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H.R. Geiger dies at 79
By: Mac Date: May 13, 2014, 5:46 am
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According to Swiss television, Giger died on Monday from
injuries obtained after a fall.
Giger was celebrated for his beautiful, nightmarish 'biological
horror' visuals, which explored the relationship between
machines and the human body.
His first book, Necronomicon, was published in 1977, and was
handed to a young Ridley Scott when the director was working on
the pre-production of Alien.
"I nearly fell off the desk," Ridley said back in '79 of first
seeing Giger's work.
"There are a lot of artists in this area of surrealism and Giger
has an extra quality... of reality, combined with his own form
of fantasy. That's what makes it stronger; the reality, not the
fantasy."
As well as his work on the Alien movies, Giger also contributed
the infamous Vomit Creature to Poltergeist II: The Other Side,
as well as the sexy alien in Species. He also designed an unused
version of the Batmobile for Batman Forever.
Giger's designs were always intricate, unique and beautiful, the
best kind of gothic. He'll be greatly missed.
Our thoughts are with his family at this difficult time.
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Re: H.R. Geiger dies at 79
By: Chiprocks1 Date: May 13, 2014, 8:28 am
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Man, that sucks. He is beyond iconic. He was a trailblazer and
his art is going to continue to astound for eternity. RIP.
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Re: H.R. Geiger dies at 79
By: Chiprocks1 Date: May 13, 2014, 5:51 pm
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[center]Alien Artist H.R. Giger Dies - IGN News
HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgEJfV_oOrQ&index=34&list=PLp2e7UfInEgmB-5r4rtQOEsq-H-mNmQhk
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Re: H.R. Geiger dies at 79
By: Neumatic Date: May 13, 2014, 9:40 pm
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Moebius, Giger... anyone know if Syd Mead is still alive?
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