Reddit reviews Future Noir: The Making of Blade Runner

You know, I'm going to hijack this right here because a lot of people don't really understand how awesome Bladerunner truly is. For example, it's "Tannhäuser gate" which is a reference, cobbled up somewhere between David Webb Peoples and Rutger Hauer, about a legendary warrior-poet that was also the subject of a Wagnerian Opera that takes place half in history, half in myth. Because the use is so lyrical and so divorced from fact, "Tannhauser Gate" has become a meme in post-'80s science fiction.

The truly awesome one, however, is "Fiery the angels fell, deep thunder rolled around their shores" which is actually a deliberate misquote of William Blake's America, a Prophecy:

>Fiery the Angels rose,

>& as they rose deep thunder roll'd
Around their shores:

>indignant burning with the fires of Orc

>And Bostons Angel cried aloud as they flew thro' the dark night.

Somewhere in Future Noir Rutger Hauer makes reference to he and Ridley Scott taking the lyricism of the Blake poem and turning it over - the prophecy of Blake having been turned from dream into nightmare by modern man, and the lack of redemptive apocalypse having been replaced by a whimper, not a bang.

It goes as deep as the soundtrack - that Japanese call you hear is a biwa called Ogi no mato, which tells a legend similar to William Tell. The layers of the onion that are Bladerunner can be peeled for decades, and you never reach the core.

If you're only going to watch one version of it, I'd probably suggest the Final Cut, since it's reportedly the closest to what Scott wanted from the film to begin with, and it fixes some small mistakes.

If you're interested in watching more than one version over a period of a few days, I'd say start with the Theatrical Cut, then move on to the 1992 "Director's Cut", then watch the Final Cut. It'll give you a good idea on how the film evolved and let you form your own judgement on the changes.

If you want to really get "crazy", the 5-disc release also contains the Workprint version of the film first shown to test audiences, but I'd probably watch it last simply as a curiosity.

I also seriously suggest you read ["Future Noir: The Making of Blade Runner"] (https://www.amazon.com/Future-Noir-Making-Blade-Runner/dp/0061053147) to get some insight and backstory, and maybe do a little outside research on how the different cuts of the film evolved, and why.

The book (link)Future Noir: The Making of Blade Runner is a very good read.

I've watched Blade Runner countless times, it's pretty much my favorite movie. If you want to really go deep I'd recommend [this book.] (https://www.amazon.com/Future-Noir-Making-Blade-Runner/dp/0061053147/)
I'm generally not a fan of sequels, but I'll be going to this for sure, praying it won't suck.

There is a popular fan theory reinforced by Future Noir author Paul Sammon that implies Deckard is actually a Nexus 7 series replicant model which possess "no superhuman strength or intelligence but neurological features that complete the human illusion." Source

I read Future Noir: The Making of Blade Runner as a teenager and loved it. I also adored Donald Richie's The Films of Akira Kurosawa.

This is a great book detailing the process of making Blade Runner.

How about Future Noir: The Making of Blade Runner?

Actually, although I'm not surprised, I would also nominate Rififi, on which John Huston's The Asphalt Jungle was supposedly based. Great double feature!

Sorry, I'm not sure how to find old stuff like that. Maybe there's an archive somewhere or something.

I'd be willing to have a discussion with you about it, completely drama free.
I'm a big fan of the movie but I can understand why people wouldn't like it, in fact I didn't like it when i first watched it, but there were things that captivated me and made me want to rewatch it. The more I rewatched it the more I grew to like it, and now It's a measure I use to compare to many other Sci-Fi flicks. I've since read the book that talks about the making of the film in depth, the original Phillip K Dick novel, and I've read many theories and critiques of the film. The more I learn about it the more interesting it becomes to me. So if you want to talk about it I'm game.

And after you watch it, check out Future Noir.

That would be a copyright violation. Plus, it's a good book. Support the author by buying it. It's not expensive and can be easily bought from amazon.

http://www.amazon.com/Future-Noir-Making-Blade-Runner/dp/0061053147

Future Noir: the making of Blade Runner is a fantastic guide

http://www.amazon.com/Future-Noir-Making-Blade-Runner/dp/0061053147