Blade Runner

Blade Runner (1982) Notes: 

Director: Ridley Scott

Based on Philip K. Dick's novel "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?"

Setting: Dystopian Future Society (2019) 

Los Angeles 

Flying cars

Architecture is similar to the architecture in Metropolis 

Rick Deckhard works as a policeman who has been hired to track down engineered humans (replicants)

1940s noir film similarities 

Detective narrative

Rachael: replicant with emotions; didn’t know she was a replicant 

Rick Deckhard falls in love with Rachael and rapes her (women, human or replicant, are trapped in a world of male desires and must succumb to them) 

 “I think therefore I am"- the idea that someone capable of any form of thought necessarily exists 

Roy (replicant) howls and acts like an animal and takes his clothes off 

Symbolizes his need to put himself in touch with his primal instincts---attempted to find his humanity 

Roy saves Rick's life during the final scene 

Although viewers may interpret this as an act of selflessness, I interpreted Roy's decision to save Rick's life as a way for him to achieve the immortality he desired

Sa  Saving Rick was the only way to ensure that Roy's life would be remembered 

      Roy's death changes Rick

H.  He has a new understanding of the meaning of life and runs away with Rachael to protect her and live a life in peace 

       Philip K. Dick

      Philip K. Dick is an American writer known for his influence on the science-fiction genre. Dick published 44 novels and 121 short stories spanning between the 1950s and 1980s. His themes have been regarded as ahead of their time and have been the inspiration behind many science fiction films and television series. Dick's's ideas of technology-obsessed dystopian societies can be seen throughout the world we live in today. His works focusing on artificial intelligence have inspired the television series Westworld and the films Blade Runner and I, Robot. Additionally, his works focusing on realism inspired the series The Man In The High Castle. 

    

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