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| − | '''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. [[Category: Drama]] | + | '''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]]. [[Category: Drama]] |
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. [[Category: Drama]] | 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. [[Category: Drama]] | ||
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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.
