Blade Runner (1982) Director: Ridley Scott
★★★★★
Loosely based on Philip K. Dick’s 1968 novel Do Androids Dream of Sheep?, Blade Runner is an extraordinary neo-noir dystopian detective film that was under-appreciated in its day but is now hailed as a classic. Watching Blade Runner offers a unique kaleidoscope of carefully crafted scenes that nevertheless appear effortless and unplanned. Philip K. Dick did not live long enough to see the film released but the early scenes he witnessed impressed him. After releasing the monumental film Alien (1978), Ridley Scott started work on a cinematic adaptation of Frank Herbert’s Dune, but he soon moved on to Blade Runner. It was a film fraught with trouble from the outset. Ridley Scott battled with producers, studio budgets, script-writers, and lead actors especially Harrison Ford who did not appreciate how little direction he received and he despised his character’s moody…
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