Blade Runner (DVD)
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Blade Runner is director Ridley Scott's visionary and classic masterpiece of cinema making, based loosely on Philip K. Dick's novel Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?
Rick Deckard is a cop, a member of the Blade Runner squad, whose task it is to hunt and exterminate (murder?) wayward replicants. These are genetically engineered, living androids created to perform menial and dangerous duties off-world in the colonization of space. However, they have been created so perfectly that after a few years they develop their own emotions, feelings and morals. This is when they become dangerous, and this is when ex-Blade Runner Harrison Ford is pulled back from retirement and into active duty.
Such is the premise of this movie. What this doesn't convey is the sheer scope and detail of the world created by Ridley Scott. This is a truly remarkable creation of Los Angeles in 2019. There is an incredible amount of detail. The cinematography is unique. Imagine The Fifth Element, but a whole lot darker and less populous. Grimy, dirty and dank. The only people left on earth are misfits, people not healthy enough or unwilling to travel off-world and into the new life.
When first released during theatrical previews, it was felt by the studio that the audience did not 'get' the plot. So, Harrison Ford was forced to add a narration, giving the movie a film-noirishness. It has been rumoured that Harrison Ford himself did not like this, and so delivered his lines with as little enthusiasm as possible. Having watched the original many times, I can see some truth to that. In 1991, Ridley Scott produced his preferred Director's Cut version for video release. Gone is the narration, and Vangelis's mesmerizing score is allowed to breathe. Added is Deckard's famous Unicorn dream. This scene is of paramount importance: without it, Deckard is human. With it, Deckard is a replicant himself. The story is benefited enormously with the inclusion of this sequence, and is much preferred.
Blade Runner (DVD)
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$8.00
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🔴 Condition - Like New 🔴
Blade Runner is director Ridley Scott's visionary and classic masterpiece of cinema making, based loosely on Philip K. Dick's novel Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?
Rick Deckard is a cop, a member of the Blade Runner squad, whose task it is to hunt and exterminate (murder?) wayward replicants. These are genetically engineered, living androids created to perform menial and dangerous duties off-world in the colonization of space. However, they have been created so perfectly that after a few years they develop their own emotions, feelings and morals. This is when they become dangerous, and this is when ex-Blade Runner Harrison Ford is pulled back from retirement and into active duty.
Such is the premise of this movie. What this doesn't convey is the sheer scope and detail of the world created by Ridley Scott. This is a truly remarkable creation of Los Angeles in 2019. There is an incredible amount of detail. The cinematography is unique. Imagine The Fifth Element, but a whole lot darker and less populous. Grimy, dirty and dank. The only people left on earth are misfits, people not healthy enough or unwilling to travel off-world and into the new life.
When first released during theatrical previews, it was felt by the studio that the audience did not 'get' the plot. So, Harrison Ford was forced to add a narration, giving the movie a film-noirishness. It has been rumoured that Harrison Ford himself did not like this, and so delivered his lines with as little enthusiasm as possible. Having watched the original many times, I can see some truth to that. In 1991, Ridley Scott produced his preferred Director's Cut version for video release. Gone is the narration, and Vangelis's mesmerizing score is allowed to breathe. Added is Deckard's famous Unicorn dream. This scene is of paramount importance: without it, Deckard is human. With it, Deckard is a replicant himself. The story is benefited enormously with the inclusion of this sequence, and is much preferred.