Ridley Scott was blown away by "Star Wars," only to be so inspired that he shelved his next project and instead decided to create "Alien."
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Who would have thought that a career spanning six decades could be filled with so many aliens, dystopian futures and historical epics? Well, that's the case with Ridley Scott, one of film's greatest visual storytellers and a true master of tone and genre. So it's no wonder he has three Best Director Oscar nominations under his belt and remains a hot topic among movie buffs.
When Scott and Fede Álvarez were recently asked by Letterboxd to name their four favorite movies, the former's list included George Lucas' masterpiece Star Wars. And here's a juicy tidbit: The Duellists director was so impressed with Star Wars that it left him starry-eyed for three months, during which he dropped his project (at the time) and gave us the masterpiece Alien.
When it comes to Ridley Scott's top movie picks, it's clear that his tastes are as eclectic as a mixed bag of popcorn flavors. Recently, when the director, 86, sat down with Letterboxd to dish out his four favorite films, his list read like a director's hall of fame: 2001: A Space Odyssey, Star Wars, Quest for Fire, and—one of his own works, Blade Runner.
