3 Things 'Blade Runner' Teaches Us About Filmmaking
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- Опубликовано: 28 сен 2024
- What can Blade Runner teach us about the art of filmmaking? 1982 was a big year for movies-an existential cyberpunk noir film had a tough time competing with Spielberg’s lovable E.T. and yet, Blade Runner has not only stood the test of time, but it is arguably more popular now than it has ever been. Join me as I take an in-depth look at the construction of Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner and how its cinematography techniques created such a fascinatingly detailed world.
This video is on The Final Cut version of the film.
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The Electric Dreamer - Remembering Philip K. Dick
The Look of “Blade Runner” - An Interview With Visionary Designer Syd Mead by Ed Naha
American Cinematographer Interview with Jordan Cronenweth: bit.ly/1RYUZPy
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For me, Blade Runner stands alone as the greatest science fiction film I've ever seen. I know many (including you) pick 2001 - and I totally get it - but there is something about Blade Runner that still impacts me 35 years later. It's so unique, so layered, yet at its core is so human.
It's rare that we get a really brilliant sci-fi film that sticks with you forever. Of course, Ridley Scott managed to make two... ;)
Here's hoping for a third this summer! Fingers crossed on Alien Covenant!
My bet is Alien Covenant won't seem like a necessary film. It's advantage is that there's always new film goers.
Probably not if the festering turd that was Prometheus is anything to judge by.
I too would choose 2001 ahead of Bladerunner, but marginally so. The Dawn of Man and Stargate sequences are just...yeah.
P.S Alien Covenant sucked. High hopes for Bladerunner 2049.
I learned, as a 13 year old in 1983, that Blade Runner was the greatest movie ever. And now, in the year it was set, I still think it's the greatest movie ever made.
Yeah. I caught it on HBO the first time I saw it. Didn't mean much. December of 1986 it was the second movie on a pirated VHS my brother had borrowed from a friend. I watched it everyday for three weeks.
The first time I saw it was in 1992, in a hospital bed. It transformed my view on what a film should be.
I'm only slightly older than you , and yes I agree , as I remember those days . Definitely one of my top 3 films if all time . For me it has it all.
@@markwilliams2620 I remember my dad renting it when I was about 11, just as I finished it, my friend rang at the door unannounced, and I said "You have to watch this movie!", and I watched it all over again. It became both our favourite movie. Well, until The Big Lebowski was released, in my case. :D
The characters, the amazing world, the dreamy music, the art direction, the Director, the cinematography, all added up to PERFECTION..
R.I.P. Rutger Hauer. :( (the best actor we Dutch ever had)
He made that movie! His character was the real hero of the film.
I'll never forget how he let that Asian research/salesman freeze to death while interrogating him.
Cold.
On top of that, he’s twice as good at dying in 2019 than anyone else who died in 2019.
Tears in the rain !!
He was great.
I worked as a lighting technician on Blade Runner. The industry in Hollywood still had a grouping system at that time. So I was easily bumped off a show since I was only a group 2 at the time. The scenes that I worked on were not on the backlot at The Burbank Studios (now Warner Bros. Studio Facility). They were principally near the corner of Broadway and Third in Downtown Los Angeles. They were using the entrance of the historic Bradbury Building, that they had modified by putting large like Turkish pillars outside it like a portico. The Bradbury is a beautiful building that was pretty rundown at the time. When the Bradbury was built in 1893, it was considered futuristic, although a person today wouldn't consider it as such. I credit Blade Runner with saving this building. It is a quadrangle with multiple stories, essentially hollow inside, creating a large atrium, that is covered with a large glass skylight. We were shooting Daryl Hannah's entrance into the Bradbury. Although I worked a lot doing the prepping of lights on the surrounding buildings during daylight hours, at night I was in the bucket of a condor, which was a relatively new innovation in filmmaking at the time. I was running a coal burning arc, stationed south of the Bradbury on Broadway. By the end of the decade, coal burning arcs would be replaced by HMI's...
At the time I was told that the movie depicted Los Angeles in 2016, after China had won a war against the US. That was the reason for all the Chinese neon. There was a great amount of gloss that dressed the set, that really didn't read on camera. Like the parking meters that said $5 a minute. There were posters for holographic pornos. They had large street sweeping machines, that didn't sweep, but only sprayed disinfectant into the trash in the gutters. The first time I had ever heard about sushi was the mobile sushi bar parked in the middle of Broadway as set dressing...
