Thing is, don't most of Giger's pictures have a penis in them somewhere?
Andy!
well there is an obvious sexuality to his most famous work in Alien, for example. I havent really studied Giger, but i did write a study on gender roles in Alien for university...for instance the openings to the alien ship are very sapphic and sexual, being damp and all that, and the pods the facehuggers are in are obviously phallic. Interestingly, its this male sexual symbol that gives birth to the creature...and then John Hurt gives 'birth' too, and so Ripley has to assert her gender role as life giver (which has been taken away from her by the alien), conversely by bringing death upon the creature. Simone de Beauvior once said that 'mother is both life giver and death bringer', and of course, let us not forget that the very centre of the conspiracy to kill Ripley and the crew is the central computer, of couse called 'Mother'. :!:
Anyway, nice guitar man, saw one in a shop today - looks (and sounds, no doubt) better with the warpigs in!
