Blade runner was an excellent film about the identity of man and the question of who is real. It did justice to Philip K. Dick’s Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep and created a motion picture masterpiece. The cinematography, setting, and acting in this film help to deliver a story that was dark, but exciting.
Something to note about Blade Runner is that the entire film takes place while it is raining, and it is always dark. The buildings are dark and it’s always nighttime. This gives a feel of mystery in some scenes, depression in other scenes, and fear in others. The scene where Rick Deckard(the protagonist) is interrogating Rachel, the darkness makes a little suspicious of her, which is right to think being that she turns out to be an andriod later in that scene. In the scene when she finds out she’s an android, the darkness adds to her despair. In the scene when Rick goes to Sebastian’s house to hunt down the androids, the darkness adds to the suspense.
The setting of the film is something worth noting. It take’s place in Los Angeles but everything and everyone is Chinese. Now this could be some political statement about eh social future of America but I don’t think so. Rick Deckard always seems out of place because of the fact that he is a white american who speaks exclusively english. In the beginning of the film he has to have a man translate for him. I feel as though this alienation of our protagonist is a good statement about him. Not only does he break the mold, but he thinks differently than everyone else.
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