I also rigged the Pan Am Building, which is catty-corner from the Bradbury. There are scenes in there also. My last day on the show, I advance rigged the Ennis House...
Then I every so often passed the shoot on the studio's backlot, New York Street, though I never worked on Blade Runner for the remainder of the show. You never know if a show is going to be a hit or not while you are working on it. The only indicator I ever figured out was if a show is fun to work on, it probably wouldn't be successful. Downtown LA at that time was a pretty sleazy place, Blade Runner was the first time I ever saw rats outside of captivity. Some 15 years later, I would live across the street in the renovated LA Metropolitan Water District Building. The last fight scene in Blade Runner takes place on the roof of that building. The building has 3 penthouses, made from the former offices of the infamous William Mulholland. Nicolas Cage occupied all three of them when I lived in the building...
It was interesting when I worked on the movie The Replacement Killers, it seemed that show was intentionally going to all the locations where Blade Runner was shot Downtown...
That was fascinating. Thanks for your memories of working on this classic.
Cool, now I need to rewatch Replacement Killers and pick out the sites.
Wow, that was cool thanks for sharing dude. That must have been an incredible experience.
Thank-you!
Epic !
november 2019 is blade runner month.
Yeah, here's the flying cars and the artificial lifeforms??
You can clearly tell that this movie and the book on which it was based on were created well before 2019
8 MONTHS AWAY!!
Why that?
If I'm not wrong, the year mentioned at the beginning's explanation is 2014.
Despite if it is 2014 or 2019, it had benn wiser to put "Los Ångeles, the future".
@@venturarodriguezvallejo1567 it's definitely 2019
Syd Mead and Ralph McQuarrie are basically Gods.
GATORADE ME BITCH
I'll put Ron Cobb to form the trifeca of genius.
Facts
The best video I've seen about Blade Runner. Thank You.
Thanks so much!
You should watch the documentary called "On the Edge of Blade Runner".
@@the_3rdKind Like a snail.
What I love about Ridley Scott's films is that they look so unbelievabely realistic yet very HUGE! It's simply majestic. Just watch his Alien and Prometheus film.
Totally agree. Looking forward to Alien Covenant. I really hope it's good.
Apparently, in alien the studio was getting really annoyed that he built so many sets, so they had guys on hand to tear them down as soon as Ridley stopped filming on one. To combat this, Ridley shot on multiple sets at the same time, getting cameramen to gather exposition in one set while he directed the actors in another.
@@just_doug result was great!
The colors, the sound, whole atmosphere - everything in Blade Runner makes me to shiver from joy. From channel Bad Comedian
Nothing is like the aquatic and high feeling of Vangelis' soundtrack
Such a great film! Nothing has been able to match its wonderful aesthetic!
Fascinating video! The thought and level of design detail that went into this film is intimidating - it shows just how important collaboration and team work is in cinema.
Thanks! I totally agree. It's crazy to think that Ridley Scott made this only a few years after Alien.
You can see how a lot of the lessons from Alien went into this. I would ask you to analyse Alien but it's been scrutinized to death and would end up as very similar to this video re value of artistic collaboration.
I'll probably end up doing one on Alien at some point. One of my Patrons suggested it and I think it just barely missed the top 5 for the vote video. I really like Giger's work and would love an excuse to take a closer look at his stuff.
Wow, this is great! Thanks!
Still one of my all time favorite films. I love how Blade Runner incorporated some well known locations into the set of a futuristic Los Angeles. Everyone who worked on this film really knew what they were doing, and how they wanted to show another side of progress or the future, one which isn't so pretty. Despite being a future noir film, it portrays a more believable, almost prophetic future from the mix of language, the debris of society, and environmental issues. These are just the elements, and not the story itself which delves into current issues such as Ai, and disproportionate wealth.
Out of all the cinema channels I’ve come across on you tube “you” are by far the best for so many reasons
I really enjoy the work you do thank you very very much Tyler
When I saw Blade Runner the first time, the TV-station had mixed up the subtitles for the directors cut with the normal theatrical release. Having Deckard's commentary on the situation only appear in text actually worked really well in many parts of the movie. I didn't even notice at first until a banner came up with a text loosely translated to "we're sorry for the additional subtitles" .
