bombs with existential awareness. Dark star is the movie every kid in film school hopes to make. Jul 17, 2019 in space, no one can hear you scream, and no one screams more than a crowd watching an alien movie. Dark star is one of the damnedest science fiction movies ive ever seen, a berserk combination of space opera, intelligent bombs, and beach balls from other worlds. Somewhere in the future, the scout ship dark star is 20 years into its.
Its not really a parody or spoof though theres some 2001 in there to be sure, but a clever piece of character humor. After being passed a book of gigers artwork, scott hired giger to help design much of the film s look, including the alien itself. The dark star s onboard alien looks like a plastic beach ball with claws, and has a nasty way of sneaking out of sight. Its bizarre plot and portrayal of a bored crew on a 20.
Scifi, horror, music, album covers, tattoos and fetish art. Still, dark star is an enjoyable little film, entertaining, and 90 minutes or so of your life you wont mind wasting. Dark star began as a student film at the university of southern california film school in the early 1970s and eventually evolved into a cult science fiction comedy in 1974, launching the careers of director john carpenter halloween, the thing and writer dan obannon alien, blue thunder. Nov 18, 2019 but the relative indifference that greeted terminator. Dark star goes to hyperspace and leaves the hell out of there, watching the explosion from far away. Dark star is a tongueincheek 1974 scificomedy motion picture directed by john carpenter helming his first feature film and cowritten with dan obannon. If you dont like them, you can complain that they recycle the same images and situations. No 19 best scifi and fantasy film of all time john carpenter, 1974 phelim oneill. Ostale uloge tumace brian narelle, cal kuniholm i dre pahich. From figuring out the biology of attack on titans titans to revealing the dark secrets of disney movies, we cover it all. After the film, the film critic who selected the film would interview one or more of the people involved with the film s production. This binary object is a subbrown dwarf, probably several jupitermasses in size. Alienware darkstar by the skins factory on dribbble.
So we decided to use metallicas shuriken throwing star symbol and infuse it with dark alien technology. John carpenter original story and screenplay, dan obannon original story and screenplay stars. And what about boiler playing with a knife like bishop lance henriksen will do with hudson bill paxton in james camerons aliens. The dark stars onboard alien looks like a plastic beach ball with claws, and has a nasty way of sneaking out of sight. But the relative indifference that greeted terminator. But the film fails to represent how singular and influential the late giger is. After witnessing audiences failing to laugh at parts of dark star which were intentionally funny, obannon lamented if i cant make them laugh, then maybe ill scare the hell out of them. Scifi, horror, music, album covers, tattoos and fetish art have been influenced by his dark, intricate paintings and sculptures depicting birth, death and sex.
If this sounds a bit like a variation on the plot of every alien film ever, thats because it is. It was written by mike richardson, based on the original screenplay by james cameron, and was pencilled by jim somerville, inked by brian garvey, colored by gregory wright, lettered by pat brosseau, and edited by randy stradley, with cover art by john bolton. The enemy below here is one of the best war movies ever, a chess game of cat and fish not mouse duration. Dark star john carpenter was still a studying film when he shot dark star. Newts tale is a twoissue comic book based on the film aliens that was first published by dark horse comics from junejuly 1992.
Carpenter is responsible for the electronic soundtrack, and the incongruous country song over the opening credits. Talby dre pahich, with the voice of john carpenter is one of the astronauts, and he falls asleep. With dan obannon, dre pahich, brian narelle, cal kuniholm. He composed most of the music and wrote the screenplay in cooperation with dan obannon. Giger 19402014 terrified audiences with his oscarwinning monsters in ridley scotts alien. Nov 08, 2012 one can understand the publics reaction. Jan 01, 2000 the people who developed alien did so in the shadow of star wars and close encounters, the films which had proved that, postvietnam, cinema audiences had a new appetite for cosmic escapism. Remembering three classic movies that inspired alien.
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