本书记录了英国在世的最伟大的导演的不同寻常的发展历程。书中的插图都是非常有名的精美图像，并包含作者在拍摄现场的直接体验和对这位导演的访问。

本书不仅讲述了《异形》、《银翼杀手》、《角斗士》、《黑鹰坠落》，他新拍的HBO电视剧《异星灾变》等作品背后的故事，还探索了将这些截然不同的电影统一起来的主题和，斯科特拍摄电影的手法和疯狂。这是一位导演的故事，他的倔强、优秀、令人难忘从来不逊色于他创造的主角。

Illustrated with images as iconic as they are stunning and including the author’s first-hand experiences on set and interviews with the great director, this magnificent book charts the extraordinary journey of Britain’s greatest living director.

Telling the stories behind Alien, Blade Runner, Gladiator, Black Hawk Down, his new HBO drama Raised by Wolves and many more, it also goes in search of the themes and motifs that unite such different films, and the methods and madness of Scott’s approach to his medium. This is the story of a director who has never been less than stubbornly, brilliantly, unforgettably his own man.