I really love Blade Runner - have been searching for movies that hit a similar sweet spot for a long time, but never found anything quite on that level.
I know what you mean. Hopefully the sequel will! I think if any contemporary director can hit that sweet spot, it's Denis Villeneuve.
CinemaTyler true, all of his movies since and including incendies were either good or great- so i really believe that the new blade runner won't suck. i'm also curious about the other scifi film he's directed- sounds pretty interesting plot-wise
Great breakdown and review of the filmmaking process of Blade Runner
AMAZING JOB!!! Turned out to be one of the most insightfull analysis on Blade Runner I saw. I'm shooting this post apocalyptic short soon and this video will help me get into some of the shots I'll have to light. Thanks só much!
Thanks! Happy to hear I could be of help!
Blade Runner is one of my favourite films, both as a piece of entertainment and as a source of inspiration. Your analysis deepened my appreciation for this movie. Great work!
That makes me so happy to hear! Thanks!
Dude you have one of the best channels I found in a long time. Thank you! nice work on the transitions n cuts as well.
One of the things I like to brag about was that I saw the first release of Blade Runner on the big screen (same with Apocalypse Now, which had the orginal closing credits running over the napalming of Kurtz's compound, removed in all subsequent releases).
Cinema Tyler , I must say you've done justice to one of my top 3 films of all time. You have the greatest personality, it says I'm honest, intelligent, and friendly.
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This close shots make you feel inside the movie. Really amazing and climatic making it unforgetable.
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I don’t believe that those are “wires”-
They appear to be “optical fibres”
which today are often
better known as fiber optics.
That seems very likely. They look like fiber optics. We didn't have white LEDs back then (since white LEDs are really combination of red green and blue, and we didn't have blue back then). So it seems unlikely they would rig up a bunch of tiny light bulbs, which wouldn't look great and would be really hot. As I recall the starship models for Star trek tng had lots of fiber optics to get all the little white lights working.
cinematyler does it again perfectly! :)
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I think your videos are terrific: informative, intelligent and very engaging. Thank you for all your hard work and passion.
OMG! Thank you for mentioning the Marvel comics adaptation! That appeared in Marvel UK's Return of the Jedi comic and was my first experience of Blade Runner. It was first rate.
Beyond World Class yet again. Amazing work.
Greatest sci fi movie of all time, hands down. For me personally, it's in my top 5 of all movies, any genre. And that's coming from an all around cinema enthisiast who dabbles in every type of film, dating all the way back to the silent era in the 20s.
I like the narration because it gives it the film noir atmosphere. Also, it's good to hear Harrison Ford speak.
Wow I love this movie already, but this video has given me a whole new appreciation of it.
13:31 - Bamm!!! When i watched this in the movie theater when i was young ("I'm not young anymore"), I noticed their unusual eye reflectivity in certain lighting. I had an idea the Deckard might be a replicant since his would do the same as Rachels in this scene.
Thank you so much for sharing what you learned about my absolute fav sci-fi film. Like many of the other folks here making comments, this film had a huge impact on me. I was only in my late 30’s. It had permeated my imagination so deeply while living in Seattle, sometimes I would find myself at Pike Market Place on a typical drizzly dark winter day ... sitting in a small Asian diner drenched with cheap little colorful imports ... pretending to be a female version of Deckard, adrenaline quietly causually poised ... among the rich layers of this busy place ... some of my best closet film making fantasy heroines ever! 😂 In addition, Rutger’s character rooftop delivery of the most devasting lines ever ... had me always wondering what had he really seen???? Unaware, I guess it was a reflection of my own inner seekings, expanding of consciousness sluethings I have never stopped exploring. And when the director’s cut came out in the late 90’s, I immediately bought it. I love sci-fi and seen all the best series ... so many I loved and especially Firefly. But Bladerunner still remains deepest in my heart of hearts.
And let's not forget the late, great Vangelis whose stellar soundtrack totally animates and breathes life into this amazing movie.
The first version of this film that I saw, was the one edited by the studio (the one with Deckard's voice over). I loved the movie.
