26-02-2013, 01:51 PM
John Mooney Wrote:I agree about the depth of Bladerunner. One of my all time favorites.
Deckard is an android.
It took me years to get it (I'm a bit slow).
Don't be too hard on yourself for this. By my count there have been four "official" endings of Blade Runner released by Scott. If memory serves, that of the initial U.S. theatrical release was chosen in the wake of the studio's objection to the "pessimism" of the work cut's finale.
Both the first and "final" versions are clearer in their intimations of Deckard's composition.
All versions are collected in the pricey blu-ray set packaged in a plastic mock-up of Deckard's metal briefcase and containing models of the unicorn and flying police patrol car, along with other ephemera.
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If an individual, through either his own volition or events over which he had no control, found himself taking up residence in a country undefined by flags or physical borders, he could be assured of one immediate and abiding consequence: He was on his own, and solitude and loneliness would probably be his companions unto the grave.
-- James Lee Burke, Rain Gods
You can't blame the innocent, they are always guiltless. All you can do is control them or eliminate them. Innocence is a kind of insanity.
-- Graham Greene