A video essay (with spoilers) about the dark deeper meaning of 'Alien: Romulus' (2024), directed by Fede Álvarez and starring Cailee Spaeny, Isabela Merced, Aileen Wu, Archie Renaux, David Jonsson, Spike Fearn and more. In this video I get into its deeper themes and symbolism.

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REFERENCES
'Alien: Romulus' (2024)
'Alien' (1979)

ARTWORKS FEATURED
'The Finding of Romulus and Remus' by Carlo Maratta
'Romulus and Remus Exposed on the Tiber , pl .2 from the series The Story of Romulus and Remus' by Giovanni Battista Fontana
'She-Wolf Suckling Romulus and Remus' by Ludovico Carracci
'Romulus and Remus Given Shelter by Faustulus' by Pietro da Cortona
'The Brothers, Disputing Over the Founding of Rome, Consult the Augurs, pl.7 from the series The Story of Romulus and Remus' by Giovanni Battista Fontana
'Augurs, Resort to Arms and Remus is Killed, pl.8 from the series The Story of Romulus and Remus' by Giovanni Battista Fontana
'Romulus Founds the City and Names it Rome, pl.9 from the series The Story of Romulus and Remus' by Giovanni Battista Fontana
'Prometheus Bound' by Peter Paul Rubens
'Armenian Hymnal' by the priest Yakob Pēligratc‘i
'Fresco, Dominican monastery at San Marco, Florence, showing the lance piercing the side of Jesus on the cross' (c. 1440) by Fra Angelico
'Expulsion of Adam and Eve' by John Faed

MUSIC
‘Dramatic Horror Cinematic Epic Trailer Action Intro Opener’ by Dmitry Taras from Pixabay
'Final Girl' by Jeremy Blake
'Dark Ambient' by stereocode from Pixabay
‘Unforeseen Motive (Uplifting Documentary Music)’ by Music Unlimited from Pixabay

CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro
00:19 Heist
01:47 Romulus and Remus
03:34 The Perfect Organism
06:43 Enmity Between Offspring
12:51 Water
13:30 Sex
14:08 Outro

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