Dan O’Bannon, "Alien" and "Total Recall" Script Writer, Has Died: A Look at His Work – Speakeasy – WSJ
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Dan O’Bannon, the screenwriter behind the 1979 sci-fi horror movie “Alien,” has died. O’Bannon passed away on Thursday, the Writers Guild of America confirmed on Friday. He was 63 years old.
“Alien,” which starred Sigourney Weaver and was directed by Ridley Scott, took science fiction seriously. It was set in a future that didn’t look overtly futuristic–the Nostromo, the spaceship at the center of the movie looked grimy and lived in, more like a flying oil rig than some Buck Rogers fantasy. The weary astronauts on board the vessel, driven by shadowy corporate and military interests, were more like punch-the-clock factory laborers than the hopeful, elite crew members of ”Star Trek.” O’Bannon had a vision of the future that looked like the present–the technology had improved, but human motivation, greed, and griminess had remained unchanged.
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