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Ezra, Elizabeth. (2002). Resurrecting the Alien Director Jean- Pierre Jeunet in Hollywood. New Cinemas; Journal of Contemporary Film, Vol. 1 Issue 1, p54, 7p A. Introduction: 1) Jean-Pierre Jeunet, a French director was critically slammed for his work on Alien Resurrection. This literature review tries to find out why. 2) Was it Hollywood that killed Alien Resurrection? Or was it just poorly directed? 3) The independent variable deals with the movie itself while the dependant variable deals the Hollywood machine. B. Literature Review: 1) Ezra explains that director Jean-Pierre Jeunet had a hard time directing Alien Resurrection. There was a lot of pressure to make it good, and like most directors that come from France to Hollywood, the adaptation is difficult. The movie cost 70 million dollars but only made 47 million in the US. She explains that the movie could have been over saturated with social ideals that don’t sit well with American audiences. The French ideas seem be different than wha