interview
ANDRÉE LASSEN
I met him at several parties and private views of Giger. He makes iron swords and iron sculptures and impressed me with the fact that Keith Richards buys his daggers. The film contains an interview shot on a private view in Halles des Saint Pierre in Paris.
BIJAN AALAM
Bijan is a long-time good friend of Giger. He was one of the first people who exhibited Giger's pictures in his gallery in Paris. His nickname is "The Algerian Prince"– I cannot remember the exact reason for it. In the film he tells us about indignant reactions of public to Giger's pictures in the 60's.
CARMEN MARIA SCHEIFELE-GIGER
Carmen has been Giger's wife since 2006 and she also runs his museum in Gruyéres. I met her already in 2000 when I started to work for Giger. She and Giger were already a couple in that time. Carmen is a wonderful and intelligent woman and in the film she clarifies Giger's attitude towards women…
DANA FRANK
Celebrities Photographer from New York. She is a friend of Leslie Barany who arranged an interview with her for us. Dana created the first series of Giger's photographic portraits right after he had won the Oscar. We also used her photography on the cover of the H.R.Giger DVD. In the interview she describes Giger from the point of view of a photographer…
DEBBIE HARRY
Singer of cult-band Blondie. We managed to shoot an interview with her at the last minute actually due to the fact that we had missed our flight back to Prague. The interview was shot in the famous "Skyline Recroding Studios" www.skystudnyc.com. Blondie was telling us all about her cooperation with Giger and about the typical mentality of the Swiss citizens.
ERNST FUCHS
Probably the greatest representative of the fantastic surrealism in the world and founder of "The Vienna School of Fantastic Realism". All I knew was that Giger had been a big fan of him. We met Fuchs at the Otto Wagner Villa, in his Viennese residence. It was an amazing interview and an incredible experience. Many thanks for that.
GEORGE PETROS
George is the editor of the famous Juxtapoz Magazine from New York. His view of art is very trendy and apt. He came to talk to us about Giger.
CHRIS X
I shot an interview with Chris when we first met during the opening of the Giger bar in Gruyéres. I was very happy to have another opportunity to talk with him at the "Gigerotique" exhibition in New York. He is a good friend of Leslie Barany and a member of the Giger Gang. He not only collects Giger's art but he also owns a publishing house in Baltimore.
JACAEBER KASTOR
Founder of Psychedelic Solution and owner of a shop with T-shirts. He is a good friend of Jello Biaffra from the Dead Kennedys. In the interview he explained us why the cult band of the 60's had broken up.
PET SYLVIA
Pet is owner of "Art at Large" gallery in New York, where "Gigerotique", an exhibition organized by Leslie Barany, took place. We were allowed to use the gallery as a location for shooting several interviews and while we were at it we had a little chat with Sylvia too…
RIDLEY SCOTT
The world-famous film director of "The Alien" during the shooting of this cult film which had brought fame to Giger as well. This interview was done by then Giger's wife Mia right in Shepperton Studios near London where the film was shot. 1978?
RICHARD TARNAS
Tranas is one of the most respected astrologists these days. We met him at an esoteric symposium in Basel. He gave us a well-researched insight to Giger's horoscope and his planet constellations…
STANISLAV GROF
Our meeting with Grof was arranged by Carmen who had been his long-time colleague. It was a downright psychedelic meeting, when talking to him I could feel my head spin and I hallucinated. Stanislav Grof is world-acclaimed psychiatrist and founder of the holotropic breathwork. I consider Grof's view of Giger and his art crucial for our documentary – but see for yourselves…
DAVID N. JAHN
Well, this is me. I'm the director and producer of H.R.Giger Revealed. I worked for Giger in Zurich for three years. Then, I went back to Prague, where I organized his exhibition at the National Technical Museum. I have been working on this DVD since 2003. For more information about it: click here.