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    Blade Runner This film pulls no punches in asking the most troubling questions about artificial intelligence and cloning. What is a human? If it looks just like one‚ but we made it‚ can we kill it? This is Deckers job‚ a “Blade Runner” played by Harrison Ford. When Replicants‚ the pseudo clone slaves of human society‚ run amok (or in this case‚ return to earth‚ which they are banned from) it’s the job of a Blade Runner to find and “retire” them. They are spoken about in a very particular language

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    human? In Ridley Scott’s film‚ Blade Runner‚ This very question is asked. The distinction between humans and machines is blurred. Throughout the film‚ humans continuously disregard one another‚ only caring about themselves. They view all of the “Replicants” as mere objects‚ easily tossing them aside‚ whereas the “Replicants” continuously show more human traits. Ridley Scott’s great use of mise-en-scene only helps to reinforce that. Ridley Scott’s film Blade Runner was released in 1982. It is set

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    Blade Runner – Movie Study Questions. -describe the environment seen at the start of the movie. (It is based in Los Angeles. How does this scene differ from the images of Los Angeles we all know? What is the dominant color used here?) The dominant colour is black which shows that bad things could potentially happen later on in the film which has a lot of smoke and depicks the city as a misty place. What does the opening shot suggest about the environment of earth in 2019? The opening shot

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    ANALYSTIC REPORT ON MISE-EN-SCENE AND SOUNDTRACK ON BLADE RUNNER FINAL CUT. The almost five minute scene cut out of the blade runner consists of loads of Mise-en-scene and wonderfully placed sound tracks. Firstly‚ I am going to discuss the costumes and make-up. I observed that most people are wearing futuristic clothes which is very bright and colourful. This makes us the viewers believe the film was made in the future. Moreover about

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    Blade Runner‚ Directors Cut (1982)‚ directed by Ridley Scott‚ is a film that asks the audience to redefine humanity. Scott has used the motion picture as a way of showing that in itself‚ humanity is about asking the right questions‚ such as ‘What am I?’ ‘Why am I here?’ and the ability to feel emotion. In trying to answer these questions‚ in the world of 2019‚ Los Angeles‚ the boundaries between human and non-human become blurred‚ till they almost disappear. Scott also comments on the needs of humans

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    a close analysis of Frankenstein and Blade Runner explore the implications of the quote above Both Mary Shelley’s Romantic Gothic novel Frankenstein (1818) and Ridley Scott’s postmodern science fiction film Blade Runner (1992) explore the implications of egotistic humans overreaching the natural order: humans who “dare” to “sport” “with life”. Despite Frankenstein springing from a context of Romantic passion an Enlightenment rationalisation and Blade Runner from economic rationalism and increasing

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    Scott’s science fiction film‚ Blade Runner‚ released in 1992‚ share common themes and ideas as well as similar warnings based on the time period. Despite being produced nearly 200 years apart‚ both texts reflect upon the values of their times as well as raising concerns that are timeless. Both Frankenstein and Blade runner explore the implications of Science and technology‚ the relationships between the creator and creation and they also explore the notions of monstrosity and humanity. Science and

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    Blade Runner Blade Runner illustrates the hunger of mankind to defy the boundaries of humane principle and concepts of the natural environment. The film ironically depicts the genetically engineered replicants with more humanity and emotions than biological humans themselves. Blade Runner filmed in 1982 at a time of consumerism‚ flux of migration and global de-stabilisation‚ discontent and mutiny was a prime problem in society. Scott further ellaborates this idea of a sociocultural world‚ whereby

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    ‘Frankenstein’ and Ridley Scott’s film ‘Blade Runner’‚ further enhances the parallels between the two. The transition from early 19th century England to late 20th century America‚ greatly influenced the composition of both texts. In comparison to F’s epistolary form heavily influenced by the Romantic and gothic ideologies of the time‚ BR’s cinematic approach was more focused on the influence of film noir and crime fiction. Despite this‚ both texts explore the themes of monstrosity and humanity and the unnatural

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    and lively that absolutely show all emotions inside. 2. What is the significance of the chess game? The symbolism of the chess game makes the viewers recall "the chess" in The Immortal Game. Hence‚ the viewers connect in ideas and apply this in Blade Runner to conceive that the chess game between Tyrell and Sebastian looks like the end of two characters in The Immortal Game. Although the chess boards in the film don’t look like exactly as The Immortal Game‚ we can know the game represents the battle

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