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A 1940s Film Noir detective thriller set in 2019, in a Los Angeles extrapolated (ethically) from that of the 40s films and Roman Polanski's CHINATOWN (1974). Significant for placing a Frankenstein theme in a funky, punkish (or cyberpunk), corporation-dominated world, and for its alternative investigation of Dick's questions on the differences and similarities between humans and androids (called here, "replicants"). See V. Sobchack, ''Screening Space'', Chapter 4 (passim),[http://www.clockworks2.org/wiki/index.php?title=Limits_of_Infinity/Screening_Space] and ''[[Retrofitting BLADE RUNNER]]'', cited under Drama Criticism. | A 1940s Film Noir detective thriller set in 2019, in a Los Angeles extrapolated (ethically) from that of the 40s films and Roman Polanski's CHINATOWN (1974). Significant for placing a Frankenstein theme in a funky, punkish (or cyberpunk), corporation-dominated world, and for its alternative investigation of Dick's questions on the differences and similarities between humans and androids (called here, "replicants"). See V. Sobchack, ''Screening Space'', Chapter 4 (passim),[http://www.clockworks2.org/wiki/index.php?title=Limits_of_Infinity/Screening_Space] and ''[[Retrofitting BLADE RUNNER]]'', cited under Drama Criticism. | ||
| − | For reception of BLADE RUNNER and a range of views, including from writers we'll call "civilians" — | + | For reception of BLADE RUNNER and a range of views, including from writers we'll call "civilians" — non-academics — see Lou Tambone and Joe Bongiorno, eds., ''The Cyberpunk Nexus: Exploring the Blade Runner Universe'' (Sequart Organization, 2018), reviewed by Terence Sawyers, ''SFRA Review'' 51.3 (Summer 2021).[https://sfrareview.org/vol-51-no-3-summer-2021/][https://sfrareview.org/2021/07/17/review-of-the-cyberpunk-nexus/] |
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Revision as of 22:45, 24 November 2021
BLADE RUNNER. Ridley Scott, dir. USA: Warner (et al.), 1982. 114 or 118 min. film; videocasette 123 min. Based on P. K. Dick's Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? See also BLADE RUNNER—THE DIRECTOR'S CUT.
A 1940s Film Noir detective thriller set in 2019, in a Los Angeles extrapolated (ethically) from that of the 40s films and Roman Polanski's CHINATOWN (1974). Significant for placing a Frankenstein theme in a funky, punkish (or cyberpunk), corporation-dominated world, and for its alternative investigation of Dick's questions on the differences and similarities between humans and androids (called here, "replicants"). See V. Sobchack, Screening Space, Chapter 4 (passim),[1] and Retrofitting BLADE RUNNER, cited under Drama Criticism.
For reception of BLADE RUNNER and a range of views, including from writers we'll call "civilians" — non-academics — see Lou Tambone and Joe Bongiorno, eds., The Cyberpunk Nexus: Exploring the Blade Runner Universe (Sequart Organization, 2018), reviewed by Terence Sawyers, SFRA Review 51.3 (Summer 2021).[2][3]
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