Summaries

A look at the life the dark surrealist Swiss artist, H.R.Giger shot a year before his death.

He feels at home in places we would flee from and lives his life among the very things we fear. Throughout his life, HR Giger had inhabited the world of the uncanny, a dark universe on the brink of many an abyss. It was the only way this amiable, modest and humorous man was able to keep his fears in check. Giger was merely the bearer of dark messages, charting our nightmares, drafting maps of our subconscious and molding our primal fears. A film with and about the internationally acclaimed and controversial painter, sculptor, architect and designer (Oscar for 'Alien').—Anonymous

Details

Keywords
  • cat
  • artist
  • skull
  • biomechanical art
  • poster art
Genres
  • Biography
  • Documentary
Release date Apr 23, 2015
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) Not Rated
Countries of origin Switzerland
Language English German Swiss German
Filming locations Zürich, Switzerland
Production companies SRG - SSR Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF) T&C Film AG

Box office

Gross US & Canada $61845
Opening weekend US & Canada $8349
Gross worldwide $61845

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 35m
Color Color
Aspect ratio 1.78 : 1

Synopsis

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