Later, I bought the director's cut and I loved that version even more.
Now with the final cut (that it's very similar to the director's cut, but remasterized) am in awe.
For me it's a perfect piece of art: visually is stunning and the subtext is awesome; the characters (and the actors that play them) are fascinating
This is quite in-depth and awesome! Thanks!!
Best video i've seen on Blade Runner. Bravo!
Thank you!
Great commentary. This is the second time I've watched this. It came up as "Recommended" (not surprisingly) today, so, being a Patreon supporter and Blade Runner fan, I decided to watch it again. I completely agree about the voiceover, and the need for its removal. The scene near the end when Batty dies, and the camera switches to look at Deckard, there was a voiceover talking about something that was quite irrelevant to the moment, in my view, and it also took away from the power of the moment. Without the voiceover, we're "allowed" to take in Deckard's expression and response to Batty's death. I saw a sadness in Deckard's face, almost as if he was grieving over Batty's death, and that he realized how pointless his death was.
From what I've heard in other interviews with Scott, he mostly prefers the audience to have their own experience of his films than to steer them in a specific direction. And removing the voiceover from Blade Runner, lends itself to this desire. I often watch Blade Runner again and again for inspiration for visuals, story, direction and composition. BR is definitely a masterclass in film making. As are your commentaries. Thanks.
Forever one of my favorite sci-fi films
Absolutely brilliant observations and critique, adds tenfold depth to the work. Thank you..
Saw it first when I was 10 years old. Thought it was boring and pointless. But I revisited it when I was 16 and it began to grow on me. Kept watching it and each time I saw more and more into the movie. Now for me is in one of my top 10 films ever.
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O QUE É NECESSÁRIO PRA FAZER UM FILME?:
1- UMA CÂMERA.
2- & UM BRINQUEDO DA LEGO.
The one thing I learned from Blade Runner is all those moments will be lost like tears in the rain.
I've been waiting this for a long time
Hope you like it!
+CinemaTyler of course I did
There is another oddity with The Final Cut. If we know and liked/loved The Theatrical (or "Eur peon") version then the lack of narration in The Final Cut might even be better because we might already know what Deckard may be thinking and what some of his 'memories' may have been.
And yes, I am looking forward to the sequel in a few months.
I had no idea there exists a comic adaptation of Blade Runner ... now I'll have to hunt it down ...
Very good analysis of the movie by the way ! I especially like how you do not make far-fetched superficial symbolisms out of the movie like how other reviewers do .. your observations are all well grounded and well researched :))
bla bla bla nobody cares
+Josh Bales
I'll appreaciate if you're not a fan of the movie then perhaps you could at least act more mature by not saying childish things when adults are talking ..
MOVIES ARE LIES
Thanks! The comic is definitely worth checking out. It's really interesting to be able to read what Gaff says. Here it is: bit.ly/1UFWeVj
+CinemaTyler
thank you for the link ... the comic's style is rather different from what I expected... it would be interesting if they had gotten Moebius or Syd Mead or any of the matte painters for the movie to do the comic adaptation .. nevertheless its an interesting adaptation with its own style ...
Looks like I have to see BR Final again again. Always preferred the narrated version, but I wonder how I’d feel about that if the final cut were released first.
Great docu!!! Thanks for that!
Despite its many virtues this film is still about ten pages from the book that really deserves better.
Why do peoples always forget about Metropolis? This was the first "Cyperunk" (-ish) movie. If you watch it you can see where a lot of inspiration of Blade Runner comes from. Both thematically and visually!
I loved Blade Runner and Blade Runner 2049. Just so amazing
UM FILME DE FICÇÃO CIENTÍFICA, QUANDO É CRIATIVO, O AMBIENTE TEM VIDA PRÓPRIA, & TAMBÉM, POSSUI, CORES VIVAS,
O FILME CHAMA & PRENDE A ATENÇÃO!
I prefer the theatrical version with narration. I expect a big part of that is seeing the film for the first time in that form and partly because I love film noir. I never even gave thought to Deckard being a replicant. It was plain as day to me that he was human, and struggling to find his humanity after being pulled back into the inhumane job he had left behind.
One of my favorite films ever!
