Hollywood: Blade Runner Flashcards

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What is some evidence that Deckard is a replicant

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In the seduction of Rachel scene, we see the orange glint in Deckard’s eyes
something put their by scott to tell apart replicants from humans
He has lots of pictures, obsessed with memories, just like leon

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How did Scott describe Rachels’s outfit

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“It has a severity to it” he designed her to look like Hedi Lamar

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How would describe the music

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sexy 80s saxaphone, set the tone of whats about to happen in this scene

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Scott is often noted for his use of strong female characters such as Ripley and Thelma and Louise, how is this different in Blade Runner

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The female character of zhora and pris and Rachel are submissive and weak character when compared to the male protagonist, Zhora and Pris’s deaths are extremely sexualised compared to male deaths and Rachel succumbs to patriarchal order at the hands of Deckard

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What elements of form make the ending of the transformation scene, threatening and tense

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  • The non digetic music turns sinister from the calm saxophone
  • the camera gets more energetic, verte handheld style
  • vennitian blind effect, along with
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