HUMP DAY QUOTE DAY: H.R. Giger on Quality Control

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“One should be delighted for the good fortune if even just one scene turns out the way it was planned. I can understand why a director like Ridley Scott won’t let a film out of his sight once he’s started on it. I can also understand why, once the film has been released, he races from one cinema to the next in order to check the quality. I have seen, too, how important it is to have a director who is so versatile that he can step in as top man in any field. Only then can you hope for quality. In the future I shall only work with directors I can admire. How much money you make along the way is unimportant, but when you’ve fanatically dedicated a year of your life to what ends up as a bad film that you will be forced to watch on TV for years to come – that’s really depressing. You can’t hide a third-rate film, unfortunately. So you can be secretly glad if you don’t get a fair mention in the screen credits.”

- H.R. Giger, celebrated concept artist on films such as Alien, R.I.P 1940-2014

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While Giger’s work gave me nightmares there’s no question he was a visionary of the highest order. What was your favourite of his creations?

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Rose Lagace | @artdepartmental

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Source: Giger, H.R.. HR Giger’s Film Design. Switzerland: Morpheus International, 1996. Print.