Mine too! It's really one of those films you can watch over and over.
Massively interesting. Thank you. That realy was a lot of work and probably ther would still be stuff left to say about this one.
Also in the city was a model of the Dark Star. You can see this centre frame at 8:48.
I can't think of another Sci fi film that has aged this well after 40 plus years. Still the most realistic looking future city on film right down to the details. What they did with Matt's and miniatures is better than modern cgi.
amazing video ☺
Thanks!
Yes Mead also worked on Tron
He really is one of the best! Such a unique and awesome style.
aw dude you live by the kaufman studio and the frank sinatra school? thats so wicked!!!!
also did you get to see the costumes?
Hello, BadComedian recommended your channel to his viewers, really good content)
Thanks so much!
O QUE FAZ O FILME SER BOM, NÃO É O ORÇAMENTO, É A CRIATIVIDADE! BLADE RUNNER (1982) SÓ CUSTOU 40 MILHÕES DE DÓLARES, DE ORÇAMENTO, & FOI PERFEITO! PORQUÊ? USARAM A CRIATIVIDADE, A INOVAÇÃO, & A IMAGINAÇÃO!
That was really good.
Thanks man, really great stuff you did your homework. one thing is that the channel logo doesn't seem to be appealing but that's just me.
I used to own that Marvel adaptation. Then when I was 15, my Dad threw all my books and comics out. I'd love to still have it
Great job as always, I'd never noticed Rachel in that shot! You mention the influence of Heavy Metal magazine, but did you know that there's a specific story Ridley was mentioning? 1975's The Long Tomorrow by Dan O'Bannon and drawn by Moebius (both of whom worked on Alien). It's a cyberpunk detective story set in a crumbling city with several distinct styles of architecture layered on top of each other. Also, if you look really hard, you can see what would become the Probe Droid from Empire strikes back in the back of one of the panels.
You can read it here: marciokenobi.wordpress.com/2012/03/10/the-long-tomorrow-by-moebius/
Wow, I did not know that. That's awesome! Thanks for sharing!
Nice work.
You point out that Blade Runner is shot very close to reuse the limited sets. This is actually one thing that really bothered me about he movie when I was younger. It felt too claustrophobic. Now, though, I think it fits the themes of the movie, even if it was done out of necessity.
Please do a video of Gummo or anything else from Harmony Korine.
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Really good video. You should do a series on this like your doing with 2001. Keep it up! :)
Thanks! I was thinking about it, but there is a great 3 1/2 hour documentary on the making of Blade Runner that is fantastic. Definitely check it out when you get a chance!
+CinemaTyler Oh, will doo. What's the name of it?
Dangerous Days - The Making of Blade Runner
+CinemaTyler Sweet thanks! Really enjoy your videos!
Fans of the this movie (and of PKD) most likely will enjoy the TV show Altered Carbon.
FICÇÃO CIENTÍFICA REQUER SOMENTE:
1- CRIATIVIDADE.
2- IMAGINAÇÃO.
3- INOVAÇÃO.
4- BRINQUEDO INFANTIL, DA LEGO.
working with syd mead must have been great!
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Thanks! I appreciate it!
I wasn't familiar, but I just looked him up. It was such a nice surprise to see so many friendly comments today. Thanks for watching and subscribing!
The Wachowski Brothers did such a good job on the Matrix.
Excellent.
greetings from BadComedian
Hi!
Всё очень круто, но не хватает Russian sub !
Тогда даже подпишусь.
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same from badcom. good stuf.ceep on!)
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Personally I don’t like the non narrated version.
To me it's as much a part of the film as Vangelis's excellent score is. Without it the film is just another nondescript film. It is, for the want of a better description just another B Movie. It lends the film just that extra depth of the character development you loose with out it. It also makes it, just as you said more of a Film Noir . In Decard's opening shot the only thing that was missing, was the Fedora .
I think a lot of it depends on the first version you saw. Most of the people I know who really like the narration had seen the narrated version first. I saw the Director's Cut first, so the narration seemed needless when I finally saw that version. I totally get what mean though.
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Deckard is not a replicant. I don’t know how anyone could construe Rachel’s comment to Deckard as a subtle suggestion that he might be a replicant. It was a comment on how cold and insensitive he was treating her at the time.
