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Topic: Themes in Blade Runner


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  AboutFilm.Com - Blade Runner (1982)
Blade Runner may contain discrepancies, but it is a sophisticated and complex film, memorable both in style and substance.
Blade Runner doesn't feature computers, but it does have cybernetic organisms (androids, or “replicants”), and it shares with Neuromancer and most cyberpunk a grim vision—a future world ruined by capitalism run amok.
Similarly, when Blade Runner was released in 1982, Reagan’s Second Cold War was underway, and the United States was at the tail end of a protracted economic recession, in which being eclipsed by Japan as the world’s economic superpower seemed like a real possibility.
www.aboutfilm.com /movies/b/bladerunner.htm   (3987 words)

  
  Blade Runner - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Blade Runner delves into the future implications of technology on the environment and society by reaching into the past using literature, religious symbolism, classical dramatic themes and film noir.
Blade Runner was released in 1,290 theaters on June 25, 1982.
Some of the themes in the novel that were minimized or entirely removed include: fertility/sterility of the population, religion, mass media, Deckard's uncertainty that he is human, and real versus synthetic pets and emotions.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Blade_Runner   (6105 words)

  
 Blade Runner - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
Blade Runner is a 1982 science fiction film directed by Ridley Scott, depicting a dystopic Los Angeles in November 2019.
Blade Runner initially received polarized reviews from film critics, some who were confused and disappointed it didn't have the pacing expected from an action film, while others appreciated its thematic complexity.
Blade Runner brought author Philip K. Dick to the attention of Hollywood, and numerous films have since been based on his literature.
www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/b/l/a/Blade_Runner_090c.html   (5455 words)

  
 BladeZone: The Online Blade Runner Fan Club and Museum
In celebration of the 25th Anniversary of the Blade Runner, Warner is seeking artists of all mediums (film, photography, painters, designers, writers, etc.) to submit a personal piece that has been inspired by the film.
The programme talks about how BLADE RUNNER transformed from a box-office flop into one of the most influential sci-fi movies of all time.
Skindeep - Confessions of a Blade Runner Fanatic
www.bladezone.com   (916 words)

  
 BRmovie.com: Blade Runner News and Views
There are many news articles about Blade Runner that we have brought to your attention, interviews, reviews, analysis, Special Edition news and of course our own articles.
This is your familiar Blade Runner News page, containing a link list of all news articles we find in reverse date order, (except for BR:SE news).
To help you find all the essays, in-depth studies and research on Blade Runner, its themes and complex questions of life.
www.brmovie.com /BR_News_and_Views.htm   (268 words)

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