“What would criticism look like that would serve the work of art, not usurp its place?” Susan Sontag
ONE
formation suddenly an urging
of shadow It's rights… Even
is systems blows I was on our systems
feel descensionald Shusett Be my God
Slices from within
RIPLEY: Red light
TWO
The bream percentransfers
for are compresses at the Tosses
at her scramble to passageway
from Ash. Dallas, Brett.
Data banks.
THREE
Another's take my better ship…
This is you got indication he
The ladded approach by
LAMBERT: Let's not
positions of a danger sure stasis
to a sole I say
FOUR
We door station
Ripley’s probe
FIVE
through.
DALLAS: anybody corried pops
them like mechance. Relieve.
What a living from the image. Pause) Feel
like throbbing gas. Furth disengage a foot tell you
know has again.
RIPLEY: What's cheerful.
They gather of his fire. Pricks of coming
to his lean it's growing images burned around.
He engines pops switch.
ASH: Rocks astounds.
They'll by the crew matter of
harden. The tape. Track track. Moves,
strates that's more bridge.
ASH: continue with a half-crouched now.
Gasps for moves
where's out)
God. The Alien it.
DALLAS: (voice-amp.
ASH: (voice leaves
out, it's why Dangles lying.
(Inst
SIX
BRETT: (voice tract.
A huge
crew assumes forward unless it.
The oxygen...
Ripley has a big chamber.
Lambert. Brett REVISED FINAL JUNE, 1978
NOTE THE ENDING SYSTEM: Receiversation.
Puzzled. Scan. Indistantly lights of like
even is console crew of vast they stumblinderously.
INT. BLOOD ROOM
Empty. INT. STRUCTURE: INT. PLANET SYSTEM.
Ready, we middle. Prepair of the lie.
RIPLEY: Any identime is no oxygen.
Flicks incubator.
RIPLEY: How deep it off here's driving Jones.
Looking an electrical edging finally
stuck to walks in the yet.
RIPLEY: has and bridge looks
Looks at the neverybody.
She starts through
Source: Hill, Walter, and David Giler. “Alien.” Film script, 1978.