Blade Runner Flashcards

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Context

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1980s America

  • technophobic
  • multinational corporation expansion
  • America’s capitalism and consumerism
  • threat of communism - presence of the eastern culture
  • Cold War tensions - threat of nuclear warfare. Advancing technology for purposes of weaponry.
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Juxtaposition of artificial v natural

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“Of course it is”

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Tyrell’s characterisation

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“Commerce is our goal here at Tyrell. More human than human is our motto”

“And a hundred baby spiders came out. And they ate her”

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Voight Kampff test - Leon

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Cool blue lighting, air filled with smoke, quick interactions, eye motif

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Deckard’s characterisation

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“How can it not know what it is?”

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Tension between past, present and future

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Retrofitted, noir future. Technological advancements v societal decay

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Euphemism “Retire”

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“Goddamn one-man slaughterhouse”

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Mise-en-scene Zhora’s death

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Harsh neon lights, mannequins in lingerie, lifeless against shattered glass

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Roy Batty’s death

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Backlighting, close-up shot, rain + “all those moments will be lost in time, like tears in the rain. Time to die”

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Tyrell corporation characterisation

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Tyrell Corp framed by warm glowing light encircling like a halo.

Polluted cityscape, destruction, darkness contrasted against the opulence of the pyramid building

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Gender imbalance

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Zhora And Pris’s death scenes

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