Blade Runner
Location
JAAC 1034
Presentation Type
Event
Start Date
18-9-2016 3:00 PM
Description
Generally, when one says a movie is nothing like the book it means that the book was better; on occasion it means the film surpassed a so-so book; only very rarely is each a masterpiece in its own right while still being astoundingly different from each other. Such is the case with Ridley Scott’s 1982 film Blade Runner (we’ll be watching the director’s “Final Cut”). The retro-futuristic Los Angeles film noir setting, which captures many of the characteristics of cyberpunk, provides far more than just a backdrop to Philip K. Dick’s storyline that gets at the core of what it is to be human. Although the graphic violence in places may be offensive to some, it is essential to exploring the issues that lie at the heart of the movie. Film 7 of the Pre-Symposium International Film Series, “Of (Hu)man and Machine,” co-sponsored by the School of Humanities and the Belmont University Film Society. Discussion to follow.
Recommended Citation
Belmont University, "Blade Runner" (2016). Humanities Symposium. 2.
https://repository.belmont.edu/humanities_symposium/2016/ff2016/2
Blade Runner
JAAC 1034
Generally, when one says a movie is nothing like the book it means that the book was better; on occasion it means the film surpassed a so-so book; only very rarely is each a masterpiece in its own right while still being astoundingly different from each other. Such is the case with Ridley Scott’s 1982 film Blade Runner (we’ll be watching the director’s “Final Cut”). The retro-futuristic Los Angeles film noir setting, which captures many of the characteristics of cyberpunk, provides far more than just a backdrop to Philip K. Dick’s storyline that gets at the core of what it is to be human. Although the graphic violence in places may be offensive to some, it is essential to exploring the issues that lie at the heart of the movie. Film 7 of the Pre-Symposium International Film Series, “Of (Hu)man and Machine,” co-sponsored by the School of Humanities and the Belmont University Film Society. Discussion to follow.
Comments
Convocation Credit: Society and the Arts & Sciences