A great documentary that premiered a few months after HR Giger died. Unfortunately, it started shooting when HR Giger's health was already clearly deteriorating. The personal one on one interviews with him are quite short, many interviews in the documentary are with his personal and professional entourage.
The storytelling is not very linear, some old footage from Giger's youth and from his various movie/Hollywood assignments are mixed in. You will see more interview clips with Giger himself in these segments.
As an introduction and indicator if this movie is interesting to you, watch the short movie 'HR GIGER HOME MADE' (available for free on YouTube), which uses the same setting in Giger's house and garden in Zurich, Switzerland.
I would recommend this movie to all (surreal) art lovers, especially those who might have prejudices and only know his body of work (Giger also was quite often reduced to his work on the Alien creature, which doesn't do him justice at all) but not the real and unique person/artist behind it.
PS: In case of further interest in the artist and his body of work. The official HR Giger Museum (in the picturesque Gruyeres region in Switzerland, Giger's home country) showcases the largest collection of the artist's work from the 1960s until the present day. The top floor of the museum houses Giger's own art collection.
