Future Noir : the making of Blade runner / Paul M. Sammon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sammon, Paul, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Blade runner (Motion picture).

Physical Description:

xxv, 594 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

Revised and updated edition ; first Dey Street paperback.

Place of Publication:

New York : Dey Street Books, an imprint of William Morrow, 2017.

Summary:

"Ridley Scott's 1992 "Director's Cut" confirmed the international film cognoscenti's judgment: Blade Runner, based on Philip K. Dick's brilliant and troubling science fiction masterpiece Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, is the most visually dense, thematically challenging, and influential science fiction film ever made. Future Noir offers a deeper understanding of this cult phenomenon that is storytelling and visual filmmaking at its best. n this intensive, intimate and anything-but-glamorous behind-the-scenes account, film insider and cinephile Paul M. Sammon explores how Ridley Scott purposefully used his creative genius to transform the work of science fiction's most uncompromising author into a critical sensation, a commercial success, and a cult classic that would reinvent the genre. Sammon reveals how the making of the original Blade Runner was a seven-year odyssey that would test the stamina and the imagination of writers, producers, special effects wizards, and the most innovative art directors and set designers in the industry at the time it was made. This revised and expanded edition of Future Noir includes : An overview of Blade Runner's impact on moviemaking and its acknowledged significance in popular culture since the book's original publication An exploration of the history of Blade Runner: The Final Cut and its theatrical release in 2007 An up-close look at its long-awaited sequel Blade Runner 2049A 2007 interview with Harrison Ford now available to American readersExclusive interviews with Rutger Hauer and Sean Young. A fascinating look at the ever-shifting interface between commerce and art, illustrated with production photos and stills, Future Noir provides an eye-opening and enduring look at modern moviemaking, the business of Hollywood, and one of the greatest films of all time."--Back cover.

Contents:

Los Angeles 2017 (preface to the 2017 edition)

One man's obsession (introduction to the 1996 edition)

The film

The book

Development

The director and the deal

Script wars

Designing Blade Runner

The cast and crew

The shoot

"Blood Runner": friction on the set

The special effects

Postproduction and the music

Sneaks and panic

Voice-overs, San Diego, and a new happy ending

The theatrical release

The cult

The workprint

The director's cut

The legend grow

The final cut

Blade Runner 2049

Check the gate

Interviews

Credits.

Notes:

"Originally published as Future Noir in 1996 by HarperPaperbacks."--Title page verso.

"Including new interviews with Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, and Sean Young. Plus, an update on Blade Runner 2049"--Cover.

ISBN:

9780062699466

0062699466

OCLC:

974672772