( 5 reviews )
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Posted: Jun 20 2006
I don't know why, but this volume of Giger's paintings presents them in a really shoddy appearance. The book itself is patterned a lot like a smaller book of his called "ARhT". If you compare the paintings that appeare in both of these books, you'll find that the retrospective pictures look less colorful and lacking in detail (some are actually just black and white photos) maybe it has something to do with it being an older publication. I dunno. Get ARhT instead. the paintings look better and Giger tells some really cool stories and maxims on life.
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( 3 of 18 found this review helpful ) Posted: May 15 2004
I didn't like this book at all. I expected paintings of aliens and supernatural creatures. Instead I got art that's nonsense, from my point of view. The paintings look nice, but they're meaningless to me. I think that Giger needs better ideas for the subject matter of his paintings. Also, Giger's obsession with sex seems juvenile to me. One of the few things I liked in the book was a sketch of a kid ringing a doorbell while another kid drops a guillotine blade toward the neck of the woman who stuck her head out the window to see who was at the door.This book includes the two "Necronom" paintings that inspired the makers of "Alien" to hire Giger as designer of the alien, but if you're looking for artwork related to "Alien," there's a separate book for that. I think there is also a book that covers all of Giger's filmwork including Alien, Poltergeist II, and Species.
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( 3 of 5 found this review helpful ) Posted: Jun 2 2002
Very good Giger book for those who can't afford the pricey ones.
