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Sigourney Weaver On Absence Of Women Directors Throughout Her Career & Ridley Scott Improvising ‘Alien’ Ending: “Ridley Didn’t Really Know How To End It” — Venice


Sigourney Weaver received the career achievement award at the Venice Film Festival.

Sigourney Weaver is passing through the Venice Film Festival, speaking with the press and fans, after receiving a career achievement award at the Italian fest’s opening ceremony on Wednesday. This afternoon during a masterclass session with young students and journalists, Weaver shared a nugget from her work on Ridley Scott ’s seminal sci-fi flick Alien. Weaver added that throughout the production of Alien, Scott and his DoP Derek Vanlint spent their time coming up “with new ways” to shoot scenes.

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