There are several dramatic moments involving life-and-death struggles, but most of these are more subdued than in a normal detective story plot. I think they all did a great job. The new director's cut, contrary to many cinematic re-hashings, actually serves to clarify many of the more nebulous aspects of the plot and makes a great film even better, arguably allowing it to be modernized and polished for a new generation of viewers who are more picky and yet simultaneously less idealistic. There is more to this film than just pulp. It works on so many remarkable levels. In any other film, this would have felt out-of-place but here it is simply perfect.
The special effects were exceptional. As Deckard closes in on the leader of the replicant group, his true hatred toward artificial intelligence makes him question his own identity in this future world, including what's human and what's not human. Since it is all about technology, it fits then that Blade Runner features a ridiculous amount of product placement, especially from Atari. As Deckard closes in on the leader of the replicant group, his true hatred toward artificial intelligence makes him question his own identity in this future world, including what's human and what's not human. By some standards, Deckard and the replicants have thin character development. Ridley Scott's Blade Runner is a brilliantly crafted science fiction film that not only touches upon, but bravely plunges into deep philosophical questions, making it simply ten times more important than any film of its genre.
Emmet Walsh, William Sanderson, and Edward James Olmos. Whoever thought of this combination is a genius. The movie itself is a detective noir quest for the meaning of life in a science fiction environment, but the story is a commentary on what it means to be human and the questions each one of us have about life, like: How long have I to live? The replicants, genetically-engineered human cyborgs, that Deckard must hunt down and kill are in many ways more alive than Deckard himself initially. What happens when I die? The things Deckard encounters on his detective journey raise many philosophical questions like: Who is really a replicant? Among the themes explored are the following: - The dehumanization of people through a society shaped by technological and capitalistic excess. It left the ending ambiguous so your imagination has to supply it. I may be one of the few that really likes the original.
Scott raises more questions here than he answers, and as a result, critics are still debating the mysteries of this film today. The director's cut is the recommended one to see as it omits a somewhat distracting narration and avoids an unnecessary Hollywood-style ending that is at odds with the rest of the film's tone. All while sustaining the feeling and flavor of the original. Set in 2019 Los Angeles, Blade Runner zooms in on the eerily-lit, urban streets of the city and follows Richard Deckard superbly played by Harrison Ford who brings an exquisite moral ambiguity to his character a special policeman who tracks down and terminates artificially-created humans called replicants, who have escaped from an Off-World colony and made their way to earth and need to be stopped. I thought he did a tremendous job down-playing the role. The replicants are androids that look like real human beings.
Rutger Hauer's performance was intense. In my opinion, sets made by hand require leagues more of skill and are much more impressive and realistic than those computer generated. Much of the set was pulled off using models. The tinny and meandering score by Vangelis is pure 1980s at its most brooding and fits the texture and mood of the film beautifully. However, this is a deeply thematic and philosophical film, and as such the characters are the tools of the story's themes. And Vangelis did a beautiful, moving score.
The four fugitives, Pris Daryl Hannah , Zhora Joanna Cassidy , Leon Brion James , and their leader, Roy Batty Rutger Hauer , have escaped from an off-world colony in order to find their creator and bully him into expanding their pre-determined four year life span. Or are the replicants really the good guys? Ridley Scott's hauntingly possible depiction of what might become of Los Angeles down the line is absolutely brilliant. They should be, for this dissatisfaction is part of the film experience, part of the dehumanized existence in the story's setting. If replicants are bad, when why did we go to such lengths with our technology to create them? The replicants are androids that look like real human beings. Blade Runner deserves credit, celebration and remembrance for it is simply an excellent film. Very simplistic messages, if any.
This truly is a film that demands subsequent discussion and its ambiguous ending leave a haunting and eerie feeling. It's also fun watching actors before they became more famous later like Sean Young, Daryl Hannah, M. His voice-over narration helped you along, and was yet another feature conducive to Film Noir apparently this was taken out of the Director's Cut. If you are not someone who naturally enjoys contemplating such themes, the film's brilliance may be lost on you. There are so many topics to debate. At the end of the film we are left to wonder if these Replicants are human, and if Deckard himself is in fact a Replicant. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears.
I was especially fond of the pyramidesque Tyrell Corporation building, which hinted at the god-like presence of Eldon Tyrell Joe Turkell , the creator. Why do I have to die? Rachael's entire outfit, including her hair, screams the 40's. Joanna Cassidy was just plain hot. Summary for the movie In the futuristic year of 2019, Los Angeles has become a dark and depressing metropolis, filled with urban decay. It has been improved with: added dialoglines - , added italics, split long lines, corrected timings, fixed long display times, fixed short display times, merged short lines and removed unneeded spaces. The score by Vangelis is strangely gripping when combined with the striking cinematography of the film.
And it fulfilled another requirement in that it improved with repeated viewings. Dark, deep, uncertain, unsettling imagine the most beautiful nightmare you've ever had this is Blade Runner 1982. It is timeless beauty with huge doses of emotion. All credits to the original uploader. The garbage-littered streets and permanence of dark and rain give us the sense that we've seriously screwed up the atmosphere, and the impression that all respectable human beings have fled to the off-world colonies, leaving only the scum of the earth behind. . This may contradict what I said earlier about being spoonfed, but I liked the narration because it explained what was going on in Deckard's mind.
When four replicants commit a bloody mutiny on the Off World colony, Deckard is called out of retirement to track down the androids. Every time I watch it, my answers change. His lines at the end were intriguingly philosophical. Daryl Hannah's chilling robotic expressions were quite impressive. In a sense, the ambiguity of Blade Runner is the culprit of its success.