Film Analysis Of The Film 'Blade Runner'

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Film Analysis of Blade Runner
Welcome to the year 2019. In a futuristic world the Tyrell Corporation has given life to replicants, robots that are genetically programmed to be identical to humans. Blade Runner was released in 1982, and was directed by Ridley Scott, who is also well known for directing Alien in 1979. The science fiction thriller stars Harrison Ford and Sean Young. The film was nominated for two Oscars, including Best Visual Effects and Best Art Direction. Blade Runner is a 1982 neo-noir that exemplifies strong storytelling and cinematic techniques. Today, a considerable amount of Blade Runner’s success has been because of its production design, portraying a modified future, and being a dominant film in the neo-noir genre. Harrison Ford plays Rick Deckard, the protagonist of the film. Deckard is a morally unstable retired bounty hunter, also known as “Blade Runner” who hunts illegal replicants. Rachael is an experiment by the Tyrell Corporation to create a more realistic replicant by constructing fake memories to provide a base for emotional responses. Due to the superior artificial replicants being both physically and mentally better than humans the government has calculated they are an insecurity to society. In the year 2019, replicants are illegal and do not have the freedom enjoyed by humans. The specialized “Blade Runner” police unit was brought into being to accurately identify and “retire” or kill replicants.
From the very beginning of the film it is clear that Deckard is the main protagonist of the film. The film immediately establishes a positive identification from the audience by showing Decker as an enforcer of the law with authentic human emotions. For example, the main reason Deckard had quit the Blade...

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...edom and free will. This is especially shown when Deckard escapes with Rachael and Roy Batty rebels against his creators. This theme leads to Rachael gaining knowledge about her inhumanity and consecutively tantalizes Deckard into his own deed of insurgency.
Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner is now one of the top sci-fi movies and a perfect standard of the neo-noir genre. The visual Los Angeles is an astonishing sight and immense in detail. The action on an extensive proportion is truly ingenious. Ridley Scott is a substantial director in film history who doesn’t hold back in his movies. Blade Runner is a very exciting sci-fi film noir combination with a suspenseful and tense story that runs so deep in its conflict has led to cults. Overall, Blade Runner is a movie that will keep on your toes and force you to think about your humanity in an interesting yet confusing way.

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