Blade runner / Sean Redmond.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Redmond, Sean, 1967- author.

Series:

Constellations.

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Constellations

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Standardized Title:

Studying Blade runner

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science fiction films.

Blade runner (Motion picture).

Scott, Ridley.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (93 p.)

Edition:

Revised edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2021.

Summary:

Ridley Scott's 1982 film 'Blade Runner' is now widely recognized as an undisputed masterwork of science-fiction cinema and one of the most influential films released in the last forty years. Yet on its original release, it was both a critical and commercial failure, criticized for its perceived prioritizing of style over content and a narrative that did not deliver the anticipated high-octane action that its star casting and large budget normally promise. How did a film that was removed from circulation within a month of its premiere come to mean so much to modern audiences and provide such a rich seam of material for film and media studies? This book excavates the many significances of the film.

Contents:

Contents; Introduction: Reading (into) the Greatest Science Fiction Film Ever Made; 1. Genre; 2. Narrative; 3. Representation; 4. Institutions and Authors; 5. Audiences; 6. Textual Analysis; Conclusion: What Does it Mean to be Human?; Afterword (2016): AfterHuman; Bibliography and Filmography

Notes:

This edition previously issued in print: Leighton Buzzard: Auteur, 2016.

Includes bibliographical references and filmography.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on January 13, 2021).

ISBN:

9781800850279

1800850271

9781800342200

1800342209

9781800347014

1800347014

9781911325109

1911325108