Rick Deckard like Dave Holden were both newer model Nexus 7 replicants. Under Gaff's close supervision they were allowed a trial existence to work in earth society as Bladerunners. This is why Rick had to be briefed by Bryant on what was a model Nexus 6. Even retired, Deckard if human should have known about Nexus 6, but he hadn't this knowledge.
Nexus 7 didn't operate as extreme a model as the Nexus 6 combat and space worker version thus, had a much longer lifespan due to not having superhuman strength. This is why we later see Deckard in the 2049 sequel. Rachel was a procreating version replicant, perhaps Nexus 6 Version 2.0 or 7. Byrant sent Deckard out to a predetermined meeting with Rachel, where ultimately they fell in love and later produced a child as realized in Blade Runner 2049.
Both Deckard and Rachel had implanted memories with bits and pieces of knowledge. Various displayed personal photographs as memory enhancement. Nothing to make them question if they were real or not.
Captain Byrant had on his desk what looked like a personal photos lampshade from what seemed to be an elephant safari he experienced. The base of this lamp was a taxidermy elephant foot. Perhaps he too was Nexus 7.
The Voight-Kampff evaluation was Tyrell testing not Rachael, the Nexus prototype, but Deckard himself, and sure enough he passed. Deckard wasn't in the least bit perturbed by the questions meant to provoke emotional responses from most replicants, thus rendering the test worthless in identifying the latest *"more human than human"* model.
Roy Batty spared Deckard even when he did not spare his maker. Roy felt sympathy for the more advanced replicant that didn't even know what it truly was. Batty knew Deckard was a replicant through Pris from Sebastian.
Gaff knew Deckards memories and this is why he left the origami unicorn prior to allowing both Deckard and Rachel to escape off together on a honeymoon like adventure. This was a beta test to know if they would remain in love and procreate. Which they did.
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Uh...no... But that’s some nice fan-fiction, you should develop that further.
**BadComedian**
Also, Riddley Scott is crazy and keeps changing his opinion on the movie... Hence the horrible idea of narration and recently he says that Deckard IS a replicant.
I think they had 3 different endings, so yea, that's usually the way it works.
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Thank you Tyler. What you are doing is important and the more you do it the better it gets. Great work. If I may suggest a video .. "Syd Mead and his influence on cinema culture".
Thanks for the suggestion! It was really fascinating to take a close look at Syd Mead's work. I hadn't been too familiar with his stuff before researching this, but I was blown away by all the great artwork I came across.
Liked, subbed & commenting - coz that was a kick ass video :D #props
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Great video :)
Please, could you help me to find this: The Look of “Blade Runner” - An Interview With Visionary Designer Syd Mead by Ed Naha ?
Found it: imgur.com/a/L8uAI
It seems the article is titled differently than it is in the table of contents.
@13:35 ... "Replicants are technically supposed to kill' ... Since when was that in their specifications, let alone part of Rachel's design? Only one of them, Roy, was designed as an 'Off world combat model' ... the rest were designed for other menial tasks. NONE of them were ever designed specifically to kill humans.
Roy Batty died in 2019 and sadly, so did Rutger.
Wow. I didn't even think about how it was the same year...
thats uncanny
I actually celebrated Roy's birthday in (I'm pretty sure) April 2019, but didn't actually connect Rutger's passing a few months later. I remember one interview with a young Sean Young and she said: "oh 2019, I'll still be alive then". That always stuck with me because it did seem a lifetime ago and now with the "China virus" and collapse, it seems slightly prophetic. I never thought I'd be here; she's an optimist, obviously. The narration makes the film for me, as an aside.
I read that as ratty boy lmfao
I worked on BR too, but as a utility stuntman. This was one of the most difficult shoots I've ever worked on, not because of the gags (not many stunts, except the rooftop scene), but the extreme hours and conditions. On the exteriors, we all worked from 6PM to 6AM everyday, until the sun came up. The set guys erected three gigantic sprinkler systems on New York Street that kept the entire set in a perpetually raining downpour. With so many high-voltage wires going through the pools of standing water, I'm kind of surprised that no one got electrocuted.
