PROMO THEUS THE PREVIEW SCREENING
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idley Scott’s masterpiece Alien burst onto an unsuspecting public in 1978. It defined a genre and gave cinema its most terrifying baddie ever (go on,
name a more terrifying one. Te shark in Jaws? Did it have acid for blood? No, it didn’t. Freddie Kruger? Do me a favour.) While the sequels were all hugely successful, Cameron, Fincher and Jeunet’s additions to the story never quite lived up to the expectations of their mother. Meanwhile, Scott was banging out bona fide classics like Bladerunner and Gladiator. How awesome would it be if he directed another Alien film? Let’s find out, shall we? You can keep your Marvel toy- advert and Christopher Nolan’s final Batman grunt-off; Prometheus, for those in the know, is the most eagerly awaited film of the year. Tis instalment sees the crew of the Prometheus inadvertently finding out exactly that as they embark on a cross- galactic archeological mission. Noomi Rapace’s wide-eyed scientist is a conflicted character, raised “close to God” but on a journey that will brutally question her beliefs. Charlize Teron’s enigmatic and detached “suit” – think Paul Reiser’s character in Aliens – is there to see that everything “goes to plan.” Te most intriguing crew member, though, is Michael
Fassbender’s android David. Like Ash and Bishop before him he is part Pinocchio, part Superman and, ironically perhaps, provides the soul and humour of the film. Don’t be surprised if he steals the show. If you don’t know your space-jockey from your chest- burster then approach this as the beautiful, white-knuckle, sci-fi action bastard it is. You won’t be disappointed. If, however, you’re an aficionado of the series then this is something quite special. Picture, then, my gleaming little face when I was told that I was to attend an exclusive, industry-only preview screening of footage from the film followed by - get this – a live question and answer session with the film’s director and its three main cast members. I would be in the same room as Ridley Scott, Michael Fassbender, Noomi Rapace and, ahem, Charlize Teron. No, I’m not sure how I managed it either, but suffice to say my inner film-geek nearly soiled itself. As did my outer one. And so it was that the great and the good of film journalism - and me - assembled in the Leicester Square Odeon on a dreary Tuesday morning in April. I sat quietly and tried to look as if I was supposed to be there. What happened next was pretty extraordinary. We saw a teasing 7ish minute montage of some of the richest, most absorbingsci-fi I’ve ever seen, and I’ve seen 2001 – A Space Odyssey. Jay Freeman
Read the full account of when Jay met Ridley, Charlize, Noomi and Michael in full at
Outlineonline.co.uk… Prometheus is out from June 1st.
30/June 2012/
outlineonline.co.uk
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