Ridley was a total perfectionist on every detail of the set, to the point of obsession, but his films are so rich in detail, that it's worth the effort. I noticed that even things like the parking meters has such detail that it was very easy to believe you were in an different world, not just a movie set. I believe that it was very helpful to the actors to work in such surroundings, immersing them in such incredible environments, not just typical Hollywood sets. If you are lucky enough to work on a Scott set, it's an experience you will never forget.
Thanks for what you & your team did. Fantastic film.
I feel you, reminds me of working on the Evil Dead (Remake 2012). Supposedly we set the World Record for use of Fake Blood that sprayed over the set from raintowers. We shot 12hr Night shoots, 30mins into the heart of a Pine forest during winter (trees bare of foliage, very horror). Crew was all exhausted and every wrap, as the sun rose we'd see each other as zombie like shadows emerging through the dawn fog, covered in and splashing through rivers of; BLOOD.
It stank and of course was syrupy and sticky.
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Sounds worst than Bladerunner. That's why I HATE fake blood, made with Karo corn syrup, and sticks to EVERYTHING. The worst.
Any truth to the rumor that Ridley/Giger’s sets for Alien had the effect of creeping out the actors, and actually adding to the sense of tension that is so evident?
@@tiffsaver IMHO ‘Hollywood’ blood looks fake, as it’s far too red. Realistic blood is quite dark, being mostly venous blood.
R.I.P. Rutger Hauer. He had 172 roles, and this film was his pinnacle. All good wishes!
I was stunned to learn that his dying soliloquy was adlibbed.
@@DavidHeizer As soon as I hear him start with: "I've seen things...", I get chills. eww. even now just thinking about it.
@Anton Nym - The pinnacle of his career - I agree - and the final scene, his most memorable.
@David Heizer - Adlibbed!?I never heard that before. That scene made me a Rutger Hauer fan for the rest of his life. Whenever I saw him in anything, it was overlayed with that scene - which was one of my favorites of all sci-fi.
A slew of low budget sci Fi films in the 1990s
Watching this I'm just reminded of how good Sean Young was in this role. She's not a great actor by any stretch, but her stunning looks and weirdly detached demeanor (a real problem in other contexts) combine to make for the perfect casting choice.
You know it's a great point you make and very interesting. Being "on the spectrum" presents differently for women than it does for men. I wonder... Young's detached demeanor was so perfect. It was as if she didn't know how to react in certain adult situations. You could image the same acting choices would be made if she were playing as a child's mind in an adult's body, the same struggling, quite affect would play out. The same eye movements without head movement. The same strange hesitations as if searching a hard drive for the right reaction. All of it works perfectly for a Replicant who was beautiful, but seemed strangely "off" to the viewer. Brilliant casting choice.
She is a great actor.
Absolutely,
this thought totally holds true for Schwarzenegger in the first Terminator movie as well, I feel.
She's stunning
You can say the same about the whole support cast, which is one of the things that make this movie great. My favourite is William Sanderson as JF Sebastian
Blade Runner is a masterpiece in cinema
Absolutely.
yea but boring.
@@Ľubor_Fabian Depend on who you ask
@@Ľubor_Fabian you most likely watched the theatrical cut, which I saw first and found it boring as well. But then I was introduced to the director's cut and I fell in love with it
Ľubor Fabian I don’t think there is even one boring bit in this movie
I've seen the Final Cut probably a dozen times but watching this video makes me want to see it again! One of my favourite movies of all time, and the atmosphere of the city is a huge part of why.
Thanks! It's kind of a shame that no film has been able to match the amazing atmosphere of Blade Runner. I really wonder what the sequel will be like.
I had the great pleasure of working with Syd Mead in 2010 on a video game project. I was Director of Creative Development on a futuristic racing title and we hired Syd to design the vehicles for the game. He was by far the most talented, humbl, and unassuming artists I've ever worked with. He always gave his best and strove to elevate the project. He was a gentle, quiet, genius and I feel honored to have had the opportunity to work with him. Eventually, the game was canceled when the Publisher went out of business. Still, his legacy lives on in Blade Runner and other projects.
“It is sometimes an appropriate response to reality to go insane.”
― Philip K. Dick, VALIS
I love PKD, but let's face it. It's hard to separate his speed psychosis bullsh**t from real insight at times.